HORROR BEYOND BELIEF!

So proclaimed the poster art for Al Adamson's 1969 cheese-curdling horror flick BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE. One-time Shakespearean actor John Carradine got roped into starring in this Adamson fright-fizzle. After 1940's THE GRAPES OF WRATH Carradine wasn't particular about what kind of film roles he played, nor what caliber of films he played them in. Reminiscent of Ed Wood and Lugosi, Adamson reeled Carradine in to his B-move to chew up the screen as he was only more than capable of doing. And like Ed Wood, Al Adamson has become a revered exploitationeer.

Sadly, three years after his wife Regina Carrol passed away at the age of 49 from cancer, he was murdered by his thieving home repairman. Not long ago, Severin Films released a massive now out-of-print Blu-ray box set of Adamson's movies. At the time of this writing, his documentary, BLOOD AND FLESH, is still available and now on sale at Severin HERE.

BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON [BLU-RAY]

Region - Region Free

‘Horror Film Director Found Slain, Buried Under Floor’, screamed the 1995 headlines read around the world. But the truth behind the wild life of Al Adamson – including the production of such low budget classics as SATAN'S SADISTS, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN and THE NAUGHTY STEWARDESSES – and his grisly death reveals perhaps the most bizarre career in Hollywood history. Told through over 40 first-person recollections from friends, family, colleagues and historians – plus rare clips and archival interviews with Adamson himself – BLOOD & FLESH is the award-winning chronicle of bikers, go-go dancers, porn stars, aging actors, freak-out girls, Charles Manson, Colonel Sanders, alien conspiracies and homicidal contractors that House Of Mortal Cinema calls “brilliant stuff…a superb documentary and one of the top films of the year.”

Special Features:

• Outtakes - The Cowboy Life Of Denver Dixon, Russ Tamblyn's Melted TV, Manson & Screaming Angels, and The Prophetic Screenplay Makes Gary Kent Testify
• Beyond This Earth Promo Reel
• Trailer

BONUS FILM: The Female Bunch

Special Features (The Female Bunch):

• The Bunch Speaks Out
• Trailers

Disc Specs:

Aspect ratio: Blood & Flesh: 1.77:1 / Female Bunch: 1.66:1

Audio: Blood & Flesh: English 5.1 Stereo / Female Bunch: English Mono

Closed Captions

Region Free

Run time: Blood & Flesh: 101 mins / Female Bunch: 86 mins

REGINA CARROL, WILD WOMAN

If a filmmaker ever needed a tough, rugged outlaw biker babe for a film in the 1960's and 1970's, they had to look no further than Regina Carrol. Along with a fistful of other biker beauties of the time, Carrol appeared in a number of flicks during the biker film heyday. Carrol also starred in a few B-horror films as well, including BLOOD OF GHASTLY HORROR (1967), BRAIN OF BLOOD (1971) and DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN (1971) all with her director husband, Al Adamson.

Born Regina Gelfan in Boston, Massachusetts on 2 May 1943,  Regina began auditioning for plays beginning at age five. After her mother died of cancer, Carrol danced in Las Vegas and Europe. She also hosted her own television talk show and wrote a column for a Las Vega newspaper.

Miss Carrol's film debut (ironically as a dancer) was in THE BEAT GENERATION (1959) with Mamie Van Doren (and with a script by Richard Matheson!). She never really got out of being pigeonholed in B-movies, but she always seemed to make the most of her parts. 

Regina Carrol's obituary from The New York Times 12 November 1992:

Regina Carrol, an actress who starred in many cult horror movies, died on Nov. 4 in St. George, Utah. She was 49 years old and had homes in St. George and in Palm Springs, Calif.

She died of cancer, said her husband, Al Adamson, a film director.

Miss Carrol, whose name was originally Regina Gelfan, was born in Boston. Her film credits included "Two Rode Together" with James Stewart, "The Slender Thread" with Sidney Poitier and "Viva Las Vegas" with Elvis Presley. She met her husband in 1969, when he was casting "Satan's Sadists," in which she starred, and appeared in many of his later films, including "The Female Bunch." Her last screen appearance was in "Carnival Magic" in 1982.

Miss Carrol also appeared on television in the "Dinah Shore Show," "Route 66" and "Ozzie and Harriet."

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her father, Barney Gelfan, and a brother, Carl Gelfan, both of Los Angeles.

Regina Carrol and husband, director Al Adamson.

Scenes from ANGEL'S WILD WOMEN (1972):

Scenes from DRACULA vs. FRANKENSTEIN (1971):

HORROR PICTURES COLLECTION - AL ADAMSON (PART 2)