Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)
Pressbook
It Came From Hollywood sends us the Horror of the Blood Monsters pressbook, along with Paul’s reminiscence.
“A press book that is very close to my heart.
“Horror of the Blood Monsters was produced and distributed by Sam Sherman’s Independent-International Pictures. I-IP was created by Sam and Director Al Adamson (who passed in 1995.) Sam Sherman passed away on Monday, September 29, 2025, at the age of 85. I never met Sam Sherman in person, nor had I ever talked to the man via phone, but I felt a huge sense of loss when he passed away.
“I had toiled away, along with my fellow editors, on Sam’s book “When Dracula Met Frankenstein: My Years Making Drive-In Movies with Al Adamson” which was published in July of 2021.
“Starting around 2017, genre legend, and long-time Sam Sherman confidant, Tim Ferrante, gathered a gaggle of die-hard I-IP fans to aid in putting together a book based on Sam’s recollections and recorded audio-commentary tracks. This was a super-secret project and the lot of us were admonished to not share what we were working on, on any social media avenue, and we didn’t. Mostly because we had no free time to share what we were working on. The bulk of this book, Sam’s memories, literally took up all available free time within our group. From the start of the project to the end it encompassed about five years. But, for the group of us involved in putting the book together, the time it took to make it happen was not of concern. We all did it out of love for the I-IP films and our distinct appreciation, and admiration, for Sam Sherman. …