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The demon with bloody hands



The next time that you, dear reader, you have to undergo a heart transplant, does not believe what you tell them versnobbten expert at the German medical profession. Everything you need for such a procedure, is a barn, in a kettle of hot water in the life-sustaining heart, a drunken doctor and a country run with shaky fingers scalpel. This meets the sloping spectators in THE DEMON WITH THE BLOODY HANDS (Blood of the Vampire, 1958), not a Hammer film, though the script by Jimmy Sangster (the British for the horror wrought in the same year DRACULA wrote comes from) but the story takes place in and around the infamous Carlstadt, one of the places in which the famous vampire at the behest of hammer frequently about haunted. This is not a vampire movie, even if the English title suggests this (probably erupted from DRACULA to the wave around the bloodsuckers with ride).

The year is 1880: Jean-Pierre (Vincent Ball) is on trial. The young doctor is a patient died off, because he has treated with advanced methods. Apparently has even approached his former mentor to him. And so Jean-Pierre lands to the dismay of his bride Madeleine (Barbara Shelley) for life in a maximum security prison. This is of the sinister Dr. Calli Stratus (Donald Wolfit) led abusing the inmates for his horrific experiments. When Jean-Pierre gets the offer to help the mad scientist, the doctor does not offer this. When confronted with the scope of Calli Stratus' research is clear, he begins to forge a plan of escape. As appears Madeleine, in which Calli Stratus' hunchbacked assistant Carl (Victor Maddern) falls for direct ...

"One more word about my hairstyle, and I'll shoot!"

Why the movie is its lavish layout, good make-up effects and the authentic atmosphere. Beautiful is the portrayal of the hero. Jean-Pierre (Vincent Ball plays very well) is an ambitious doctor who is open to everything new. That he enters into a pact with the devil, he takes into account in order to facilitate the self-adhesive, but also to advance scientific research. It takes a moment to fully understand all that he has set the wrong priorities. scattered Besides the usual horror cliches, the writer Sangster in its history, we can add a good portion of the outbreak drama à la THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO, what the (for its time, quite gory) history a little verve and adventure character awards. With the secondary character Auron (Bryan Coleman), the film's plot is driven also sent.

What's wrong with the film is its incredible naivety that would also need to be noticed in 1958. It was Dr. Calli Stratus and Jean Pierre, who apparently first employed with the categorization of blood groups, and how to correct heart transplant, has already been mentioned above. Rather unimaginatively, moreover, the hunchbacked assistant of mad scientist. Not that you have seen it a thousand times elsewhere ... It does not become better, that this same end remembers that THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME has shown that hunchback and (tragic) can be heroes. The director also acts a little dusty and recalls in many moments from the imagery of the old Universal horror movies. It is unable to upgrade some lame plotpoints scenically.

"That's a nasty pimple. Wait, I'll help you."

Let's go to the "vampire" in the original English title. One may confidently ask what it should. Other than a clumsy attempt to attach to DRACULA, there is no one to one. In the prologue, it is placed in such a way that the unsuspecting citizens Carlstadt Calli Stratus thought was a vampire and picketed him for it, but here Sangster and director Henry Cass have wasted potential, explore further. In the end, poor motivation remains a villain, which appears optically as the rotund brother of Bela Lugosi. Unintentionally funny it gets in the showdown, as Donald Wolfit is used a double by a stuntman, who now has no resemblance to him.

Nett. But nothing more. Who are the powerful imagery and haunting atmosphere of the Hammer films is used, will have to move to the enjoyment of THE DEMON WITH THE BLOODY HANDS concluded that attempted here, unfortunately, was only tried in vain to reach the real thing. There are some good points, but the potential is simply given away in many places. Entertaining is the strip but all, and should fans of Gothic horror prepare 82 minutes of solid entertainment.