Al Adamson

Al Adamson

Albert Adamson

Birth Date

7/25/1929 (Age 65)

Birth Place

Hollywood, California, USA

Death Date

6/21/1995

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-cover...

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Total Credits

9

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Best Known For

Directing

Production

Frequent Collaborators

Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly

2 films together

John Carradine

John Carradine

2 films together

Alexander D'Arcy

Alexander D'Arcy

1 film together

Russ Tamblyn

Russ Tamblyn

1 film together

Gary Graver

Gary Graver

2 films together

Robert Dix

Robert Dix

3 films together

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