Psycho A Go-Go 1965 Original story by Al Adamson, screenplay by Chris Martino and Mark Eden, cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, directed by Al Adamson. It's on a Troma DVD along with The Rawhide Terror. The disc has a commentary by Sam Sherman, he used to make films with Al back in the 60s. Sam was the editor of a Western movie magazine and he got to know Denver Dixon, a long time actor and film maker who started in the silent era. Dixon's real name was Albert Adamson, he was Al's father. In 1935, Al was 6, his father put him into one of his films along with Al's mother Delores Booth, it was one of 3 films she appeared in. It was Albert that introduced Al to Sam Sherman. Al went on to direct a good number of low budget films. Some are more entertaining than others but none of them can be said to be great.
Psycho A Go-Go was shot and edited together, attempts to sell it were unsuccessful, more material was shot and it still didn't do that well. There are no known actors in it, buyers were looking for names the viewer knows. In 1969 more footage was shot and edited in, turning it into The Fiend With The Electronic Brain. A couple of years later more footage was shot and it was released as Blood Of Ghastly Horror. You have to admire their stick to it of ness, instead of coming up with a good idea in the script stage they kept trying and trying, hoping to fix it. Despite all that Psycho A Go-Go might be one of Al's better films. I haven't seen all of his films, but this is the one that I actually liked.
It's a tough crime drama about a gang of jewelry thieves who cock up a big robbery. Al Adamson plays one of the gang, he's shot by a guard and then killed by the most vicious of the gang members. Roy Morton plays the psycho, he likes killing young women. Unfortunately the diamonds wind up in the back of some random guy's pick up. They track him down but his daughter has already hidden the diamonds in her doll. The family get kidnapped and face some rough treatment before they manage to escape into the mountains. Lucky for them, the dad's brother in law is a cop.
It's by no means a great film, it's about average and watchable, that's way better than average for Al's films in my experience. The script mostly gets you to the end, with a good screenwriter it could stand out. I'd watch it again sometime.
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