Blood Creature

William Fitzgerald, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, washes ashore on Blood Island. He is found by Dr. Charles Girard, a scientist who has created a laboratory on the isolated island with his disenchanted wife Frances and his assistant Walter Perrera. The island's natives fear Dr. Girard, as he has been experimenting on a panther, surgically changing it with a series of painful operations into a half-man, half-panther beast that occasionally escapes from its cage and kills unwary villagers. The creature is swathed in bandages, but its cat-like eyes and ears are still evident. It is attracted to Frances, as she is the only person on the island who shows it pity. As time passes on the island, Fitzgerald and Frances fall in love, and she asks him to take her away. The creature frees itself once again, but Walter sets it ablaze and recaptures it. The beast later escapes again and embarks on a rampage, killing Walter and a young servant girl named Selene and abducting Frances, carrying her into the jungle. With William and Charles in hot pursuit, the creature is cornered on the edge of a cliff, where it hurls the mad doctor to his death. Before the creature can attack the others, it is shot several times by William. Fleeing toward the beach, the wounded creature is helped by Selene's little brother Tiago, and the unconscious beast drifts to sea in a small rowboat. ^ Jeff Rovin (1989). The Encyclopedia of Monsters. Facts on File. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-0-8160-1824-6.