Horror · Science Fiction
Blood of the Vampire
Nothing Like It This Side of Hell!
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, 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.
Top Cast
Donald Wolfit
Doctor Callistratus
Vincent Ball
Dr. John Pierre
Barbara Shelley
Madeleine Duval
Victor Maddern
Carl
William Devlin
Kurt Urach
Andrew Faulds
Chief Guard Wetzler
John Le Mesurier
Chief Justice
Bryan Coleman
Monsieur Auron
Directed by
Henry Cass
Production
Reviews
Wuchak
6/105/6/2024
**_“Vampires? We don’t need no stinkin’ vampires”_** In 1880 Carlstadt, Düsseldorf, a doctor (Vincent Ball) is sentenced to life-in-prison for malpractice in performing an emergency blood transfusion, which had never been done successfully. Instead of being sent to the prescribed penal island, he’s curiously transferred to a prison for the criminally insane where the director (Donald Wolfit) wants him to perform blood-typing research for some unknown reason. "Blood of the Vampire" (1958) was obviously inspired by the success of Hammer's “The Curse of Frankenstein” because the producers hired the same scriptwriter, Jimmy Sangster, and it includes elements of both that flick and “The Horror of Dracula,” which started filming shortly after this one. While it lacks Christopher Lee and P
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