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.
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Classical in form, grave, unpretentious and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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- Wuchakon TMDB · May 20246/10
**_“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 Peter Cushing, it’s on par production-wise and certainly different enough to stand on its own. It's worth seeing just for the beautiful Barbara Shelley, who plays the doctor’s fiancée and was only 25 during shooting. She went on to appear in Hammer Films’ “The Gorgon,” “Dracula, Prince of Darkness,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk” and “Five Million Years to Earth,” aka “Quatermass and the Pit.” Victor Maddern is
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Cast
- Donald WolfitDoctor Callistratus
- Vincent BallDr. John Pierre
- Barbara ShelleyMadeleine Duval
- Victor MaddernCarl
- William DevlinKurt Urach
- Andrew FauldsChief Guard Wetzler
- John Le MesurierChief Justice
- Bryan ColemanMonsieur Auron
- Cameron HallDrunken Doctor
- George MurcellFirst Guard
Crew
- Henry CassDirector
- Jimmy SangsterWriter
- Monty BermanDirector of Photography
- Stanley BlackOriginal Music Composer
- Douglas MyersEditor
- Robert S. BakerProducer
- Monty BermanProducer
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