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Status
Released
Release
1958
Runtime
1h 27m
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"Nothing Like It This Side of Hell!"
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency research on the inmates of a prison hospital for the criminally insane to sustain his return to life.
18 Cast Members
Donald Wolfit
Doctor Callistratus
Vincent Ball
Dr. John Pierre
Barbara Shelley
Madeleine Duval
Victor Maddern
Carl
William Devlin
Kurt Urach
Andrew Faulds
Chief Guard Wetzler
John Le Mesurier
Chief Justice
Bryan Coleman
Monsieur Auron
Cameron Hall
Drunken Doctor
George Murcell
First Guard
Julian Strange
Second Guard
Bruce Wightman
Third Guard
Barbara Burke
Housekeeper
Bernard Bresslaw
Tall Sneak Thief
Hal Osmond
Small Sneak Thief
Milton Reid
Executioner
Patricia Phoenix
Woman
Jack Carter
Man in Court (uncredited)