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 in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry. 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 as Blood of Ghastly Horror), Satan's Sadists, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, and Five Bloody Graves.

Adamson quit the film business in 1983 and had a second and quite successful career in real estate. He was married to actress/dancer Regina Carrol, a frequent star in his film, from 1972 until her death from cancer in 1992. In 1995, due to the rediscovery and re-evaluation of his body of work, Adamson was reportedly set to make a return as director when suddenly he disappeared.

After Adamson was reported as missing for five weeks in 1995, 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. After being apprehended at the Coral Reef hotel on St Pete Beach, Florida, Fulford was charged with and convicted of murder, and was sentenced to twenty-five-years in prison. Adamson was married to actress Stevee Ashlock.

Contents 1 Filmography 2 References 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Filmography

• Psycho a Go-Go (1965)
• The Female Bunch (1969)
• Satan's Sadists (1969)
• Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
• Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)
• Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)
• Five Bloody Graves (1970)
• Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
• Brain of Blood (1972)
• Blood of Ghastly Horror (1972)
• Angels' Wild Women (1972)
• Dynamite Brothers (1974)
• Girls for Rent (1974)
• Naughty Stewardesses (1975)
• Jessi's Girls (1975)
• Blazing Stewardesses (1975)
• Black Heat (1976)
• Black Samurai (1977)
• Cinderella 2000 (1977)
• Doctor Dracula (1978)
• Sunset Cove (1978)
• Death Dimension (1978)
• Nurse Sherri (1978)
• Carnival Magic (1981)
• Lost (1983)

[edit] References

[edit] Sources

• Quinlan's Film Directors (Sterling, 1999) ISBN 0-7134-7753-9
• 'Al Adamson On Razor Reel'

[edit] External links

• Al Adamson at the Internet Movie Database