The Blood Beast Terror

I just love 70's horror and this fits the criteria. If you like cheesy horror then this one is for you

Here we have a good old fashioned Horror movie the likes of which proliferated throughout the Forties and Fifties and because of its mixture of humor and bloodletting, it works marvelously. Director Vernon Sewell's 'THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR' aka 'THE VAMPIRE BEAST CRAVES BLOOD'-1967 resembles its distant British cousins; Director Sydney J. Furie's 'THE SNAKE WOMAN'- 1960 and Director John Gilling's 'THE REPTILE' -1965 with the daughters of prominent doctors having curses placed on them causing them to transform into snakes but here we have our doctor creating his daughter from a moth/human hybrid with the inevitable disastrous results (we must not forget another distant cousin in Director Roger Corman's 'THE WASP WOMAN'-1957 but the transformation results from bee hormones injected into cold cream ). The doctor role was to be played by Basil Rathbone but he succumbed to a heart attack two weeks before shooting started. Producer Tony Tenser had distributed Director Riccardo Freda's brilliant hommage to gothic horror, necrophilia and actress Barbara Steele 'L'ORRIBILE SEGRETO DEL DR. HICHCOCK' aka 'THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK' -1961 and was able to secure actor Robert Flemyng as our 'mad as a March hare' Dr. Mallinger (but he still is Dr. Hichcock in my book). Our femme fatale is the beautiful Wanda Ventham who plays our deaths head moth in erotic nympho style and steals the film from everyone involved. She would also slightly steal her way through Writer/Director Brian Clemens's underrated vampire western 'CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER'-1971. We also have Peter Cushing as the Inspector who supposedly detested the script and decided to insert humor into the dialogue predating actor Thorley Walters blusterly policeman in Director Terence Fischer's masterpiece 'FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED' - 1969 but with less sarcasm but a memorable performance none the less. The film emerges as an entertaining hoot with the script by Peter Bryan borrowing from many past horrors. The photography is by future British Sex comedy auteur Stanley A. Long which in this Blu-Ray incarnation really enhances the proceedings. Director Sewell would go on to direct Boris Karloff's last British film 'CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR' aka 'THE CRIMSON CULT'-1970 with Christopher Lee and Barbara Steele wasting their talents and the frustrating 'BURKE AND HARE'- 1972 which is also released by Redemption in both DVD and Blu-Ray. Released over a decade ago on DVD by Image Entertainment in a slightly worn transfer, this Redemption disc is light years ahead of it with rich colors and tones presented in its original 1.66 theatrical aspect ratio in eye popping 1080P. Extras include an original British trailer for the film, other Redemption trailers and a still gallery. For all fans of sixties Horror, this is a real guilty pleasure and recommended.

I agree with most of the ones who like this movie and not at all with those who don't! This is a overlooked under rated classic horror even thoughit's not a Hammer or Universal film. Cushing is as good as ever and plays a good guy again. I like the script and it moves at a good pace andhas just enough mystery and horror without all the blood and gore and sex like most of the trash made especially TODAY! I think Cushing playsthe detective a toned down Sherlock Holmes who he played many times. This is a must for any Cushing or Hammer or classic horror movies.

Supposedly this is Cushing's least favorite film that he ever made, and honestly I think he's being a bit hard on himself. Besides, that's probably Scream & Scream Again. The main problem is that the concept isn't executed as well as it could be. SPOILERS: Insect monsters! There's some notable Insect Monster media (The Fly, InSexts, hell even Kafka) that is truly horrifying. I don't think the technology was there to adequately convey the body horror aspect, and the writers could have gone a lot farther with the gender implications. The ending definitely falls flat, and feels very unimpressive. But the detective story leading up to it is interesting! Cushing flexes some of those Sherlock muscles. I'd totally be down for a modern remake of this, in a more explicitly Gothic Horror vein (looking at you, Del Toro).

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Some say its the worst film that Cushing has ever done, and he said so himself but I beg to differ. I enjoyed this strange film really, it's different and Image Entertainment really have done a fantastic job at bringing it in the best quality I have ever seen in my life. From a Cushing enthusiasts, you can't go wrong with this film.

I bought this DVD because it starred Peter Cushing and I thought the premise sounded intriguing. It takes place in 19th century England. A series of unsolved murders have occurred in the countryside near London. The victims were all men of a certain age. Their throats were torn open and they were drained of every ounce of blood. The only witness to see the killer was driven insane at the sight of it. “The eyes, the eyes!!!” Prompting Detective Inspector Quennell (Peter Cushing) to get involved. His investigation leads him to a mad scientist who is always angry at someone for something (he’s not above slapping a student for a harmless prank). It is soon evident that this scientist is not what he claims to be and neither is his so-called daughter (Wanda Ventham). What are they trying to hide?Not bad for its type (a pseudo-vampire flick). At least Peter Cushing was great as always. But the horror element could have been jazzed up a notch or two more than it was. Still, it was entertaining.

Highly underrated in my opinion. Though the great Peter Cushing thought little of this film, in hindsight, it wasn't that bad. In fact, it certainly has an interesting twist, as it removes itself from the typical vampire flick of the day. I feel this ranges up there with "The Creeping Flesh" in its originality.