When a Peace Corp Worker (former teen heartthrob John Ashley-good at fighting and getting the chicks, bad at acting), a doctor (Kent Taylor) and his lascivious wife (Beverley Powers) go to Blood Island, they find a bevy of problems-man eating trees that bleed, large (and very fake) insects, and of course, a creature that rapes and tears apart women.
The first entry in the "Blood Island" movies, "Brides of Blood" is a blast of campy exploitation fun, with the right amount of sleaze and trash to help it go down. Sure, the acting is largely non-existent (with the exception of Taylor), the effects unbelievable, and the creature itself looks like H.R. Puffnstuff's satanic, mentally retarded brother. Yet, that's part of what makes it fun really. You aren't watching this expecting a good movie. You are expecting some enjoyable exploitation cheese, and that's what you get.
The thing I really like about the movie (and the series) is it's ability to take 50's B-Movie plot lines (here involving that notorious culprit radiation) with 60's and 70's exploitation seamlessly. While hardly a gore-fest (you aren't going to confuse this with a H.G. Lewis movie), the moments that do occur will satisfy, as does the gratuitous female nudity and catchy score.
"Brides of Blood" won't win any awards, but then again, it doesn't strive to. It was followed by "Mad Doctor of Blood Island" (The best entry in th series), "Beast of Blood" (the weakest entry), and the so bad it's hilarious "Brain of Blood."
The first entry in the "Blood Island" movies, "Brides of Blood" is a blast of campy exploitation fun, with the right amount of sleaze and trash to help it go down. Sure, the acting is largely non-existent (with the exception of Taylor), the effects unbelievable, and the creature itself looks like H.R. Puffnstuff's satanic, mentally retarded brother. Yet, that's part of what makes it fun really. You aren't watching this expecting a good movie. You are expecting some enjoyable exploitation cheese, and that's what you get.
The thing I really like about the movie (and the series) is it's ability to take 50's B-Movie plot lines (here involving that notorious culprit radiation) with 60's and 70's exploitation seamlessly. While hardly a gore-fest (you aren't going to confuse this with a H.G. Lewis movie), the moments that do occur will satisfy, as does the gratuitous female nudity and catchy score.
"Brides of Blood" won't win any awards, but then again, it doesn't strive to. It was followed by "Mad Doctor of Blood Island" (The best entry in th series), "Beast of Blood" (the weakest entry), and the so bad it's hilarious "Brain of Blood."