Al Adamson
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer
July 25, 1929 — June 21, 1995 (65 years)
Al Adamson (July 25, 1929 – June 21, 1995) was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
After assisting his father, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself. Three years later, he and Sam Sherman founded Independent-International Pictures, which became the vehicle for the many movies he directed. Among them are Psycho-A-Go-Go (later worked into Blood of Ghastly Horror), Satan's Sadists, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, and Five Bloody Graves.
After Adamson was reported missing for five weeks in 1995, after which law enforcement officials discovered his murdered corpse beneath the concrete and tile-covered whirlpool bath in his newly remodeled bathroom. The perpetrator was his live-in contractor Fred Fulford who, after being apprehended at the Coral Reef hotel on St Pete Beach, Florida, was charged with and convicted of murder, and was sentenced to twenty-five-years in prison.
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After assisting his father, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself. Three years later, he and Sam Sherman founded Independent-International Pictures, which became the vehicle for the many movies he directed. Among them are Psycho-A-Go-Go (later worked into Blood of Ghastly Horror), Satan's Sadists, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, and Five Bloody Graves.
After Adamson was reported missing for five weeks in 1995, after which law enforcement officials discovered his murdered corpse beneath the concrete and tile-covered whirlpool bath in his newly remodeled bathroom. The perpetrator was his live-in contractor Fred Fulford who, after being apprehended at the Coral Reef hotel on St Pete Beach, Florida, was charged with and convicted of murder, and was sentenced to twenty-five-years in prison.
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Known For
Filmography
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| 1969 | Blood of Dracula's CastleOn Plex |
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| 1983 | Doctor Dracula · as Extra |
| 1978 | Death Dimension · as Extra As Man With Little Dog On StreetOn Plex |
| 1976 | Black Heat · as Uncredited |
| 1975 | Blazing Stewardesses · as Ben Brewsters Big Hands With Blue Phone |
| 1973 | Cry Rape · as Cast |
| 1971 | Angels' Wild Women · as War Movie Director |
| 1971 | Dracula vs. Frankenstein · as Audience Member - Blue Shirt |
| 1970 | Horror of the Blood Monsters · as Earthly Vampire (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Five Bloody Graves · as Yaqui Attacking Nora By The Roe-DeerOn Plex |
| 1967 | Fiend with the Electronic Brain · as Travis |
| 1965 | Psycho a Go Go · as Travis (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Half Way to Hell · as Slade |
| 1935 | Desert Mesa · as Young Boy |
| 2019 | Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 1977 | Nurse Sherri · as Idea |
| 1973 | Mean Mother · as Original Story |
| 1972 | Doomsday Voyage · as Co-Director |
| 1967 | Fiend with the Electronic Brain · as Story |
| 1965 | Psycho a Go Go · as Original Story |
| 1960 | Half Way to Hell · as Screenstory |