People are voting emotionally.

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Initially, I was surprised this was made as early as 1961. Its graphic content, misty Cornish locations, promotional features picturing a lurching zombie, and lurid title seemed more like a production from in early 1970's (Sergeant Cook is played by Kenneth J. Warren, known for 70's horror flicks 'I, Monster' and 'The Creeping Flesh'). As such, I'm surprised it made such little impact.Also surprising is the fact that the lead character is actually called Doctor Blood (Peter Blood, played by Kieron Moore). Horror veterans Hazel Court stars as Nurse Helen and Paul Hardtmuth is briefly seen as Prof. Luckman, both actors previously having starred in Hammer's ground-breaking 'Curse o0f Frankenstein (1957).' One of the cameramen is no less than Nicholas Roeg, who went on to direct horror classic 'Don't Look Now (1971)' amongst other things.Dashing Irish actor Kieron Moore plays Blood, a character tailor-made to be the hero of the piece, but turning out to be the crazed villain. He's very good, especially considering he is playing against type. Also, the contrast between sunny, beautiful Cornwall and Blood's unwholesome experiments is effectively realised.More reminiscent of films of this period (especially the more mannered Hammer entries), however, are that the shocks are reserved strictly for the final act, where the magnitude of Blood's delusion is given free reign. Up until then, we have an engaging enough drama, with Court in particular keeping the interest alive – sadly free of scares until the finale, which is great, but too brief.

Pretty straight forward little thriller, one I've always wanted to see, that interestingly makes a monster out of a doctor who wants to do heart transplants! And this was about 4 or 5 years before it actually happened for real! I wonder how Christiaan Barnard felt about that! OK I just checked the first heart transplant was 1967.Dr. Blood himself is pretty over the top not hesitating to sacrifice the useless and unworthy to further his pursuits.It's close and a little clammy when down in the mine tunnels but the location work is good and I want to add my praises for Hazel Court who is too attractive for her role. There's a great bit in the first two minutes. She's a nurse and when the village Dr drives up she runs over to help with his packages. He loads her up with an armful of five or six boxes then wanders off to jaw with the locals. Pretty funny bit no matter how you parse it from a period or contemporary perspective.I wouldn't recommend it. It's OK of its kind but the ending, which the whole movie builds up to, is ludicrous and let's all the steam out of the slowly, but effectively, developed tension.

This is an ultra-cheap movie made in the UK with little in the budget to allow for big name stars. So it's left to Kieron Moore to play the young and severely misguided Dr. Blood. It seems that the young doctor has been away in college conducting experiments but he's now returned home to assist his father in his practice. What exactly his previous experiments were is unknown to everyone--they just know he's a nice guy and they can trust him to look after the good people of this small town. The only "big name" in the film is Ian Hunter, as the Sr. Dr. Blood.Unfortunately for the town, the young doctor's experiments have to do with reviving the dead--a practice frowned upon in most municipalities. And, when he starts killing people to do this research, people eventually realize he is at the heart of the murders. Poor guy, as he sounded so sure of himself and sincere! The movie is much better than the low rating on IMDb. It's not a great film, but very watchable.

Saw this one (again) on (Chicago's own) "Svengoolie" this weekend, and was amazed how interesting and well-done it was, considering the preposterously bizarre and grotesque underlying story. Also, how they make sympathetic, and almost get you to root for, the main character -- a guy who makes Dr. Mengele look like Hippocrates.Meanwhile, it's striking how appealing Hazel Court is. Definitely a woman with a quality, she's developed nicely since "Devil Girl from Mars" (1953).So, if you're up for a movie about a warped physician performing hellish experiments on (unwilling) human subjects, this is definitely the one to see. Mellow and affectionate.