Blood of the Vampire
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| Blood of the Vampire | |
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| Directed by | Henry Cass |
| Produced by | Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman |
| Written by | Jimmy Sangster |
| Starring | Donald Wolfit |
| Distributed by | Universal International |
| Release date(s) | 1958 |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Language | English |
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Blood of the Vampire is a 1958 film which, despite the title, is not a vampire film.
[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
A young couple (Vincent Ball and Barbara Shelley) are terrorized by Dr. Callistratus (Donald Wolfit) who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl (Victor Maddern), the 'anemic' mad scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency research on the inmates of a prison hospital for the criminally insane to sustain his return to life.
[edit] Trivia
- Donald Wolfit is best remembered today as the inspiration for the film The Dresser (1983), in which Albert Finney plays a larger-than-life actor-manager modelled on Wolfit.
- This was an early attempt to copy the Hammer Film Productions style. This style was copied more successfully a few years later by Amicus Productions and Tigon British Film Productions.
- Future star of Scars of Dracula, Dennis Waterman appeared with Victor Maddern in the 1962 American sitcom Fair Exchange.
