The camp on blood island was made in 1957 by britains hammer films, a studio best known for their many gothic thrillers. Set in a japanese prisoner of war camp during world war ii, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the japanese metered. To be notified when the camp on blood island becomes available. Worthy, if not exactly historical drama in this neglected hammer opus. The camp on blood island by white j m and guest val and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. All critics 1 fresh 1 too grim a world war ii drama about a sadistic pow camp to be entertaining. When camp was first released it gained a notorious reputation for supposedly exploiting the experience of pows under the japanese. High resolution italian movie poster image for the camp on blood island 1958. Men, women and children, trapped by the japanese invasion, are held captive in the blood island prison camp. Director val guests the camp of blood island 1958 was the precursor of the prisoner of war series of films which profilgated way in to the mid seventies dipping more into the exploitation end of it with the ilsa series and the philippine roger cormanpam. Knowing that yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder them all when he learns of his countrys defeat, the prisoners make plans to. Download the camp on blood island yts yify movies torrents download.
Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info. The camp on blood island 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The two pictures that prompt such an observation are the camp on blood island and the snorkel, which were made by hammer and which opened as a double bill at a number of neighborhood theatres. The film is set in a japanese prisoner of war camp in british malaya and deals with the brutal, sadistic treatment of allied prisoners by their captors. Set in a japanese prisoner of war camp during world war ii, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. The camp on blood island 1958 original trailer hd 1080p.
The camp on blood island is a 1958 british world war ii film, directed by val guest for hammer film productions and starring andre morell, carl mohner. The camp on blood island 1958 15 0611 1958 gb war, action, drama, history 1h 21m user score. Expresso bongo is a 1959 film satire of the music industry directed by val guest, shot in an uncredited dyaliscope and starring laurence harvey, cliff richard, and yolande donlan. The camp on blood island 1958 val guest, andre morell, carl. Pow drama set in malaya as world war ii is drawing to an end. Double bill of melodrama is offered the new york times. Region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. Hammer films dipped into many genres in the late fifties and brought their horror formula to pirate and war movies. Indicator series powerhouse films 1958 81 min rated bbfc. The camp on blood island 1958 val guest, andre morell, carl mohner, walter fitzgerald, action, drama, history, war. The secret of blood island is a 1964 british war film directed by quentin lawrence and starring jack hedley, barbara shelley and patrick wymark. Director val guests the camp of blood island 1958 was the precursor of the prisoner of war series of films which profilgated way in to the mid seventies dipping more into the exploitation end of it with the ilsa series and the philippine roger cormanpam grier excursions. With a title such as the camp on blood island and coming from a script produced by hammer films i was halfexpecting something akin to the island of dr moreau but instead found a strange mixture of king rat and a. It is adapted from the stage musical of the same name, which was first produced on the stage at the saville theatre, london, on 23 april 1958 in the film, cliff richard and the shadows made their second screen.
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Give us the moon is a 1944 british comedy film directed and written by val guest and starring vic oliver, margaret lockwood, and peter graves. Grim tale of the lives of prisoners of the japanese during wwii. Watch the camp on blood island set in a japanese prisoner of war camp during world war ii, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied. The classic years 19561967 in a return to wwii stories, hammer struck a national nerve depicting the reallife atrocities from 1945. The inhabitants of a prison camp on blood island wage a revolt to overthrow the vicious camp commandant. The camp on blood island dvd 1958 by carl mohner dvd. Director val guests the camp of blood island1958 was the precursor of the prisoner of war series of films which profilgated way in to the mid seventies. Barbara lee 4 november 19331938 6 april 1997, who used the stage name barbara yu ling, was a singaporeborn actress of stage, screen, and television who was based in britain from the 1950s. According to tv guide, the film was shot in eastmancolor and released that way in britain, but the u. The camp on blood island is a 1958 british world war ii film, directed by val guest for hammer film productions and starring andre morell, carl mohner, edward underdown and walter fitzgerald the film is set in a japanese prisoner of war camp in japaneseoccupied british malaya and deals with the brutal, sadistic treatment of allied prisoners by their captors. The camp on blood island 1958 720p bluray yts yify deep in malaya, as world war ii is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the japanese invasion, are held captive in the blood island prison camp. Deep in malaya, as world war ii is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the japanese invasion, are held captive in the blood island prison camp. The camp on blood island 1958 the movie database tmdb.