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
Blood of the Vampire (1958). The producers hired Jimmy Sangster, writer of both those movies, to do the screenplay. Shooting took four weeks. "Blood of the Vampire" was distributed in the UK by Eros Films and in the USA by Universal International. Posters for "Blood of the Vampire" indicate that it was considered an adults-only film in France and the UK at the time of its release. French posters note that viewing by people under age 16 was prohibited and UK posters show that the film carried an X Certificate from the British Board of Film Censors, which prohibited the exhibition of the movie