Blood of the Vampire (1958)

Director
Henry Cass

Main cast
Donald Wolfit; Vincent Ball; Barbara Shelley; Victor Maddern; William Devlin

Genres
Sci-Fi, Horror

Description
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.


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