Captain Blood (1935 film) was $1,242,000. The lead role was originally offered to Robert Donat, who had starred in the successful 1934 film "The Count of Monte Cristo". The asthmatic Donat turned down the role, concerned that the action sequences would be too strenuous for him. A series of screen tests with various actors led to an unknown Australian actor named Errol Flynn. In January 1935, Warner Bros. signed the young actor and brought him to Hollywood after seeing him in a British B picture "Murder at Monte Carlo". For the female lead role, Jean Muir was originally picked to play opposite Donat, but
Night of the Blood Beast who helps them out. "Night of the Blood Beast" was one of several Roger Corman-produced or -directed films that were featured on the show, along with "It Conquered the World" (1956), "The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent" (1957), "Teenage Caveman" (1958), and "Attack of the Giant Leeches" (1959). "Night of the Blood Beast" was originally broadcast on November 23, 1995, as a Thanksgiving special; the non-movie segments revolved around Thanksgiving in Deep 13, the headquarters of the mad scientist who ran "MST3K"'s bad movie experiment. The episode was later broadcast with all new non-movie segments; the original version ran