

Blood of the Vampire1958
“Nothing Like It This Side of Hell!”
Directed by Henry Cass
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
In the shadowy corridors of a prison for the criminally insane, the resurrected Dr. Callistratus — brought back from execution through grim surgical means — holds terrifying sway over the helpless inmates in his care. Obsessed with a rare blood condition that threatens his unnatural second life, this cold and calculating figure uses the captive population as unwilling subjects in his relentless experiments. A young couple find themselves ensnared in his web, with no easy path to escape his ruthless grip. Part Gothic horror, part mad-science nightmare, this late-1950s British chiller blurs the line between the supernatural and the scientifically sinister.
Content: Scenes Set In A Prison Asylum With Disturbing Depictions Of Captivity, Medical Experimentation On Unwilling Subjects, Period-Typical Horror Violence
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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

Cameron Hall
Drunken Doctor
George Murcell
First Guard
Julian Strange
Second Guard
Bruce Wightman
Third Guard
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