Blood of the Vampire (1958) on Netflix
Approved19581h 27mHorrorSci-Fi
John Pierre is convicted of malpractice and sent to a prison run by Callistratus, who was executed as a vampire and revived by a heart transplant. Callistratus wants his help.
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Plot summary
Villagers in Transylvania put Dr. Callistratus to death as a vampire in 1874, driving a stake through his body. His assistant Carl brings a physician to cut into the corpse, and a replaced heart brings Callistratus back. Six years afterward, John Pierre is convicted of malpractice: an emergency blood transfusion killed his patient, and a judge sentenced him to life imprisonment in a penal colony. He is sent instead to the prison for the criminally insane that Callistratus runs, and is told he will assist with blood-typing research for a rare blood condition. Pierre's fiancée Madeleine and her uncle bring Professor Meinster from Geneva, who says the court never wrote to him.
Cast
- William Devlinas Kurt
- Julian Strangeas Second Guard
- Bruce Wightmanas Third Guard(Bruce Whiteman)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Blood of the Vampire (1958)
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- The success of Hammer's The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and The Horror of Dracula (1958) inspired the film, and the producers brought in Jimmy Sangster, who wrote both of those movies, to write the screenplay.
- A 1960 drive-in promotion for Blood of the Vampire offered attendees whose tickets ended in 13 a 'Dracula's Buffet Luncheon' with items including 'Dracula's Blood Cocktail' and a 'Werewolf Tail Sandwich'.
- The BBFC removed scenes with Mary Marshall and Patricia Phoenix from the UK theatrical release, though those scenes appear in the "Continental" version restored for Blu-ray.
- Film critic Phil Hardy wrote in 1986 that 'all prints of it appear to have been destroyed', and the first mention of the film being available in the UK for home viewing is its 2007 DVD release by Simply Media.
