Director: Al Adamson
Starring: Roy Morton, Tacey Robbins
SYNOPSIS
A family is held under siege following a jewel heist, as the thieves responsible had hidden the diamonds in the father's truck.
REVIEW
Al Adamson was one of the most infamous names in drive-in and exploitation fare during the 60s and 70s. He was mainly notorious for the cheapness of his fare, and the fact that he'd often re-edit existing material re-release it under a different title.
This, in fact, was one of his most notorious productions having been re-edited and re-released many times under such titles as Blood Of Ghastly Horror, The Man With the Synthetic Brain and Echo of Terror. This original version was thought lost, but it's managed to surface on Troma's DVD label and popped up for some reason on the UK satellite channel Movies4Men.
It's pretty much as you'd expect from Adamson's output. It's very cheap, with some bizarre non-sequiturs (such as the bizarrely racist doll the young girl carries around with her) and some extremely bad editing and acting. the soundtrack is notably annoying, and almost every sequence in the film is padded out to ridiculous lengths.
Still, it does have a strange charm about it, although certainly not recommended for anyone other than those with a high tolerance for crap.
3 / 10
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