For the novel by Florence Marryat, see The Blood of the Vampire.
Blood of the Vampire
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Henry Cass
Written by
Jimmy Sangster
Produced by
Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman
Starring
Donald Wolfit Barbara Shelley Vincent Ball Victor Maddern
Cinematography
Monty Berman
Edited by
Douglas Myers
Music by
Stanley Black
Production company
Artistes Alliance
Distributed by
Eros Films Universal International Pictures (US)
Release date
26 August 1958 (1958-08-26)
Running time
87 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Blood of the Vampire is a 1958 British colour horror film directed by Henry Cass and starring Donald Wolfit, Barbara Shelley, and Vincent Ball. The film was produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman for Tempean Films, from a screenplay by Jimmy Sangster.[1]
The film's U.S. release was in October 1958 as a double feature with Universal's Monster on the Campus (1958).
The film's storyline, set in Transylvania, is about a scientist who uses the inmates of a prison for the criminally insane as sources for his gruesome blood-typing and transfusion experiments that are keeping him alive.
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