Having sailed to a remote Asian island for a diverse variety of reasons, a group of Americans begin to suspect that a local doctor's experiments may be responsible for a growing number of unexplained deaths in this horror film shot on location in the Philippines. The film benefits from eerie jungle exteriors that evoke a sense of a foreboding foreign land and there are some nifty gore effects, but this is a very lethargically paced movie with its monster attacks and stalking scenes few and far between. The film does not get much better though in the moments when the monster is on screen with rapid fire zooms in and out constantly distracting from the action at hand. There are, however, some curious plot turns as the local doctor eventually reveals the nature of his experiments with a surprisingly altruistic objective, however, this does not occur until the final 25 minutes, which results in the first hour being a bit of a chore to sit through. The acting leaves a little to be desired too, however, this is one of those films where the grisly murders are more important than the characters and there are certainly memorable bits and pieces... even if they sometimes get lost amid the shaky zooms.
Review of Mad Doctor of Blood Island
