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An astronaut is killed on reentry to Earth, but his body is seeded with rapidly gestating aliens.An astronaut is killed on reentry to Earth, but his body is seeded with rapidly gestating aliens.An astronaut is killed on reentry to Earth, but his body is seeded with rapidly gestating aliens.
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- TriviaThe alien costume featured here was the same as the one used in another Roger Corman film, Teenage Cave Man (1958). This was done to save money, as Corman and his brother Gene Corman often tried to incorporate existing sets, costumes and other elements from previous films into new ones for financial savings. Screenwriter Martin Varno said the Corman brothers were so conscious of their spending that "'cheap' was the main word in their vocabulary". The monster costume scenes in "Teenage Caveman" and this film were shot within about two weeks of each other. The costume was modified slightly for this film. Ross Sturlin wore the costume for the scenes in both "Teenage Caveman" and this film. Flming was very difficult for Sturlin because it got extremely hot inside the costume during the exterior shots. John John M. Nickolaus Jr. was director of photography for the film, and Jack Bohrer was the production manager. Daniel Haller, who went on to become a film director himself, worked as art director on this film. He did much of the manual construction work on the set himself, and brought a trailer in to the sound stage so he could sleep there and between work sessions. Among the props he built was the rocket-ship, the frame, which was made of plywood that had been cut into circles, then covered with a plastic sheet and spray-painted to look metallic. Haller also created blood cells that the characters looked at under a microscope, and the baby aliens (which resembled seahorses) they looked at under a fluoroscope. Alexander Laszlo composed the music for the film. Almost the entire crew went on to work on Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) with the Corman brothers and Kowalski.
- GoofsA close-up of the bottom half of the creature reveals that its feet are actually shoes.
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Dr. Alex Wyman: A wounded animal that large isn't good!
- ConnectionsEdited from War of the Satellites (1958)
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An American QUATERMASS like topic with the Roger Corman's touch.
Bernard Kowalski, the vet TV director, also worked for the big screen and gave us three horror films, this one: NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST, but also ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES and later, much later; SSNAKE. The result is that the three of them are quite good, effective, especially NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST and SSNAKE, made in the seventies. This plot, scheme looks very like the QUATERMASS films series from British film industry, with a bit of Corman's way of filming. Yes, that's a bit shameful that Bernie Kowalski did not proceed in the horror genre. But he was damn good in other dramas of thrillers like MACHO CALLAHAN or STILETTO. And I almost forgot KRAKATOA EAST OF JAVA.
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- $68,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Night of the Blood Beast (1958) officially released in Canada in English?
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