HorrorScience Fiction

The Blood Beast Terror

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

Release Date : 1968-02-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Tigon British Film Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Vampire Beast Craves Blood

Cast

Character Name : Detective Inspector Quennell

Original Name : Peter Cushing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Carl Mallinger

Original Name : Robert Flemyng

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clare Mallinger

Original Name : Wanda Ventham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sgt. Allan

Original Name : Glynn Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Granger the Butler

Original Name : Kevin Stoney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Meg Quennell

Original Name : Vanessa Howard

Gender : Female

Character Name : William Warrender

Original Name : David Griffin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morgue Attendant

Original Name : Roy Hudd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frederick Britewell

Original Name : William Wilde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clem Withers

Original Name : Simon Cain

Gender : Male

Character Name : Landlord

Original Name : Russell Napier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Warrender

Original Name : John Paul

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coachman Joe Trager

Original Name : Leslie Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student with Toy Spider

Original Name : David Lyell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable Smith

Original Name : Drew Russell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Constable

Original Name : Robert Cawdron

Gender : Male

Character Name : James

Original Name : Kenneth Colley

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Porter

Original Name : Roy Evans

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

**_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

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-03

Vernon Sewell has assembled quite a decent cast here, but sadly the story is scraping the bottom of the barrel somewhat. Robert Flemyng is a genetic scientist who has created (why?) a being that by day is the gorgeous, vivacious young women "Clare" (Wanda Bentham) but by night is a blood sucking insect feasting readily on anyone who takes it's fancy. Luckily, Peter Cushing ("Insp. Quennell") is on hand to get to the bottom of things. Again, the colour photography robs this of what menace it had, and the effects - such as they are - rely too much on the old techniques of light and shade to have much of an impact in this new medium. Perhaps not a film for lepidopteraphobics, it does gather a bit of pace as Cushing's investigations start to bear fruit, but for me this is all just a bit too predictably silly.