Movie Review: Blood of the Vampire (1958)
Synopsis: After one of his patients dies in 1880, Dr. John Pierre is convicted of malpractice and sentenced to life's imprisonment in a penal colony but is instead sent to a prison for the criminally insane run by Dr. Callistratus. Callistratus puts John in charge of helping with blood transfusion experiments on inmates, something he is very uncomfortable with even before he discovers the horrifying reason for the experiments. Who's in it? The movie stars Donald Wolfit , Vincent Ball , Barbara Shelley , Victor Maddern and Andrew Faulds . Review: I had planned on watching another movie this morning but decided on Blood of the Vampire instead because it popped up on the list first. Unfortunately, this one wound up being a rare miss for me as far as movie choices are concerned. The premise of this movie isn't an awful one. In fact, the idea of putting a scientific spin on vampirism is somewhat intriguing. Callistratus (Wolfit) isn't some supernatural demon, he's a...