Doomwatch was originally a TV series that was on between 1970 and 1972. It was so big that it became this movie, which was released in the U. S. as Island of the Ghouls.
Dr. Spencer Quist (John Paul) and the Doomwatch (Department for the Observation and Measurement of Scientific Work) team - Doctor Del Shaw (Ian Bannen), Dr. John Ridge (Simon Oates), Dr. Fay Chantry (Jean Trend) - visit a village on the island of Balfe that is cut off from the rest of civilization. That's because pollution has led to many of their people becoming mutated and violent.
Del Shaw was a new character who became the lead in this, which hurt the popularity of this movie with the fans of the show. Judy Geeson also gets more time than any of the show's cast.
Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis, who created that show, have writing credits, but Clive Exton (The House In Nightmare Park, The Awakening) did most of the story. It's kind of folk horror mixed with ecology, which is a weird mix.
That said, I love director Peter Sasdy. His movies are all over the place. He made everything from Taste the Blood of Dracula, Countess Dracula and Hands of the Ripper to The Stone Tape, Nothing But the Night, I Don't Want to Be Born, Welcome to Blood City and The Lonely Lady.
Dr. Spencer Quist (John Paul) and the Doomwatch (Department for the Observation and Measurement of Scientific Work) team - Doctor Del Shaw (Ian Bannen), Dr. John Ridge (Simon Oates), Dr. Fay Chantry (Jean Trend) - visit a village on the island of Balfe that is cut off from the rest of civilization. That's because pollution has led to many of their people becoming mutated and violent.
Del Shaw was a new character who became the lead in this, which hurt the popularity of this movie with the fans of the show. Judy Geeson also gets more time than any of the show's cast.
Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis, who created that show, have writing credits, but Clive Exton (The House In Nightmare Park, The Awakening) did most of the story. It's kind of folk horror mixed with ecology, which is a weird mix.
That said, I love director Peter Sasdy. His movies are all over the place. He made everything from Taste the Blood of Dracula, Countess Dracula and Hands of the Ripper to The Stone Tape, Nothing But the Night, I Don't Want to Be Born, Welcome to Blood City and The Lonely Lady.