Island of the Doomed

Original title: La isla de la muerte

1967
1h 28m

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Baron von Weser keeps a menagerie of carnivorous plants, but takes great care of one particular specimen.Baron von Weser keeps a menagerie of carnivorous plants, but takes great care of one particular specimen.Baron von Weser keeps a menagerie of carnivorous plants, but takes great care of one particular specimen.

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Cameron Mitchell

Baron von Weser

Elisa Montés

Beth Christiansen
(as Elisa Montes)

Jorge Martín

David Moss
(as George Martin)

Kai Fischer

Cora Robinson
(as Kay Fischer)

Rolf von Nauckhoff

James Robinson
(as Ralph Naukoff)

Hermann Nehlsen

Prof. Julius Demerist
(as Herman Nelsen)

Matilde Muñoz Sampedro

Myrtle Callahan
(as Matilde Sampedro)

Ricardo Valle

Alfredo
(as Richard Valle)

Mike Brendel

Baldi…

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- Mel Welles
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The movie is pretty bloody for its time (especially the finale) but, unfortunately, the print used for the DVD from Shout! Factory (as part of their "Elvira Movie Macabre" series) is a terribly soft fullframe speckled mess that's full of drop-outs, emulsion scratches and jitter. It's also obvious that it's a TV print (although it appears to be uncut), as every ten minutes the film fades to black.

Connections
Featured in Elvira's Movie Macabre: Maneater of Hydra (1983)

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2/10

"Day of the Triffids" ripoff

"La isla de la muerte" (alternately called "Island of the Doomed" and "Maneater of Hydra" in English) is the sort of movie that only three people could present: Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, or at least one of the guys on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". I saw it on Elvira's show. It's basically a "Day of the Triffids" ripoff. A bunch of tourists go to an island where a man is breeding carnivorous plants. Naturally, the whole thing is an unintentional laugh riot. To be certain, the character Myrtle reminded me of Kyle's mom on "South Park", while the character David looked how Tony Randall would look if left in the microwave too long.

Anyway, it's the sort of thing that you watch for pure entertainment. When the Mistress of the Dark presented it, she naturally added no shortage of campy commentary (namely that a plant-themed movie has a character whose last name is Moss).

PS: director Mel Welles played the flower shop owner in the original "Little Shop of Horrors".