Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection is a complete career-spanning Severin Films Blu-ray box set of the filmmaker’s output comprising of thirty-one movies on fourteen discs.
Limited to 2,000 copies, and released on April 21, 2020, orders placed directly via Severin Films cost $170 and will ship on April 7.
Films include The Female Bunch, Psycho A-Go-Go, Fiend with the Electronic Brain, Blood of Ghastly Horror, Halfway to Hell, Five Bloody Graves, Blood of Dracula’s Castle, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Smashing the Crime Syndicate, Hell’s Bloody Devils, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Brain of Blood, Satan’s Sadists, Angel’s Wild Women, The Naughty Stewardesses, Blazing Stewardesses, Girls For Rent, Jessi’s Girls, Nurses For Sale, Black Heat, The Dynamite Brothers, Mean Mother, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Black Samurai, Death Dimension, Sunset Cove, Cinderella 2000, Nurse Sherri, Carnival Magic and Lost.
Also included is Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson, the 2019 feature-length documentary directed by Severin’s David Gregory (Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Doctor Moreau), and a 126-page book.
Disc 1: Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson/The Female Bunch
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson special features:
- Outtakes
- Beyond This Earth promo reel
- Trailer
The Female Bunch special features:
- The Bunch Speaks Out
- Trailers
Disc 2: Psycho A Go-Go/Fiend with the Electronic Brain/Blood of Ghastly Horror
Psycho A Go-Go special features:
- Trailer
Fiend with the Electronic Brain special features:
- Man with the Synthetic Brain alternate title sequence
- Trailer
Blood of Ghastly Horror special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Trailer
Disc 3: Halfway to Hell/Five Bloody Graves
Five Bloody Graves special features:
- Partial audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Interview with actor/writer Robert Dix
- Five Bloody Days to Tombstone alternate title sequence
- Radio spots
- Trailer
Disc 4: Blood of Dracula’s Castle/Horror of the Blood Monsters
Blood of Dracula’s Castle special features:
- Theatrical and TV cuts
- Partial udio commentary with expert Brian Albright
- Audio interview excerpt with Alex D’Arcy
- Trailer
Horror of the Blood Monsters special features:
- Partial audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Space Mission of the Lost Planet alternate title sequence
- Trailers
- TV Spots
- Radio Spot
Disc 5: Smashing the Crime Syndicate/Hell’s Bloody Devils
Smashing the Crime Syndicate special features:
- The Fakers alternate title sequence
Hell’s Bloody Devils special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Samuel Sherman interviews actor John Gabriel
- Trailer
- TV spots
Disc 6: Dracula vs. Frankenstein/Brain of Blood
Dracula vs. Frankenstein special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Zandor and Friends – Interview with cast and crew
- Feed Your Head! Lose Your Head! – Appreciation by film historian Howard S. Berger
- Monster Protest home movie footage
- Samuel Sherman interviews Forry Ackerman
- Outtakes
- Trailer
- TV Spot
- Radio spots
Brain of Blood special features:
- Partial audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Memories of Blood – Interview with cast and crew, including director Al Adamson
- Trailer
- Radio spots
Disc 7: Satan’s Sadists/Angel’s Wild Women
Satan’s Sadists special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Outtakes
- Trailers
- TV spots
- Radio spots
Angel’s Wild Women special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Trailer
- TV spot
- Radio spots
Disc 8: The Naughty Stewardesses/Blazing Stewardesses
The Naughty Stewardesses special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Fly Girls: The Stewardess as Lifestyle Icon in The Golden Age of Exploitation
- Trailer
- TV spot
- Radio spots
Blazing Stewardesses special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- The Great Truck Robbery alternate title sequence
- Trailer
- TV spots
- Radio spots
- Al Adamson-directed Bedroom Stewardesses scenes
Disc 9: Girls For Rent/Jessi’s Girls/Nurses For Sale
Girls For Rent special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- I Spit on Your Corpse alternate title sequence
- Trailer
- Radio spot
Jessi’s Girls special features:
- Trailer
Nurses For Sale special features:
- TV spot
Disc 10: Black Heat/The Dynamite Brothers
Black Heat special features:
- Partial audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Girls Hotel alternate title sequence
- The Murder Gang alternate title sequence
- Trailers
The Dynamite Brothers Special Features:
- TV spots
Disc 11: Mean Mother/Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Mean Mother special features:
- Partial audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Interview with actress Marilyn Joi
- Trailer
Uncle Tom’s Cabin special features:
- TV spots
- Radio spots
Disc 12: Black Samurai/Death Dimension
Black Samurai special features:
- Trailer
Disc 13: Sunset Cove/Cinderella 2000/Nurse Sherri
Sunset Cove special features:
- Interview with producer Tony DiDio
- Trailers
- TV spot
Cinderella 2000 special features:
- Partial audio commentary with producer Samuel M. Sherman
- Trailer
- Radio spots
Nurse Sherri special features:
- Doctor Dracula – Select scenes directed by Al Adamson
- Trailer
- TV spot
- Radio spot
Disc 14: Carnival Magic/Lost
Carnival Magic special features:
- Audio commentary with producer Elvin Feltner
- A Boom To Science – Appreciation by Zack Carlson & Lars Nilsen
- Outtakes
- Trailer
- TV Spot
Lost special features:
- The Happy Hobo – Rushes for promo from unproduced kids film directed by Al Adamson
- Trailer
Region A (Discs 1, 12, and 14 are Region Free)
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