Directing
Al Adamson
- Born
- Jul 25, 1929 · Aged 65
- Died
- Jun 21, 1995
- Place of birth
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 6
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 31
Also known as (1)
- Albert Adamson
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…
