Harem of Jewish slave traders to supply eunuchs to harems depended on whether they could acquire castrated males. European artists and writers envisioned and presented the Oriental harem in a romanticized, albeit historically inaccurate manner. The dark eunuch was held as the embodiment of the sensual tyranny that held sway in the fantasized Ottoman palace, for he had been "clipped" or "completely sheared" to make of him the "ultimate slave" for the supreme ruler. In the Ottoman court, white eunuchs, who were mostly brought from castration centers in Christian Europe and Circassia, were responsible for much of the palace administration, while
Terror Is a Man Terror Is a Man Terror Is a Man (also known as Blood Creature, Creature from Blood Island, The Gory Creatures, Island of Terror and Gore Creature) is a 1959 black-and-white Filipino/American horror film directed by Gerardo de Leon. It was the first in a series produced by Eddie Romero and Kane W. Lynn known as the "Blood Island" series, which also included "Brides of Blood", "The Mad Doctor of Blood Island" and "Beast of Blood". All four films took place on an island called Blood Island, named for its vivid red-hued sunsets. The film focuses on a shipwreck survivor washed