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Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961 England)

 
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Bud Brewster
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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:52 pm    Post subject: Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961 England) Reply with quote



Another strange horror/sci-fi film from Britain.

Kieron Moore ("Crack in the World", "Day of the Triffids", "Satellite in the Sky") plays a demented doctor who returns to his Cornish hometown to set up a laboratory in an abandoned mine and conduct experiments which involve the revival of famous dead people by implanting healthy hearts in their dead bodies (?).

This is definitely not what you'd call "hard science fiction".

The hearts are obtained from murdered hobos whom the doctor abducts locally. Hazel Court ("Devil Girl from Mars" and several notable Hammer films) is a young widow with whom the doctor falls in love.

When she rejects him, the doctor magnanimously revives the lady's dead husband (Paul Stockman), who promptly goes looking for Miss Court. But the year-old corpse only succeeds in terrifying his poor widow.

Directed by Sidney J. Furie.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Couple of things...

(1) This is not a good movie. Not at all. But seeing it, as I did, on its original double-feature, is very kind to it. Because compared with THE SNAKE WOMAN, DR. BLOOD'S COFFIN looks almost respectable.

(2) You have the wrong date listed. This movie is from 1961, not 1967.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rick wrote:
You have the wrong date listed. This movie is from 1961, not 1967.

I fixed it, Rick. Thanks for the correction. Very Happy
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