Year of production: 1986
Genre: Horror
Format: FLICK!
Length: 80 minutes
Language: Spanish
Producer/Writer/Director: Ricardo Islas
Stars: Daniel Lacoste, Fanny Bertinat, Mario Fernández
 

Crowley   During the colony times a depraved English Lord is accused of witchcraft and hanged.   Before he dies , the wizard swears revenge against the whole town. Three hundred years later, in a full moon night, a young couple makes love on the grass, unaware something is slowly coming back from the grave. "Crowley" stands as one of the unique vampire stories ever made in South America, combining horror and sadism. Special for B-class lovers

Trivia: Provided the fact that the main transportation of the production was a small motorcycle, it was a common thing to see Islas dressed up as a vampire, riding his motorbike with cast or crew members from one location to another.
As it was released on television, this flick got so famous that even local soccer teams would be named Crowley!
 

Year of production: 1988
Genre: Horror
Format: FLICK!
Length: 80 minutes
Language: Spanish
Producer/Writer/Director: Ricardo Islas
Stars: Norma Morgan, Ricardo Islas, Yanaina Sánchez
 
 

FEATHER CUSHION  was the first ALPHA Studios flick that was nationally awarded and launched Ricardo Islas to the media attention.
Intense suspense surrounds Alice, a young married woman, whose only mistake was to  buy a feather cushion to some gypsies. Scientific horror skillfully combined with esoteric elements, produce a terrifying sense of permanent domestic danger. Mysteriously Alice's life gets consumed as nobody can cure her from something unknown. The last twenty minutes of this picture lack dialogues, making the most prevented audiences shake all over. This made critics call Feather Cushion's director, a new John Carpenter. 
 

Trivia:

• Special Effects for dinner...One of the scenes required a woman's head breaking up as a horrid bug comes from inside. To achieve this effect in a realistic way, Islas bought brain at a regular butchery. Unaware of the infamous activities of his son, Ricardo's father found the brains in the refrigerator and became them in the family delicious dinner for that night.

Year of production: 1990
Genre: Horror
Format: FLICK!
Length: 80 minutes
Language: Spanish
Producer/Writer/Director: Ricardo Islas
Stars: Yanaina Sánchez, Julio Morante, Patricia Díaz
 

CROWLEY'S ASHES  The blood thirsty vampire strikes in this sequel. The bizarre elements that were present in the first one are increased in this second one. Diabolic rituals, perversity, sadism and a violent vampires fight, are just some ingredients of this black jewel that reminds glorious Hammer films epoch. 
 

Trivia:

 During the shoot of "Crowley's Ashes", a dummy was thrown from the seventh floor of an apartment building. Many people saw that and thought it was a real suicide, so the police was notified. Traffic would stop and the mess was so huge, it even came up in the media!

Year of production: 1992
Genre: Sci-fi
Format: FLICK!
Length: 70 minutes
Language: Spanish
Producer/Writer/Director: Ricardo Islas
Stars: Virginia Moar, Ricardo Islas, Bruno Gea
 

INTO THE DARKNESS  is a real tribute to b-movie making! Some new age UFO lovers groups have announced that the Earth will be without energy and Sun light for three days. Three darkness days of galactic cleaning by superior light brothers. After this apocalyptic resource is a depraved alien plan to supplant human-kind leaders in order to start an invasion. Original story full of violent scenes. Special for Sci-fi B-class lovers. 
 

Trivia:

The whole movie is based on a real event! Even an article from a newspaper that at some point is read in one particular scene, announcing the extraterrestrial invasion is a real article that came out in the media! See to believe...

Year of production: 1993
Genre: Horror
Format: FLICK!
Length: 80 minutes
Language: Spanish (with subtitles in English)
Producer/Writer/Director: Ricardo Islas
Stars: Martín Cabrera, Ricardo Islas, Ana C. García
 

FULLMOON stands as one of the best or probably the best flick from the South American period. Produced with a budget of less than a thousand dollars!, it was awarded by the International Cinemateca Film Festival of Uruguay, beating productions of over a hundred thousand dollars. 
It also won the Best Foreign movie award during the Low-B Film Festival of New York in August 1999.

Bloody crimes shake a little village. A bunch of teenagers discover the cause of these killings is a werewolf that has arrived to stay. Things turn real wild when the werewolf discovers them. Fresh and dynamic, this tape reminds 70's TV movies. But when you are enjoying comedy, everything changes drastically and killing scenes become ultra violent. Only for strong stomach spectators ! 
 

Trivia:

 The werewolf that is shown only in the last minutes of the flick, was hand-made out of sponge and cotton...A MUST SEE!

Year of production: 1995
Genre: Horror
Format: FLICK!
Length: 95 minutes
Language: Spanish 
Producer: Alejandro Presa
Writer/Director: Ricardo Islas
Stars: Estela Moreno, Ricardo Islas, Claudia Faget
 

BAD BLOOD Sex and suspense in a great solid story. An ordinary man looses his job. As a result of a job hunting trip, he gets involved in a  passionate sexual relation with a mysterious wild woman. An apparent act with no consequences that will become his life into a nightmare. She has infected his blood with hers. With something wild and criminal. 

Trivia: 
In the original script, most of the climatic scenes had to do with a train station. The local producer told Islas there was no way to access the train station the night before they would start shooting...As a result of this, the whole script had to be reviewed and mostly re-written overnight...
The whole sound track is dubbed, since there was no money to record direct sound. During the dubbing process, some actors didn't show up...Eleven different voices had to be played by Islas and that includes a scared cow!

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