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The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood ()

The Blood Beast Terror (original title)
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A scientist genetically engineers a creature that transforms between a Death's-head moth and a woman. The creature poses as the scientist's daughter to lure victims when in human form, then feeds on their blood as a moth.
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Inspector Quennell
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Dr. Mallinger
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Clare Mallinger
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Meg
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William
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Sergeant Allan
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Britewell
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Granger
John Paul ...
Warrender
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Landlord
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Morgue Attendant
Leslie Anderson ...
Coachman
Simon Cain ...
Gardener
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Chief Constable
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James
Beryl Cooke ...
Housekeeper
Roy Evans ...
2nd Porter
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Cook
David Lyell ...
2nd Student
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Snaflebum
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1st Porter
Michael Mundell ...
1st Student (as Mike Mundell)
Norman Pitt ...
Police Doctor
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Dr. Elliott
Drew Russell ...
P.C. Smith
Honor Shepherd ...
Senior Housemaid
Robin Wentworth ...
Starkadder
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arnold L. Miller ...
Policeman (uncredited)
Paul Vernon ...
Medical Student (uncredited)

Directed by

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Vernon Sewell

Written by

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Peter Bryan ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Arnold L. Miller ... producer
Tony Tenser ... executive producer

Music by

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Paul Ferris

Cinematography by

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Stanley A. Long ... director of photography

Editing by

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Howard Lanning

Editorial Department

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Marion Curren ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Jonathan Morris ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Freddie Vale ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Wilfred Woods

Makeup Department

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Rosemarie McDonald-Peattie ... make-up artist (as Rosemarie McDonald Peattie)
Henry Montsash ... hairdresser
Barbara Whittaker ... hairdresser (uncredited)

Production Management

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Ricky Coward ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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George Pollard ... assistant director
Drummond Riddell ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Len Harvey ... construction manager
Freda Pearson ... set dresser
Ron Bates ... carpenter (uncredited)
Tony Boon ... stagehand (uncredited)
Dave Clark ... plasterer (uncredited)
Bert Eversfield ... painter (uncredited)
Peter Joyce ... assistant art director (uncredited)
E. O'Sullivan ... rigger (uncredited)
Maurice Stewart ... props (uncredited)
Bill Tibbs ... production buyer (uncredited)
Jeff Woodbridge ... carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Alan Hogben ... sound mixer
Dennis Lanning ... dubbing editor
Mike Tucker ... boom operator
Alan Lavender ... sound maintenance (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Roger Dicken ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jim Alloway ... focus puller
Norman Jones ... camera operator
Bob Cockburn ... grip (uncredited)
Alan Lavender ... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
George Pimm ... electrician (uncredited)
Chris Reynolds ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Deryck Whittaker ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Marie Feldwick ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Paul Ferris ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Eve Wilson ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Pat Rambaut ... production secretary (as Pat O'Donnell)
Tony Tenser ... presenter
Sandra Bloom ... secretary to producer (uncredited)
Vivien Duret ... production secretary (uncredited)
Arnold Fletcher ... production accountant (uncredited)
Frank Law ... publicist (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

A scientist, working with genetics, creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant Death Head moth and a beautiful woman. The creature masquerades as his daughter when she is in her human incarnation and feeds on the blood of her victims when she is in the moth form. Written by Dave Gan

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Taglines The Blood Lust of a FRENZIED VAMPIRE! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Vampire Beast (United States)
  • The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood (United States)
  • Le vampire a soif (France)
  • Das Blutbiest (Germany)
  • El deseo y la bestia (Spain)
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  • 88 min
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Trivia One of the many films that Peter Cushing made about this time to help pay for the health treatments of his beloved wife, Helene. She would later die of emphysema in 1971. See more »
Goofs Near the end of the movie, Sergeant Allan fires 7 shots from a single-action pistol without reloading. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Blood Beast Terror (1974). See more »
Quotes Inspector Quennell: The only time we have a witness to one of these murders and he's out of his mind.
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