Set at a ghastly castle where happens scabrous and horrifying events along with scary human experiments . It is set in the late nineteenth century, a Transylvanian doctor (Donald Wolfit) who undergoes attempts to transfuse blood in the 1880s is executed for being a vampire and his hunchbacked assistant (Victor Maddern) brings him to life . Later on ,becomes a ruthless prison institution Principal , along with his crippled assistant, conducts research on the inmates. Meanwhile , Dr John Pierre (Vincent Ball) has been convicted of malpractice leading to death , he is then locked at the mental institution run by the nasty and anaemic governor . After that , the beautiful Pierre's fianceé (Barbara Shelley), has petitioned the Prison Commission to review Pierre's case on grounds and undercover takes a job as a housekeeper .Nothing Like It This Side of Hell! He begins where Dracula left off! No woman alive is safe from the most frightening fiend in the history of horror . The fiend who feasted on the life-blood of his hapless victims ¡ .
Nice terrifying movie contains truculent interpretations , chills , thrills , sadism, erotism and astonishing attacks by the huchbacked hoodlum . This is an alright horror movie where intrigue , tension , suspense appear threatening and lurking in every room , corridors , basement from a grim hospital . Thrilling horror in Hammer typical characteristics ; however being produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman , who hired Jimmy Sangster, prestigious writer of Hammer , to do the interesting screenplay by displaying chills , shocks , violence , torture and a cocktail of sinister and amazing roles . Enjoyable terror movie revolving around a haunted hospital castle plot with plenty of murders , eerie appearances , creepy torture and ghastly events . In spite of a few escenarios and its medium budget the picture is decent , thanks to the adequate filmmaking , frightening musical score by Stanley Black , stunning cinematography in Eastman Colour by Monty Berman taking great use of gaudy lights and shades as well as camera positioning to complement appropriate horror set pieces .
Well produced by Robert S Baker and Monty Berman , both of them drafted in WWII and shortly after created the production company Tempean Films making short budget movies about thriller , comedy , and Noir genres , such as : Blind Spot , Home Is the Hero , Sally's Irish Rogue , Boyd's Shop , What a carve up ¡ , The Treasure of Monte Cristo , Vendetta for the Saint ,The Siege of Sidney Street and subsequently successful terror movies following the Hammer Films' important wake and later the hit ¨The curse of Frankenstein¨ 1957 and Dracula 1958 . Nevertheless , Baker/Berman movies were more violent , erotic and bloodiest than Hammer films , and used to full of naked girls . As they produced the following ones : The Hellfire Club , Flesh and the devil , Jack the Ripper , The Trollenberg Terror , among others and most of them packed double version , both light and hard with nudism . The motion picture was competently directed by Henry Cass and filming took four weeks. Rating : 7/10 . Above average . Worthwhile seeing .
Nice terrifying movie contains truculent interpretations , chills , thrills , sadism, erotism and astonishing attacks by the huchbacked hoodlum . This is an alright horror movie where intrigue , tension , suspense appear threatening and lurking in every room , corridors , basement from a grim hospital . Thrilling horror in Hammer typical characteristics ; however being produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman , who hired Jimmy Sangster, prestigious writer of Hammer , to do the interesting screenplay by displaying chills , shocks , violence , torture and a cocktail of sinister and amazing roles . Enjoyable terror movie revolving around a haunted hospital castle plot with plenty of murders , eerie appearances , creepy torture and ghastly events . In spite of a few escenarios and its medium budget the picture is decent , thanks to the adequate filmmaking , frightening musical score by Stanley Black , stunning cinematography in Eastman Colour by Monty Berman taking great use of gaudy lights and shades as well as camera positioning to complement appropriate horror set pieces .
Well produced by Robert S Baker and Monty Berman , both of them drafted in WWII and shortly after created the production company Tempean Films making short budget movies about thriller , comedy , and Noir genres , such as : Blind Spot , Home Is the Hero , Sally's Irish Rogue , Boyd's Shop , What a carve up ¡ , The Treasure of Monte Cristo , Vendetta for the Saint ,The Siege of Sidney Street and subsequently successful terror movies following the Hammer Films' important wake and later the hit ¨The curse of Frankenstein¨ 1957 and Dracula 1958 . Nevertheless , Baker/Berman movies were more violent , erotic and bloodiest than Hammer films , and used to full of naked girls . As they produced the following ones : The Hellfire Club , Flesh and the devil , Jack the Ripper , The Trollenberg Terror , among others and most of them packed double version , both light and hard with nudism . The motion picture was competently directed by Henry Cass and filming took four weeks. Rating : 7/10 . Above average . Worthwhile seeing .