Horror fans get ready for the release of Blood of the Vampire which is heading to Blu-ray on the 25th April 2022 and is up for pre-order now.
Legendary actor Sir Donald Wolfit (Svengali, Room at the Top, Becket) joins British horror queen Barbara Shelley (Village of the Damned, Dracula Prince of Darkness, Quatermass and the Pit) in a lurid tale of ghastly experiments in a Transylvanian prison. Despite being staked as a vampire, the sadistic Dr Callistratus has become governor and is now using prisoners for the blood transfusions that keep him alive…
Produced by Robert S Baker & Monty Berman (Jack the Ripper, The Hellfire Club, The Saint), directed by Henry Cass (No Place for Jennifer, Castle in the Air, Happy Deathday) and written by notorious Hammer scribe Jimmy Sangster (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy), this long-awaited UK Blu-ray premiere has been remastered from original vault elements and is packed with bonus features.
Also starring Vincent Ball (The Black Rider, A Town Like Alice, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll), Victor Maddern (I’m All Right Jack, Circus of Fear, The Lost Continent), John Le Mesurier (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Eye of the Devil, Dad’s Army) and Bernard Bresslaw (The Ugly Duckling, Too Many Crooks, Carry On Screaming!)…
Dare you step inside the terrible place Callistratus calls “my other laboratory”?
Blood of the Vampire Special Features:
• Newly Restored 1.66:1 Transfer of the Original Uncensored Version from Original Vault Materials
• New Audio Commentary with film critics Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
• Archival Audio Commentary with writer Jimmy Sangster, producer Robert S. Baker and Hammer Story author Marcus Hearn
• He Begins Where Dracula Left Off – New In-Depth Featurette with English Gothic author Jonathan Rigby
• The BBFC and Blood for Dracula – New Featurette examining the BBFC’s original censorship notes
• Barbara Shelley Trailer Reel
• Theatrical Trailer • French / Italian Credits
• Extensive Image Gallery
• 1964 Malia Italian Fotoromanzo magazine
• Optional English and SDH Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NOTE: EXTRAS TBC
Blood Of The Vampire is scheduled to be released by Nucleus Films on 25th April 2022 and is up for pre-order now from Nucleus Films.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
