In fact, off-beat doesn't seem like the right way to explain it it's not what happens that is unusual, it's how it is handled. On his website Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings, Dave Sindelar said, "I've never quite known what to make of this off-beat variation on the Dr. Wollstein from Allmovie criticized the film's photography and stilted direction, calling it "hilariously silly". VideoHound gave the film a similar score of 2 out of 4 bones. Īuthor and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film 2 out of 4 stars, writing that the film "came to life during the last third of the picture". New York Times critic Howard Thompson gave the film a positive review, complimenting the cinematography and calling it "quiet, sensibly restrained and quite terrifying". Terror is a Man received mixed to positive reviews upon its release, with some critics commending the atmosphere, and cinematography, while others criticized the "stilted" direction, and outlandish premise.
and lastly in a blu ray boxed set of all of Romero's "Blood Island" films by Severin on November 13, 2018. It released by Alpha Video on September 25, 2012. Fox Lorber later released the film on September 9, 2003. Madacy also re-released the film as a part of its five-disc Killer Creature collection on October 5, 2004. It was next released as a double feature with Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory by Madacy on Maas part of their "Killer Creature Double Feature" DVD series. The film was initially released on DVD on Jby Image Entertainment. A warning bell gimmick sounding like a telephone ringer warned the audience of impending gore during a surgical sequence. It was re-released to theaters in 1969 by distributor Sam Sherman as Blood Creature. The film was subsequently re-released under several alternate titles over the years, including Creature from Blood Island, Gore Creature, The Gory Creatures, and Island of Terror. Terror is a Man was theatrically released in the United States on Decem on a double feature with another Eddie Romero film, The Scavengers. Moreau, although Wells is uncredited in the film. Terror is a Man was partially based on H.G. Fleeing towards the beach, the wounded creature is helped by a young native boy, Tiago (Selene's little brother), and the unconscious beast drifts out to sea in a small rowboat.
Before the creature can turn on the others, it is shot several times by William. With William and Charles in hot pursuit, the creature is eventually cornered on the edge of a cliff, where it manages to hurl the mad doctor to his death. Later, the beast escapes again and goes on a rampage, killing Walter and a young servant girl named Selene, and abducting Frances, carrying her off into the jungle. The creature manages to free itself once again, but Walter sets the beast on fire and is able to recapture the scorched monster. The creature is attracted to Frances, as she is the only person on the island who shows him pity.Īs time passes on the island, Fitzgerald and Frances eventually fall in love, and she asks him to take her away. The creature is swathed in bandages, but his cat-like eyes and ears are still evident. Girard, as he has been experimenting on a panther, surgically changing it with a series of painful operations into a half-man/half-panther beast, which occasionally escapes from its cage and kills an unwary villager. Charles Girard ( Francis Lederer), a scientist who has set up a laboratory on the isolated island with his disenchanted wife, Frances ( Greta Thyssen), and his assistant Walter Perrera (Oscar Keesee). William Fitzgerald ( Richard Derr), the lone survivor of a shipwreck, washes ashore on Blood Island.