IL SANGUE DEL VAMPIRO

(Blood of the Vampire)

1958, regia di Henry Cass

Scheda: Nazione: GB - Produzione: Artistes Alliance Ltd. - Distribuzione: Globe, Eros Film Distributors Ltd., Universal Pictures, Universal-International, Video Search of Miami - Sceneggiatura: Jimmy Sangster - Fotografia: Monty Berman, Geoffrey Seahorne - Montaggio: Douglas Myers - Musiche: Stanley Black - Formato: Eastmancolor - Durata: 88'. 

Cast: Donald Wolfit, Vincent Ball, Barbara Shelley, Victor Maddern, William Devlin, Andrew Faulds, Bryan Coleman, George Murcell, Julian Strange, John Le Mesurier, Colin Tapley, John Stuart, Henri Vidon, Cameron Hall, Bernard Bresslaw, Hal Osmond, Max Brimmell, Barbara Burke.

Trama e commenti: mymovies.it: «Un medico viene imprigionato. Il suo collega addetto al carcere è un vampiro resuscitato bisognoso di sangue umano, che prende dai detenuti, per sopravvivere. La fidanzata del recluso non crede alla notizia che sia morto, si presenta come domestica al tristo personaggio e incontra l'amato. I due stanno per...».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - vampire-world.com - tvguide.com - terra.es/personal - allmovie.com: «A palatable combination of horror and science fiction, Blood of the Vampire takes place in 19th century Transylvania-and never mind that all the locals have cockney accents. British stage star Donald Wolfit, who never spoke when shouting would do, plays the vampiric Dr. Callistratus. Though we see Callistratus being dispatched in traditional stake-through-the-heart fashion during the opening credits, it isn't long before he returns to life, this time in the guise of a prison warden. Using his criminally insane charges as his guinea pigs, Callistratus drains their bodies of blood in order to stay alive. In the film's incredibly busy climax, Callistratus is prevented from carving up the toothsome Madeleine (Barbara Shelley) by his hunchbacked assistant Carl (Victor Maddern). We didn't see the kitchen sink, but we'll bet that that's in here somewhere too. Often mistaken for a Hammer film production (mainly because it was written by perennial Hammer scrivener Jimmy Sangster), Blood of the Vampire was actually produced by the short-lived Artistes Alliance Ltd.» (Hal Erickson).

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Conosciuto anche con i titoli: Dämon mit den blutigen Händen; La sangre del vampiro; Le Sang du vampire; Vampyrens Blod; La Venganza del Vampiro.

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