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    Blood Beast Terror, The (1968)

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    In Victorian England, Inspector Quennell (Peter Cushing) of Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a spate of grisly deaths in the countryside where all the young male victims have had their throats torn open and their blood drained.

    His investigations lead him to Clare House – the country mansion home of renowned entomologist Dr Carl Mallinger (Robert Flemyng). It transpires that the doctor has been conducting a series of experiments to breed a gigantic carnivorous Deathshead moth, which has been killing the young men to feed on their blood.

    The moth can transform into the form of a beautiful woman, who Mallinger passes off as his daughter, Clare (Wanda Ventham).

    Roy Hudd makes his screen debut as the local undertaker. Glynn Edwards (later to find fame as Winchester Club barman Dave in Minder) appears as Quennell’s local plod backup, Sgt Allan.

    This ultra-low-budget affair from Tigon (a low-rent Hammer wannabe) suffers from a ridiculous plot, a poor script, wooden acting (Cushing excepted, of course) and terrible special effects. Peter Cushing considered it to be the worst of his films. He took the role to help pay for medical treatment for his wife, Helene, who died of emphysema in 1971.

    Inspector Quennell
    Peter Cushing
    Dr Mallinger
    Robert Flemyng
    Clare Mallinger
    Wanda Ventham
    Meg
    Vanessa Howard
    William
    David Griffin
    Sergeant Allan
    Glynn Edwards
    Britewell
    William Wilde
    Granger
    Kevin Stoney
    Warrender
    John Paul
    Landlord
    Russell Napier
    Morgue Attendant
    Roy Hudd
    Coachman
    Leslie Anderson
    Gardener
    Simon Cain
    Chief Constable
    Robert Cawdron
    James
    Kenneth Colley
    Housekeeper
    Beryl Cooke
    Cook
    Joan Ingram
    Snaflebum
    John Scott Martin
    Dr Elliott
    Malcolm Rogers
    PC Smith
    Drew Russell
    Starkadder
    Robin Wentworth

    Director
    Vernon Sewell

    Video

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