Blood of the Vampire Blood of the Vampire Blood of the Vampire is a 1958 British colour horror film, produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman for Tempean Films, directed by Henry Cass, from a screenplay by Jimmy Sangster, that stars Donald Wolfit, Barbara Shelley, and Vincent Ball. Many horror fans thought the feature was a Hammer Films production when it came out, due to its similar look and Sangster's writer's credit. The film's U.S. release was in October 1958 as a double feature with Universal's "Monster on the Campus". The film's storyline, set in Transylvania, is about a scientist who uses the
C. S. Rao child actor. He worked as assistant to cinematographer K. Ramnoth, art director V. A. K. Sekhar and Uday Shankar. He assisted his father in Pakkinti Ammayi (1953), as an actor and screenplay writer. His directorial debut film in Tamil is "Ponni" (1953) and in Telugu Sri Krishna Tulabaram (1955). He directed about 70 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Oriya languages. His popular Telugu movies include Lava Kusa (1963), "Manchi Manasuku Manchi Rojulu" (1958), "Santinivasam" (1960), "Abhimanam" (1960), "Tiger Ramudu" (1962), "Valmeeki" (1963), "Kanchu Kota" (1967), "Govula Gopanna" (1968), "Ekaveera" (1969), "Jeevitha Chakram" (1971), "Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddham" (1972), "Dhanamaa? Daivamaa?"