James Hong stars as Elson Po, a very rich man who is in charge of a winery and who has a cover as a film maker to lure young people to his beautiful island retreat.
Why does he want to do this? Because he has a formula that grants him eternal life, but needs the blood of young people for it to work properly. At least that is what I assumed watching this film.
Once our group arrives on the island PO takes an immediate liking to a young woman named Jezebel Fairchild (Karen Lorre) whom he wants to make his new wife. What happened to the old one you ask? Well she was messing around with one of Po's security men and he was killed and she was chained in his dungeon, where he now keeps her to drain her blood.
This is a pretty bizarre film and it seems to just go all over the place. It is never explained as to why PO has the ability to stay young with blood and an amulet that he wears. There are also zombies that roam the island and many other things as well.
The movie had 2 directors, one was Hong himself and the other is William Rice. That is always a sign of a troubled production. Hong also wrote the story and screenplay along with three others, another bad sign.
I can't help but like this film and I have since the very first time I saw it years ago. I fully understand the problems of low budget film making and I think this film had more than it's share of trouble. However, Hong has a long line of credits to his name and I am sure he did the best he could with whatever trouble arose.
If you like weird assed horror, zombies and chicks in chains then this should appeal to you. If you've never seen the film, give it a try, you might be surprised. I do love that wild closing shot!!
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