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. A crazed etymologist is dabbling in gruesome experiments that are turning his beautiful daughter into a vampire beast with an insatiable lust for blood. 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. There is no digital download here, however there is a six page. Peter cushing lends his usual good performance and the period detail is well executed but the blood sucking moth creature is too silly for words.
Some pearl diving topless island women make this one for adults only. The beast is the final boss of the plasma pak, and only appears on the final level, e6m8. Download url useful if you want to create a direct download link, embed in your own player, post from another publishing engine, link to from patreon, etc. The vampire beast craves blood aka the blood beast terror. Hours later he comes back to life with baby aliens growing inside of him. Blood beast terror, the on dvd 738329091828 from kino video. Jan 09, 2018 peter cushing reckoned this the worst film he ever made and its not hard to see why. The original submission to the bbfc in 1968 has the film at 87min. Classic scifi movies website came into being due to my passion for movies in general, and science fiction in particular. This classically told monster movie directed by vernon sewell is set in motion when mutilated bodies begin appearing in the english countryside, drained of.
Feb 01, 20 the vampire beast craves blood aka the blood beast terror trailer 1969. Pulling up his horses, he grabs his lantern and goes to investigate, finding a young man whose throat has been torn open. Fans immediately were drawn to regulars christopher lee unforgettable as hypnotic dracula and peter cushing as an intense, passionate dr. 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. Revenge of the blood beast comes with a 25gb bluray disc from.
The blood beast terror bows here in 1080p resolution, in its original 1. Vote up content that is ontopic, within the rulesguidelines, and will likely stay relevant longterm. 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. In the united states it was released by pacemaker pictures on a. His characters frequently were fussing with one object or another in ways that made sense in the story or gave depth to the character. Theres also an overgrown parrot looking alien killing people. Was nicknamed props because of his skill with using props to make his performances more natural. 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.
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. Blood calls to blood 1968 fernando sancho, stephen forsyth, german cobos. Kaufen sie the blood beast terror by peter cushing gunstig ein. 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. But the deeper he digs, the bloodier the violence, until he discovers a terrifying truth revealed in the gruesome finale. Peter did not care for this movie but it does not show in his performance in my opinion. During the 1960s, several british production companies arrived on the scene to try and emulate the vast success of hammer films. In 19th century britain, a series of grisly murders are taking place in the countryside near london. A classic monster movie directed by vernon sewell, the blood beast terror is set in motion when mutilated bodies begin appearing in the english countryside drained of blood. The vampire beast craves blood blood beast terror 1967. Night of the blood beast 1958 out of 4 an astronaut crash lands on earth, killing him instantly. 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. The blood beast terror takes flight on bluray with a greatlooking 1080pavc mpeg4 encode in its original 1.
The blood beast terror, dvd, horrormonsters, 738329091828. 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. Blood beast terror, the on bluray 738329091927 from kino video. Peter cushing list of movies and tv shows tv guide.
The blood beast terror page 2 classic horror film board. It resembles a large wolflike creature, and, like a werewolf, evolves from human form. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services.
The british independent film company hammer productions was founded in 1934, and flourished in the mid1950s through the 70s with gothic horror films often based on classic literature characters and imaginative story fragments. The picture then becomes an exercise in avoiding discovery by all parties. Una pelicula dirigida por vernon sewell con peter cushing, robert flemyng, wanda ventham, vanessa howard. Kowalski and was written by firsttime screenwriter martin. A crazed etymologist is dabbling in gruesome experiments that are turning his beautiful daughter. The creature masquerades as his daughter when she is in her human incarnation and feeds on the blood of her victims when she is. Set during the victorian era, the film stars peter cushing as a holmeslike detective on the trail of a serial killer. The blood beast terror is a 1967 british horror film released by tigon in february 1968.
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. Props pete often came up with little bits of business that helped make his performances stand out even further. By the way, the film was released here in 1969 on a double bill with curse of the blood ghouls, a retitling of slaughter of the vampires, which id love to see on dvd someday. The tigon is a product of mating a tiger and a lioness and after several attempts and tragic deaths of their cubs, a male bengal tiger called munna and a lioness called munni, have succeeded in producing a tigon, which was born in october 1972, and is a. This movie isnt worth watching for its story makes no sense and too much. Fans of creature features may think that the moth beast looks a lot like the bee monster in roger cormans the wasp woman. The blood beast terror, bluray, horrormonsters, 738329091927. Its conception likely came from a dropped feature from blood.
Rarovideo publishes and sells restored and remastered rare italian films from the 1950s to the present. A victorian policeman peter cushing discovers a professors robert flemyng daughter wanda ventham is a kingsize moth with the kiss of death. The very first thing we see is a small canoe traversing a remote river. This lends an aura of credibility to the blood beast terror an ok title but it beats the alternate one which is the vampire beast craves blood that will either delight anglophiles like me or have other horror fans reaching for the 2x button on their remotes. 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. As a child growing up in jersey city, new jersey in the 50s and 60s, i would watch our one black and white television set every chance i got and that was quite often. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Its always interesting to see how filmmakers mold horror and.
Peter cushing reckoned this the worst film he ever made and its not hard to see why. Blood beast terror, the tigon 1968 classic 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. Cushing couldnt save that one any more than he could land of the minotaur. The vampire beast craves blood aka the blood beast terror trailer 1969. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Peter cushing full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. 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. Cushings candyeating habit in blood beast was a nice touch. Peter cushing brings a touch of class to the blood beast terror, on dvd from 24 june 20. 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. Even peter cushing who was vocally not a fan of the script is on. Compared to those two, corruption, the uncanny and the blood beast terror were rather good. Peter cushing dracula, star warsand wanda ventham u f.
Staring peter cushing, glynn edwards, vanessa howard and wanda ventham. A cabbie travelling a lonely stretch of road outside london hears a horrifying scream in the woods. Aug 29, 2012 peter cushing dracula, star warsand wanda ventham u f. Something is slaughtering young men and drinking their blood something with wings and inhuman eyes. With peter cushing, robert flemyng, wanda ventham, vanessa howard. Horror icon peter cushing stars as detective inspector quennell, brought in to investigate the deaths. For an obscure 45yearold movie, the print appears to be in fantastic shape because details and clarity are often extraordinary, revealing plenty of texture on facial complexions and the costumes of the cast. 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. The blood beast terror bluray kino lorber home video. Produced by exploitation filmmaker roger corman and his brother gene, it was one of the first films directed by bernard l. 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. 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 mystery angle is minimal, since we know virtually from the beginning that. The vampire beast craves blood, blood beast from hell the deathshead vampire the vampire beast craves blood, blood beast from hell, the deathshead vampire.
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