tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post1593490008959509372..comments2024-01-09T04:01:00.672+00:00Comments on Breakfast In The Ruins: Blood Island Journal # 1: Terror is a Man (Gerardo de Leon & Eddie Romero, 1959)Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post-60397824703758135302019-03-10T23:14:36.382+00:002019-03-10T23:14:36.382+00:00Francis Lederer gave the film the gravitas and act...Francis Lederer gave the film the gravitas and acting skills that elevated it above schlock (as he did in Return of Dracula) and Greta provided the busty teasecake for the men's magazine style poster artwork. With Lederer in control, there is no cackling over the top mad scientist in the mold of John Carradine. The ending is unusual in that the creature escapes the island instead of being killed. Elliot Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964519903027517480noreply@blogger.com