mad doctor of blood island Archives

by Victoria Silverwolf

Hands Across the Pacific

For about a decade, a company called Hemisphere Pictures has released movies that are Filipino/American co-productions. Filmed on location in the Philippines, these are often war stories or adventure films. In order to get folks like me into theaters, they also make horror movies.

A quartet of these scare flicks takes place on a fictional isle known as Blood Island. As we'll see, the first one in the series is quite a bit different from the others. Think of it as a prelude to a fugue in three voices.

Since the Journey has expanded its scope to include horror films, especially since they often overlap with the Fantasy milieu, I thought you'd enjoy learning about the wonders that Hemisphere has to offer. Let's take a look.

Paging Doctor Moreau: Terror is a Man