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Blood of Ghastly Horror AKA Echo of Terror AKA The Love Maniac AKA The Fiend with the Electronic Brain AKA Psycho a Go-Go (1964/1971)
Human zombies rise from their coffins as living corpses!Director: Al Adamson
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:* The Film
* Rawhide Terror" 1934 western
Audio commentary on Psycho a Go Go by Sam Sherman (2001)
Trailers for:
- Dracula vs Frankenstein
- Angels' Wild Women
- I Spit on Your Corpse
- Satan's Sadists
- Blood of Ghastly Horror
- Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger, Part IV
Troma.com promo
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Non-progressive transfer.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with producer Sam Sherman (2001)
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Extras:"Producing Shlock" 2001 documentary
Behind-the-scene photos
Theatrical trailer
Television teaser
Bonus Troma trailers
Credits -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
Both Troma discs sport different cuts of the film. Get the "Blood of Ghastly Horror" version for the most familiar version of the film.
GENERAL NOTES:
This film has 6 alternate titles:
"Echo of Terror"
"The Fiend with the Atomic Brain"
"The Man with the Synthetic Brain"
Director Al Adamson filmed the first version, "Echo of Terror", a straightforward heist movie, in 1964. Adamson and producer Sam Sherman could not interest any distributor in releasing the movie so they added several new scenes in 1965 (some featured actor John Carradine) and the result was a more horrific, science-fiction themed version, which they titled "Psycho A Go-Go". That version was also unreleasable. Allied Artists TV approached Sherman with a request for a color horror movie to add to their package of movies for sale to American TV stations. Adamson responded by filming new scenes that added a zombie and mad doctor subplot, featuring Tommy Kirk, Kent Taylor and Regina Carroll, and the vastly re-edited film was sold to TV as "The Man With The Synthetic Brain". A few scenes were cut for TV (including a strangulation murder), but Adamson added the violence and gore into a theatrical version of Synthetic Brain, titled "Blood of Ghastly Horror" in 1972 this is the version released by Troma on DVD. -
CUTS:
- R0 America- Troma Team Video - No cuts - Earlier 1964 version minus the sci-fi and horror elements shot for the later "Blood of Ghastly Horror" (83:00 NTSC)
- R0 Collector's Edition America- Troma Team Video - No cuts - This is the longest version available with additional gore and violence (85:18 NTSC)
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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 04/01/04
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 02/11/20UPDATE LOG:
24/03/13: Initial entry.
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02/11/20: Typo.
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