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A kind, small-town doctor mistakenly ingests pills made from vampire bat blood and they turn him into a dangerous fanged creature.A kind, small-town doctor mistakenly ingests pills made from vampire bat blood and they turn him into a dangerous fanged creature.A kind, small-town doctor mistakenly ingests pills made from vampire bat blood and they turn him into a dangerous fanged creature.
Chet Brandenburg
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Arthur Gardner
- Anesthetist
- (uncredited)
Raymond Greenleaf
- Autopsy Surgeon
- (uncredited)
Hallene Hill
- Mrs. Carrie Dietz
- (uncredited)
Mauritz Hugo
- Joe, the Waiter
- (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Louise Lewis
- Mrs. Miller
- (uncredited)
Natalie Masters
- Ruth
- (uncredited)
Walter Merrill
- Carl James
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Paul Landres apparently liked the character name "Dr. Paul Beecher" so he used it twice - as the main lead in this film and as a small supporting character in his follow up "The Return of Dracula" (1958) starring Francis Lederer.
- GoofsAt movie's end, when the detective departs; he doesn't retrieve his revolver.
- Quotes
Willy Warner: Buck, you can't go around diggin' up people's graves. To get a court order you got to have some good reason.
Sheriff Buck Donnelly: I got plenty of reasons, Willy. Three deaths in three days.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chillerama: Godzilla/Mark of the Vampire (1962)
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Better-Than-Average 50s Vampire Fare
This is a movie that I hunted down for quite some time. A small-town doctor accidentally takes some pills developed by one of his patients that turns him into a vampire. He begins picking off the local town folk. While the editing is clumsy, the premise is a novel change from the usual vampire fare. The cast includes veteran actors John Beal, Coleen Gray (The Leech Woman), Dabbs Greer, Herb Vigran (Adventures of Superman), Paul Brinegar (How To Make A Monster) and an uncredited cameo by Louise Lewis (I Was A Teenage Werewolf; Blood Of Dracula). For those of you who don't think 50s films scare you, get ready for the scene following Carol and Paul's date at the restaurant. Believe me, it packs a punch!
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- Also known as
- It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn
- Filming locations
- Motor Avenue at Woodbine Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(Doctor passes police station, doesn't enter.)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $115,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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