Director:
Paul LandresGuión:
Pat FielderCámara:
Jack MacKenzieMúsica:
Gerald FriedReparto:
John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey, Lydia Reed, Dabbs Greer, Raymond Greenleaf, Natalie Masters, James Griffith, Paul Brinegar, Herb Vigran (más)Streaming (1)
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El doctor Matthew Campbell se ha pasado toda su vida investigando en los métodos de regresión de la mente, buscando la forma de llegar a los instintos más básicos de la naturaleza humana. Ahora, moribundo en la cama, consigue darle al doctor Paul Beecher un frasco de pastillas justo antes de morir. Después de los intentos infructuosos por salvarle la vida, el doctor Beecher regresa a casa con una terrible jaqueca. Sin embargo, en lugar de las pastillas habituales, toma por error las del doctor Campbell. Los efectos secundarios serán terribles y pondrán en peligro incluso la vida de su propia hija. (Filmin)
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Poster tagline: A new kind of killer to stalk the screen! it claws... it drains blood! I'm glad that the Scream Factory publishing company has released these forgotten gems Blu-ray. This one in particular is classified by the foreign literature, for example by the great book “Keep Watching The Skies!”, of which I am a happy owner, among the science fiction films of the Golden Age, probably because medical research and pills made from the blood of vampire bats, which the protagonist accidentally ingests and triggers an unwanted transformation, play a significant role. It’s not really a vampire, though, he doesn't resemble a vampire, more like a strange guy with scabby skin, and he doesn't even mind the light, because the transformation always takes place at 11 o'clock in the evening. Until then, he's a perfectly respectable doctor in a mundane small town. So yes, the inspiration of Universal's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is very evident. But overall, it is a likeable film. Landres occasionally chooses an interesting camera angle, the murder of the grandmother on the street is viewed from the perspective of her dog and his increasingly frightened gaze, which I found interesting. The protagonist gives a good performance, with passion, even for a low-budget affair, with the charismatic Kenneth Tobey (the legendary The Thing) reliably playing his part. It's not the event of the season, but it's a nice film, which unfortunately paid for the fact that it remained in the shadow of the better known Mexican film of the same name released the same year.
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The American movie The Vampire is such a nice, unpretentious B-movie and is a bit ridiculous at times. However, it is obvious that the movie's makers tried to make a vampire horror movie even if it does not really look like a vampire. This movie succeeds to a degree, and there is that classic attempt to deal with a danger that should be beyond the characters' comprehension.
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