‘The blood lust of a frenzied vampire’
The Blood Beast Terror is a 1968 British horror film about a series of gruesome killings in which the victims are all young men.
Directed by Vernon Sewell (Burke & Hare; Curse of the Crimson Altar; House of Mystery; The Man In The Back Seat; Ghost Ship) from a screenplay written by Peter Bryan (The Plague of the Zombies, The Brides of Dracula).
The Tigon production stars Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng (The Horrible Doctor Hichcock), Wanda Ventham, Vanessa Howard, David Griffin and Glynn Edwards (The Playbirds).
Plot:
In 19th century England, a series of grisly murders take place in the countryside near London. The victims are all good-looking young men, between the ages of twenty and thirty, and all have had their throats torn open and their blood drained. The witness of the latest murder, a coachman named Joe Trigger (Leslie Anderson), is driven insane when he catches a glimpse of the mysterious killer.
Investigating the deaths are Detective Inspector Quennell (Peter Cushing) of Scotland Yard and his assistant, Sergeant Allan (Glynn Edwards). Because Joe keeps ranting about a horrible winged creature with huge eyes, Quennell hatches a theory that perhaps a homicidal eagle is on the loose. At the scene of the latest killing, several shiny scales are discovered…
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Cast and characters:
Peter Cushing … Inspector Quennell
Robert Flemyng … Doctor Mallinger
Wanda Ventham … Clare Mallinger
Vanessa Howard … Meg
David Griffin … William
Glynn Edwards … Sergeant Allan
William Wilde … Britewell
Kevin Stoney … Granger
John Paul … Warrender
Russell Napier … Landlord
Roy Hudd … Morgue Attendant
Leslie Anderson … Coachman
Simon Cain … Clem the Gardener
Robert Cawdron … Chief Constable
Kenneth Colley … James
Beryl Cooke … Housekeeper
Roy Evans … Second Porter
Joan Ingram … Cook
David Lyell … Second Student
John Scott Martin … Snaflebum
William Maxwell … First Porter
Michael Mundell … First Student
Norman Pitt … Police Doctor
Malcolm Rogers … Doctor Elliott
Drew Russell … PC Smith
Honor Shepherd … Senior Housemaid
Robin Wentworth … Starkadder
Arnold L. Miller … Policeman
Paul Vernon … Medical Student
Filming locations:
Goldhawk Studios, Shepherd’s Bush, London, England
Grim’s Dyke House, Old Redding, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, England (Clare House-exterior)
Filming dates:
7th August 1967 to 16th September 1967.
Technical specs:
1 hour 28 minutes
Audio: Mono
Aspect ratio: 1.66: 1
Release:
Released in the UK in January 1968 on a double-bill with French/Italian production Castle of the Living Dead.
In the USA, the movie was retitled as The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood by Pacemaker Pictures and released on a double-bill with Italian import Slaughter of the Vampires (with the latter retitled Curse of the Blood-Ghouls).
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