Severin Films Targets Mar. 25 As The Street Date For The Four-Film Blu-ray Collection Titled Fear in the Philippines: The Complete Blood Island Films

Severin Films, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has a magnificent collection of classic genre delights from the filmmaking talents of Eddie Romero and Gerry de Leon.

Titled Fear in the Philippines: The Complete Blood Island Films, this double-disc Blu-ray edition features four classic horror delights — all four films with new 4K scans and uncut in their presentation — will be available for fans to savor on Mar. 25.

So what cinematic treats does Severin Films have in this must-have horror collection?

We kick off with director Gerardo de Leon’s (with an uncredited Romero) 1959, 1964 and 1969 film release of Terror is a Man (screenwriter Paul Harber’s loose adaptation of H. G. Wells’ 1896 novel, “The Island of Dr. Moreau”).    

Why so many release dates?  The first was through Valiant Films as part of the double bill with Romero’s The Scavengers.

Enter Samuel M. Sherman, with producer Kane W. Lynn’s Hemisphere Pictures (later Independent-International Pictures Corp.), and Terror is a Man saw a second life in theatres in 1964.   And then Sherman retitled the film Blood Creature (among others) for a 1969 theatrical re-issue.

It’s important to understand the dynamics of Eddie Romero, Gerry de Leon, Kane W. Lynn and Samuel M. Sherman … and actor John Ashley.   The next three films in the collection all involve this combination of players in one form or another.

These films are: Brides of Blood (1968), Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1969) and Beast of Blood (1971).

Severin Films has all four films in this one collection — one-stop shopping for genre fans!!

OK, great, but what about bonus features.   Again, Severin has you covered.  

Running down the list, Terror is a Man includes four featurettes — “Man Becomes Creature,” “Dawn of Blood Island,” “Terror Creature” and “When the Bell Rings.”

Brides of Blood (the first in the series starring John Ashley) includes commentary by Samuel M. Sherman and three featurettes — “Jungle Fury,” “Here Comes the Bride” and “Beverly Hills on Blood Island.”

Shifting over to Mad Doctor of Blood Island, there are two commentary options for genre fans to enjoy — the first with horror film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger, and the second with Sherman.

There are also three featurettes — “Tombs of the Living Dead,” “A Taste of Blood” and “The Man Director of Blood Island.”

Lastly, we come to Beast of Blood, which features a commentary from Sherman and two featurettes — “Celeste and the Beast” and “Dr. Lorca’s Blood Devils.”

Also included are extensive stills and trailer collection with the Fear in the Philippines: The Complete Blood Island Films Blu-ray set from Severin Films on Mar. 25.