They live in a
Castle of Cruelty and Human
Torment
The weird stories written by Edgar
Wallace, author of King Kong, enjoyed a
big revival of interest in
Germany, where a
large series of films based on his
works were produced. This is one
of the best,
originally produced as
The Blue Hand and released to
U.S. theatres by Roger
Corman as
Creature With the Blue
Hand.
To enhance this film for
U.S. home video release, the film's
owners, Independent-International Pictures Corp., produced this version of the film as
The Bloody Dead, with additional blood and gore
scenes. Director-writer Sam Sherman (uncredited) secured the services
of famous makeup/special effects artists Ed French (also uncredited) to
design the special
appliances and bloody
effects the original
film needed. French agreed, based on his
playing one of the main
acting roles. He can be seen in a
rare screen appearance as
the main
lunatic in
the opening
asylum scenes. Playing the captured
nurse, Sherman was fortunate to
get skilled Australian actress Denise Coward (uncredited), and the star
of the rape/revenge
movie Sudden Death, for
that role.
In addition to
the new
asylum scenes, filmed to
exactly match the original
German sets, the Ed
French 'blood effects' were doubled into the existing
murders the hooded
killer performed with his knife-fingered hand, way before Freddy Krueger tried
the same
trick.
In the story
Klaus Kinski plays twins, one an insane killer, and one
an innocent victim. Cruel tortures in
the asylum
are matched by creepy
doings in
the dark
old castle where the 'hooded
maniac' prowls.
- NTSC Region 1
- Audio Commentary For The Bloody Dead by Independent-International's
Sam Sherman
- Theatrical Trailers For Blood Drinkers, Mad Doctor Of Blood Island, Beast Of
Blood, Brides Of Blood, Brain Of Blood, Blood Of the Vampires, Horror Of Blood
Island, and Raiders Of the Living Dead
- Rarely Seen House Of Terror Live Horror Show Promo
- Promotional and Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery
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