Maneater of Hydra (1967)

Original title

La isla de la muerte

Directed by

Mel Welles

Genre

horror film

Country

Germany, Spain

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

16

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A mad scientist on a remote island creates hybrid trees that need human blood to survive. A group of visitors arrives and becomes trapped with the killer plants.

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What happens

Maneater of Hydra (German: Das Geheimnis der Todesinsel, lit. 'The Secret of Death Island'; Spanish: La isla de la muerte, lit. 'The Island of Death') is a West German–Spanish co-production released in 1967 directed by American expatriate Mel Welles. The alternate titles include Island of the Doomed and The Blood Suckers (U.K. title). The horror film is set on a remote island off the shore of an unidentified European country, in which the central character is a mad scientist (Cameron Mitchell) who creates hybrid trees that feed on human blood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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