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The Blood Beast Terror

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5.5/10 • 57

1968-02-011h 28m

HorrorScience Fiction

A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.

Directors
Vernon Sewell
Editors
Howard Lanning

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  1. Peter Cushing

    Peter Cushing

    Detective Inspector Quennell

  2. Robert Flemyng

    Robert Flemyng

    Dr. Carl Mallinger

  3. Wanda Ventham

    Wanda Ventham

    Clare Mallinger

  4. Glynn Edwards

    Glynn Edwards

    Sgt. Allan

  5. Kevin Stoney

    Kevin Stoney

    Granger the Butler

  6. Vanessa Howard

    Vanessa Howard

    Meg Quennell

  7. David Griffin

    David Griffin

    William Warrender

  8. Roy Hudd

    Roy Hudd

    Morgue Attendant

  9. William Wilde

    William Wilde

    Frederick Britewell

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Wuchak

Mar 28, 2020

5/10

The Mothman’s first movie Young men in the countryside near London are winding up dead with their throats torn open and their blood drained. A Scotland Yard inspector (Peter Cushing) enlists the input of a college entomologist (Robert Flemying) to track down the killer. Wanda Ventham plays the latter’s daughter while Vanessa Howard is on hand as the former’s daughter. "The Blood Beast Terror" (1968) was ironically made during the general period when the so-called Mothman terrorized inhabitants of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in late 1966. Cushing viewed it as his worst film and Flemying hated working on it. Most of the cast complained about the small, cost-effective (cheap) sets. Made by Tigon, it’s quaint and frugal, but it’s not THAT bad. Fans of Cushing and British horror produced by Hammer, Amicus & the like should appreciate it to some degree. One problem is that the creature is revealed too early, albeit from a distance. However, when it’s fully shown it works for what it is. Another issue is that what a certain character is doing with his dubious experiments is muddled. I’d say more but I don’t want to give anything away. Wanda Ventham is striking and charismatic; she’s the mother of Benedict Cumberbatch. Meanwhile Vanessa is cute. The movie runs 1 hour, 28 minutes, and was shot in Goldhawk Studios, Shepherd's Bush, London and Grim's Dyke House, Old Redding, Harrow Weald, Middlesex (exteriors of the Clare House). GRADE: C

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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