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Blood of Ghastly Horror AKA Echo of Terror AKA The Love Maniac AKA The Fiend with the Electronic Brain AKA Psycho a Go-Go (Blu-ray) (1964/1971)
Human zombies rise from their coffins as living corpses!Director: Al Adamson
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL-
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL
Only version so far.
GENERAL NOTES:
This film has 6 alternate titles:
- Echo of Terror
- The Fiend with the Atomic Brain
- The Man with the Synthetic Brain
Director Al Adamson filmed the first version, "Echo of Terror", a straightforward heist movie, in 1964. Adamson and producer Sam Sherman could not interest any distributor in releasing the movie so they added several new scenes in 1965 (some featured actor John Carradine) and the result was a more horrific, science-fiction themed version, which they titled "Psycho A Go-Go". That version was also unreleasable. Allied Artists TV approached Sherman with a request for a color horror movie to add to their package of movies for sale to American TV stations. Adamson responded by filming new scenes that added a zombie and mad doctor subplot, featuring Tommy Kirk, Kent Taylor and Regina Carroll, and the vastly re-edited film was sold to TV as "The Man With The Synthetic Brain". A few scenes were cut for TV (including a strangulation murder), but Adamson added the violence and gore into a theatrical version of Synthetic Brain, titled "Blood of Ghastly Horror" in 1971 this is the version released by Troma on DVD. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection America- Severin Films - No cuts - Includes the earlier "Psycho a Go-Go" re-edit (83:29), "The Fiend with the Electronic Brain" re-edit (97:25) and the final "Blood of Ghastly Horror" version (85:18)
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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 16/07/20
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 02/11/20UPDATE LOG:
16/07/20: Initial entry.
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02/11/20: Typo.
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