In London, a serial-killer drains the blood of females and the Detective Superintendent Bellaver and his team are hunting down the so-called Vampire Killer. When the Vampire Killer flees from the police, he seeks refugee at the real estate of a scientist.
Production Details
An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
95 Mins
Stills from film
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Hammer Connections
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Art Direction | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-mingaye/# | 41 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 43 | |
Assistant Director | Ariel Levy | 25 | 12 Mar 1944 | 12.03.1944 | 80 | 4 | |
Continuity | Eileen Head | 51 | 1919 | 1990 | 71 | 5 | |
Executive Producer | Louis M. Heyward | 49 | 24 Jun 1920 | 26 Mar 2002 | 81 | 1 | |
Hair Stylist | Betty Sherriff | 44 | 29 Sep 1925 | 2000 | 74 | 10 | |
Music | David Whitaker | 38 | 6 Jan 1931 | 11 Jan 2012 | 81 | 3 | |
Producer | Max Rosenberg | 55 | 13 Sep 1914 | 14 Jun 2004 | 89 | 1 | |
Production Design | Bill Constable | 64 | 8 Mar 1906 | 22 Aug 1989 | 83 | 1 | |
Screenplay | Christopher Wicking | 26 | 10 Jan 1943 | 13 Oct 2008 | 65 | 4 | |
Set Dresser | Scott Slimon | 54 | 8 Aug 1915 | 1980 | 64 | 1 | |
Sound Mixer | Bert Ross | 65 | 26 Apr 1904 | 1972 | 67 | 1 | |
Stunt Driver | Joe Wadham | 52 | 1918 | 1998 | 80 | 1 | |
Stunts | Peter Diamond | 40 | 10 Aug 1929 | 27 Mar 2004 | 74 | 29 | |
Writer | Christopher Wicking | 26 | 10 Jan 1943 | 13 Oct 2008 | 65 | 4 | |
Writer | Montgomery Tully | 65 | 6 May 1904 | 10 Oct 1988 | 84 | 4 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |
Border Guard | Gertan Klauber | 37 | 5 Mar 1932 | 1 Aug 2008 | 76 | 1 | |
Detective Constable Griffin | Julian Holloway | 25 | 24 Jun 1944 | 24.06.1944 | 80 | 1 | |
Detective Inspector Phil Strickland | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/david-lodge/# | 48 | 19 Aug 1921 | 18 Oct 2003 | 82 | 10 | |
Detective Sgt. Jimmy Joyce | Clifford Earl | 36 | 29 Aug 1933 | 30 Jul 2015 | 81 | 1 | |
Detective Supt. Bellaver | Alfred Marks | 48 | 28 Jan 1921 | 1 Jul 1996 | 75 | 1 | |
Dr. David Sorel | Christopher Matthews | 1 | |||||
Erika | Yutte Stensgaard | 23 | 14 May 1946 | 14.05.1946 | 78 | 1 | |
Fremont | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/christopher-lee/# | 47 | 27 May 1922 | 7 Jun 2015 | 93 | 22 | |
Keith | Michael Gothard | 30 | 24 Jun 1939 | 2 Dec 1992 | 53 | 1 | |
Ludwig | Anthony Newlands | 44 | 31 Jan 1925 | 6 Oct 1995 | 70 | 1 | |
Major Heinrich Benedek | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/peter-cushing/# | 56 | 26 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 25 | |
Prof. Kingsmill | Kenneth Benda | 67 | 3 Jun 1902 | 26 Jul 1978 | 76 | 1 | |
Schweitz | Peter Sallis | 48 | 1 Feb 1921 | 2 Jun 2017 | 96 | 2 | |
Wadham, Police Driver | Joe Wadham | 52 | 1916 | 1998 | 82 | 1 | |
Wrestler | Lincoln Webb | 1 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Peter Cushing was a last-minute casting choice and was only required for one day’s shooting.