Terror of the Bloodhunters

1962 American film

Robert Clarke
Steve Conte
Dorothy Haney^[2]

CinematographyBill WilliamEdited byJerry WarrenDistributed byADP

Release date

May 3, 1962 (1962-05-03)^[1]

CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Terror of the Bloodhunters is a 1962^[1] independently made American black-and-white low budget jungle survival horror film, produced, directed, written, and edited by Jerry Warren, that stars Robert Clarke, Dorothy Haney, and Steve Conte.

The film was released in the U.S. May 3, 1962 as a double feature with Warren's Invasion of the Animal People.^[3]

Premise

The daughter (Dorothy Haney) of the Devil's Island commandant takes off with two escaped French prisoners (Robert Clarke and Steve Conte) through the treacherous jungles of French Guiana. They must survive not only dangerous wild animals and disease, but the prison guards who are searching for them, as well as a ferocious South American tribe of headhunters.

Cast

Robert Clarke as Steve Duval
Dorothy Haney as Marlene
Robert Christopher as Whorf
William White as Dione
Steve Conte as Cabot
Niles Andrus as Commandant
Herbert Clarke as Muller
Darrold Westbrooke as Jacobe
Mike Concannon as Lt. Vaardo
Charles Niles Sr. as Estes
Alberto Soria as Officer

Production

Terror of the Bloodhunters was shot in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, with a lot of stock footage added from other films.^[4]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Weldon, Michael (1983). The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-34345-X. Page 701
^ Ray 1991, p. 21.
^ Warren, Bill (1986). Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2. McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 0-89950-170-2. Page 749
^ Ray 1991, p. 9.