Over the course of a film career that lasted from 1960 to 1989, director Al Adamson made over thirty movies in a variety of genres – horror, biker movies, martial arts, blaxploitation, softcore, a bizarre talking chimp movie, etc. Tragically, he was murdered in 1995. Twenty-five years after his death, Severin Films is paying tribute to the man and his movies with an incredible Blu-ray box set release that contains nearly everything Adamson ever made.
Comparing the list of movies in the box set to what's on his filmography, I only see a few missing entries. One is something he only contributed "new footage" to, the other something he was uncredited on. He also directed an X-rated western under a pseudonym that doesn't appear to be in the set. I guess it counts as a George Sheaffer film rather than an Al Adamson film. But aside from that, it's astounding to see nearly every Adamson project together in one box.
Severin Films is proud to present the most comprehensive Blu-ray box set ever dedicated to the works of a single genre filmmaker with Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection, featuring 31 remastered Adamson films on 14 discs, plus trailers, audio commentaries, a 126-page book, the 2019 documentary feature BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON and more.
Exhaustively compiled for the first time ever, Adamson’s ouvre spans a wild-beyond-belief world of bloody brains, vicious cowboys, naughty nurses, decrepit actors, sexy stewardesses, mad scientists, brutal bikers, Blaxploitation mayhem, kung fu killers and “scenes so SICK the Movies could never show them before!”
The life and career of B-movie maverick Adamson – known for such low budget classics as SATAN’S SADISTS, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN and THE NAUGHTY STEWARDESSES (as well as his own grisly 1995 murder) – reveals perhaps the most bizarre career in Hollywood history.
Here's the special features / disc breakdown:
Disc 1: Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson/The Female Bunch
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson 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
TrailerThe Female Bunch Special Features:
The Bunch Speaks Out
TrailersDisc 2: Psycho A Go-Go/Fiend with the Electronic Brain/Blood of Ghastly Horror
Psycho A Go-Go Special Features:
TrailerFiend with the Electronic Brain Special Features:
Alternate Title Sequence: Man with the Synthetic Brain
TrailerBlood of Ghastly Horror Special Features:
Archival Audio Commentary with Producer Samuel M. Sherman
TrailerDisc 3: Halfway to Hell/Five Bloody Graves
Five Bloody Graves Special Features:
Outside of Tucson: Interview with Actor/Screenwriter Robert Dix
Partial Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Alternate Title Sequence: Five Bloody Days to Tombstone
Radio Spots
TrailerDisc 4: Blood of Dracula’s Castle (Both Theatrical and TV cuts)/Horror of the Blood Monsters
Blood of Dracula’s Castle Special Features:
Partial Audio Commentary with Expert Brian Albright
Audio Interview Excerpt with Alex D’Arcy
TrailerHorror of the Blood Monsters Special Features:
Partial Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Alternate Title Sequence: Space Mission of the Lost Planet
Trailers
TV Spots
Radio SpotDisc 5: Smashing the Crime Syndicate (a.k.a The Fakers)/Hell’s Bloody Devils
Smashing The Crime Syndicate Special Features:
Alternate Title Sequence: The Fakers (Original Title)Hell’s Bloody Devils Special Features:
Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Sam Sherman Interviews Actor John Gabriel
Trailer
TV SpotsDisc 6: Dracula vs. Frankenstein/Brain of Blood
Dracula vs. Frankenstein Special Features:
Zandor and Friends: Interview with Cast & Crew
Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Feed Your Head! Lose Your Head!: An Appreciation by Cult Film Historian Howard S. Berger
Monster Protest Home Movie Footage
Sam Sherman Interviews Forry Ackerman
Outtakes
Trailer
TV Spot
Audio Spots Including Triple Feature of Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror, and Horror of the Blood MonstersBrain of Blood Special Features:
Partial Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Memories of Blood: Interviews with Director Al Adamson, Producer Samuel M. Sherman, Actor Zandor Vorkov and More
Trailer
Radio SpotsDisc 7: Satan’s Sadists/Angel’s Wild Women
Satan’s Sadists Special Features:
Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
TV Spots
Outtakes
Radio Spots
TrailersAngel’s Wild Women Special Features:
Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
TV Spot
Radio Spots
TrailerDisc 8: The Naughty Stewardesses/Blazing Stewardesses
The Naughty Stewardesses Special Features:
Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Fly Girls: The Stewardess as Lifestyle Icon in The Golden Age of Exploitation
TV Spot
Radio Spots
TrailerBlazing Stewardesses Special Features:
Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Alternate Title Sequence: The Great Truck Robbery
Trailer
TV Spot
Combo TV Spot
Bedroom Stewardesses (Adamson-Directed Scenes Only)
Radio SpotsDisc 9: Girls For Rent/Jessi’s Girls/Nurses For Sale
Girls For Rent Special Features:
Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Alternate Title Sequence: I Spit On Your Corpse
Trailer
Radio SpotJessi’s Girls Special Features:
TrailerNurses For Sale Special Features:
TV SpotDisc 10: Black Heat/The Dynamite Brothers
Black Heat Special Features:
Partial Archival Audio Commentary by Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Alternate Title Sequence: Girls Hotel
Alternate Title Sequence: The Murder Gang
TrailersThe Dynamite Brothers Special Features:
TV SpotsDisc 11: Mean Mother/Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Mean Mother Special Features:
Partial Archival Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
The Joy of Marilyn Joi: Interview with Actress Marilyn Joi
TrailerUncle Tom’s Cabin Special Features:
TV Spots
Radio SpotsDisc 12: Black Samurai/Death Dimension
Black Samurai Special Features:
TrailerDisc 13: Sunset Cove/Cinderella 2000/Nurse Sherri
Sunset Cove Special Features:
Sunset Toolbox: Interview with Producer Tony DiDio
TV Spot
TrailersCinderella 2000 Special Features:
Partial Audio Commentary with Producer/Distributor Samuel M. Sherman
Trailer
Radio SpotsNurse Sherri Special Features:
Dr. Dracula: Selected Scenes Directed by Al Adamson
TV Spot
Radio Spot
TrailerDisc 14: Carnival Magic/LOST
Carnival Magic Special Features:
A Boom To Science – A Critical Appreciation by Zack Carlson & Lars Nilsen
Audio Commentary with Producer Elvin Feltner
Outtakes
TV Spot
TrailerLOST Special Features:
The Happy Hobo – Rushes for Promo From Unproduced Adamson Kids Film
Trailer
Limited to 2000 copies, The Al Adamson Masterpiece Collection is scheduled to be released on April 21st, and can be pre-ordered through Amazon or directly from Severin Films. Severin also has the box set included in a couple different special bundles; Bundle A Go Go and Bundle of Ghastly Horror.
This is a Region A release, only discs 1, 12, and 14 are region free.