A serial killer who drains his victims for blood is on the loose and London police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Acting
Three horror legends sharing barely any screen time—still magnetic.
Direction
Hessler's chaotic structure somehow enhances the paranoia.
Practical Effects
Gooey vat-of-body-parts finale that'll make you gag-laugh.
Director
Gordon Hessler
Vincent Price
Dr. Browning
Christopher Lee
Fremont
Peter Cushing
Major Heinrich Benedek
Judy Huxtable
Sylvia
Alfred Marks
Detective Supt. Bellaver
Michael Gothard
Keith
Anthony Newlands
Ludwig
Peter Sallis
Schweitz
David Lodge
Detective Inspector Phil Strickland
Uta Levka
Jane
Christopher Matthews
Dr. David Sorel
Clifford Earl
Detective Sgt. Jimmy Joyce
Kenneth Benda
Prof. Kingsmill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Price, Lee and Cushing were filmed on completely different days and never shared a scene—movie magic of the cheapest kind.
This was Christopher Lee's attempt to distance himself from Hammer horror, which makes his casting as yet another mysterious authority figure deeply ironic.
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