The blood beast terror bluray kino lorber home video. It resembles a large wolflike creature, and, like a werewolf, evolves from human form. There have been numerous films based on carmilla, an 1872 gothic novella by irish author joseph sheridan le fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating bram stokers dracula 1897 by 26 years. Hours later he comes back to life with baby aliens growing inside of him. The creature masquerades as his daughter when she is in her human incarnation and feeds on the blood of her victims when she is in the moth form. The vampire beast craves blood aka the blood beast terror trailer 1969. Lovecraft adaptation, and the second was the blood beast terror, a bizarre take on the shecreature formula hammer had attempted with the reptile and the gorgon. Its hard to believe the commercials we used to put up with, but we did. The beast is the final boss of the plasma pak, and only appears on the final level, e6m8. In 19th century britain, a series of grisly murders are taking place in the countryside near london. Theres also an overgrown parrot looking alien killing people. The picture then becomes an exercise in avoiding discovery by all parties.
The blood beast terror, dvd, horrormonsters, 738329091828. Posts about blood beast terror written by jonman492000. Cushing couldnt save that one any more than he could land of the minotaur. Directed by old hand vernon sewell latin quarter 1945, ghost ship 1952, house of mystery 1961 its a threadbare imitation of the hammer style from tony tensers tigon british, still several months away from better things in the. Jan 09, 2018 peter cushing reckoned this the worst film he ever made and its not hard to see why. Peter cushing brings a touch of class to the blood beast terror, on dvd from 24 june 20. Una pelicula dirigida por vernon sewell con peter cushing, robert flemyng, wanda ventham, vanessa howard. The vampire beast craves blood, blood beast from hell the deathshead vampire the vampire beast craves blood, blood beast from hell, the deathshead vampire. Feb 01, 20 the vampire beast craves blood aka the blood beast terror trailer 1969. The original submission to the bbfc in 1968 has the film at 87min.
Blood of the beast is a quest in bastards wound synopsis edit edit source. The very first thing we see is a small canoe traversing a remote river. The blood beast terror s main weakness is its low budget which resulted in some horribly lame special effects, although the budget cannot be entirely blamed as just a little imagination in this area would have resulted in something far more effective. The first thing youll notice is how the redcolored opening titles pop off the screen, and what follows is an almost blemishfree image with extremely sharp detail and spectacularly vivid colors. Vote up content that is ontopic, within the rulesguidelines, and will likely stay relevant longterm. The blood beast terror, made by tony tensers tigon in 1968, has possibly one of the most peculiar monsters in horror film history a giant deathshead moth as the outlandish alterego of a promiscuous wanda ventham. Its conception likely came from a dropped feature from blood. Mar 23, 2018 uk the blood beast terror 1968 peter cushing and wanda ventham star in this spine chilling 1968 tigon british horror classic which was d. As the victims begin piling up, the determined quennell investigates further into the case of the mysterious killer who drains the blood of men. In the united states it was released by pacemaker pictures on a.
The creature masquerades as his daughter when she is in her human incarnation and feeds on the blood of her victims when she is in. Night of the blood beast 1958 out of 4 an astronaut crash lands on earth, killing him instantly. Night of the blood beast is a 1958 american sciencefiction horror film about a team of scientists who are stalked by an alien creature, which implants its embryos in an astronauts body during a space flight. The blood lust of a frenzied vampire a scotland yard detective peter cushing must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood sucking moth that can take human form. The blood beast terror 1968 the blood beast terror. This classically told monster movie directed by vernon sewell is set in motion when mutilated bodies begin appearing in the english countryside, drained of. The blood beast terror bows here in 1080p resolution, in its original 1. Staring peter cushing, glynn edwards, vanessa howard and wanda ventham. The story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named carmilla, later revealed to be mircalla, countess karnstein carmilla is an anagram of mircalla. Joe trigger, a witness to the latest murder, is driven insane when he sees the killer. Inspector quennell and sergeant allan investigate the murders. Wagstaff needs the blood of reeftalon to sustainably provide water for the wound. Bluray a tale of demonic reincarnation reminiscent of mario bavas black sunday, revenge of the blood beast il lago di satana, aka the she beast stars barbara steele as veronica, a british tourist who is stranded in a remote village with her husband philip ian ogilvy while honeymooning in transylvania.
Night of the blood beast in this presentation is a washedout 16mm print with obtrusive multiple changeover marks circle cues, round punchouts every seven minutes or so, as if this 65minute movie had been carved up to be shown in a twohour time slot. The blood beast terror page 2 classic horror film board. The vampire beast craves blood aka the blood beast terror. During the 1960s, several british production companies arrived on the scene to try and emulate the vast success of hammer films. Cushings candyeating habit in blood beast was a nice touch. Blood beast terror, the tigon 1968 classic monsters. Pulling up his horses, he grabs his lantern and goes to investigate, finding a young man whose throat has been torn open. The mystery angle is minimal, since we know virtually from the beginning that. A scientist, working with genetics, creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant death head moth and a beautiful woman. Produced by exploitation filmmaker roger corman and his brother gene, it was one of the first films directed by bernard l. He believes that due to her magical abilities, her blood would be reusable in his water.
A crazed etymologist is dabbling in gruesome experiments that are turning his beautiful daughter. In the late sixties and early seventies romero put a series of films together known as the blood island trilogy which were lowbudget shockers containing sex, blood and monsters. The victims are goodlooking young men, between the ages of twenty and thirty, and all have had their throats torn open and their blood drained. The blood beast terror 1967 and you call yourself a scientist. A cabbie travelling a lonely stretch of road outside london hears a horrifying scream in the woods. The vampirebeast craves blood, blood beast from hell the deathshead vampire the vampirebeast craves blood, blood beast from hell, the deathshead vampire. Votes are used to help determine the most interesting content on rym. With peter cushing, robert flemyng, wanda ventham, vanessa howard. It is probably true to say that ferris is better known as a composer for his beautiful but also sinister sounding soundtrack to the vincent price horror movie the witchfinder general which was directed by filmmaker michael. Kowalski and was written by firsttime screenwriter martin. Compared to those two, corruption, the uncanny and the blood beast terror were rather good. Even peter cushing who was vocally not a fan of the script is on. Some pearl diving topless island women make this one for adults only. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango.
Blood beast terror, the on bluray 738329091927 from kino video. But it also has peter cushing, so just about manages to scrape by after naturist movie naked as nature intended in 1961, tenser continued to cut his cinematic teeth on sex. The us dvd which is under the title the blood beast terror and the uk dvd which is an inferior print under the us title the vampire beast craves blood are both 80min allowing for pal speedup on the latter. The blood lust of a frenzied vampire a scotland yard detective peter cushing must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant bloodsucking moth that can take human form. Set during the victorian era, the film stars peter cushing as a holmeslike detective on the trail of a serial killer. Released 1968, the blood beast terror stars peter cushing, robert flemyng, wanda ventham, vanessa howard the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The victims are all handsome young men left with their blood drained from their bodies. The blood beast terror, bluray, horrormonsters, 738329091927. This classically told monster movie directed by vernon sewell is set in motion when mutilated bodies begin appearing in the english countryside, drain. Redemption, kino lorbers fun releasing arm that handles all those great, schlocky british horror titles from the 60s and 70s, has released the blood beast terror, that notsogreat, schlocky 1967 monster movie from tryer tigon british film productions, starring icon peter cushing, robert flemyng, wanda ventham, vanessa howard, and glynn edwards. Props pete often came up with little bits of business that helped make his performances stand out even further. Peter cushing star wars and robert flemyng battle of britain star in this classic horror film.
Review the blood beast terror is one of the few films in which peter cushing must carry the entire cast and script in order to make a passable film. Aug 26, 20 posts about blood beast terror written by jonman492000. James craig stars in a ridiculously hamfisted performance as a stressedout scientist who develops a blood drinking plant beast that could give the monsters from invasion of the star creatures a run for their money. There are a few positive things about the blood beast terror, i guess peter. The blood beast terror takes flight on bluray with a greatlooking 1080pavc mpeg4 encode in its original 1. This movie isnt worth watching for its story makes no sense and too much goes. Greece transliterated title o drakos tou prasinou dasous. It is probably true to say that ferris is better known as a composer for his beautiful but also sinister sounding soundtrack to the vincent price horror movie the witchfinder general which was directed by filmmaker michael reeves and. Peter cushing reckoned this the worst film he ever made and its not hard to see why. By the way, the film was released here in 1969 on a double bill with curse of the bloodghouls, a retitling of slaughter of the vampires, which id love to see on dvd someday. Composer paul ferris was born richard paul ferris on may 2 nd 1941 in corby northamptonshire, england.
The vampire beast craves blood blood beast terror 1967. The blood beast terror is a 1967 british horror film released by tigon in february 1968. Night of the blood beast is a 1958 film about an astronaut who is killed on reentry to earth and whose body is seeded with rapidly gestating aliens. Peter cushing dracula, star warsand wanda ventham u f. James craig stars in a ridiculously hamfisted performance as a stressedout scientist who develops a blood drinking plantbeast that could give the monsters from invasion of the star creatures a run for their money. Dr malinger has given his daughter clare the ability to turn herself into a giant moth, which has a taste for blood and now wants a mate, leading both to flee their home. Quennell begs mallinger one of those useful movie doctorscientists for help.