Al Adamson
Known for Directing · 6 credits
- Born
- 1929-07-25
- Died
- 1995-06-21
- Place of birth
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Also known as
- Albert Adamson
Biography
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, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself. 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 Blood of Ghastly Horror), Satan's Sadists, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, and Five Bloody Graves.
After Adamson was reported missing for five weeks in 1995, after which 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 who, after being apprehended at the Coral Reef hotel on St Pete Beach, Florida, was charged with and convicted of murder, and was sentenced to twenty-five-years in prison.
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Known For
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
Horror of the Blood Monsters
1970
as Earthly Vampire (uncredited)
Half Way to Hell
1960
as Slade
Psycho a Go Go
1965
as Travis (uncredited)
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
1967
as Travis
Black Heat
1976
as Uncredited
Movies (6)
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
Horror of the Blood Monsters
1970
as Earthly Vampire (uncredited)
Half Way to Hell
1960
as Slade
Psycho a Go Go
1965
as Travis (uncredited)
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
1967
as Travis
Black Heat
1976
as Uncredited
About Al Adamson
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, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself. 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 Blood of Ghastly Horror), Satan's Sadists, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Dracula vs. Fr… With 6 credits spanning from 1960 to 2019, Al Adamson has appeared in 6 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Al Adamson Movies
- Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019) — as Himself (archive footage)
- Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970) — as Earthly Vampire (uncredited)
- Half Way to Hell (1960) — as Slade
- Psycho a Go Go (1965) — as Travis (uncredited)
- The Fiend with the Electronic Brain (1967) — as Travis
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