Al Adamson

Al Adamson (July 25, 1929 - August 2, 1995) was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

After assisting his father in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry. 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 reshot as Blood of Ghastly Horror), Satan's Sadists, Horror of the Blood Monsters, and Five Bloody Graves.

After Adamson was reported as missing in 1995, law enforcement officials discovered his murdered corpse beneath the concrete- and tile-covered whirlpool bath in his newly remodeled bathroom. The perpetrator was his live-in contractor Fred Fulford. After being apprehended in Miami Florida, Fulford was charged with and convicted of murder, and was sentenced to twenty-five-years in prison. Mr. Adamson was the husband of cult actress and dancer, Regina Carrol.

Sources

• Quinlan's Film Directors (Sterling, 1999) ISBN 0-7134-7753-9
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