Twilight People

This cheap Island of Dr. Moreau knock-off is competently executed, though the ridiculously shoddy makeup designs for the unfortunate experiments keep Twilight People deep in the realm of the psychotronic. Obsessive Pam Grier fans will be dejected to realize that their heroine is relegated to a minor role as a feral panther-woman, her winsome features obscured by crepe hair and greasepaint. Faring far worse are the poor actors portraying the antelope man and human bat, both rendered comical with costumes that wouldn't pass muster in the cheapest of 1930s sci-fi serials. Unfortunately, the dull seriousness of the proceedings render Twilight People plodding and uninvolving, barely worth the time of even the hardiest bad movie fan, though Dr. Gordon does get the chance to make a nice speech early in the film that such die-hard connoisseurs might appreciate: "People are willing enough to admire commitment, so long as it isn't serious. Serious commitment has a way of becoming obsession. And obsession, as every newspaper reader knows, is insanity." ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide

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Dashing adventurer Matt Farrell (John Ashley) is captured and taken to a remote island in the South Pacific, where he is meant to become the newest victim of Dr. Gordon (Charles Macaulay), a mad scientist who is crossing humans and animals in an attempt to create a race of "superbeings." The doctor's daughter, Neva (Patricia Woodell), is assisting in the nefarious experiments, though she has begun to doubt the legitimacy of her father's scientific work. Gordon's main henchman, Steinman (Jan Merlin), would like nothing more for Farrell to escape, as he views the handsome captive as a worthy adversary and longs to track him through the jungle as human prey. When Neva falls in love with Farrell, she betrays her father and frees him, fleeing with a group of Gordon's experiments, bestial homo sapiens who have been crossed with bats, panthers, antelopes, and other animals. Meanwhile, Farrell captures the doctor and makes his way through the jungle to meet up with Neva on the island's dock, where they intend to make their way to freedom. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide

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    • Twilight People
    • Bird With the Crystal Plumage
    • Blood & Black Lace
    • Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
    • Gargoyles
    • Night Visitor
  • Bios
    • John Ashely as Matt Farrell
    • Pam Grier as The Panther Woman
    • Eddie Romero- Director/ Producer Screenwriter

Side #1 --
1. Matt's Capture [8:17]
2. The Arrival [6:40]
3. Curious Matt [6:41]
4. Second Thoughts [5:44]
5. Panther Woman [4:20]
6. Attempted Suicide [5:41]
7. The Escape [10:38]
8. Taming the Panther Woman [11:04]
9. Wild Life [7:33]
10. The Capture [6:20]
11. Hunter Vs. Hunter [3:56]
12. Dr. Gordon's End [3:30]