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
The Playgirls and the Vampire the object of affection for both Count Gabor and the vampire. Under the title "L'ultima preda del vampiro", this film was released in Italy on November 28, 1960 through Film Selezione. The film grossed a total of 72.193 million Italian lira. Richard Gordon, a producer and distributor of low-budget horror and science fiction films was looking for European horror films to release in the United States through his company Gordon Films. In 1963, he was invited for a French-language screening of "The Playgirls and the Vampire" through Janus Films, a New York-based company who specialized in releasing arthouse films. A