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The Vampire

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A small-town doctor (John Beal) cannot stop taking the pills that turn him into a fanged killer.

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John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 02/17/2011
2.5/4
Unreels as a horror rewrite of Nicholas Ray's 'Bigger Than Life,' as Beal's addiction to his serum turns him into not just a literal monster but a monstrous father... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/10/2002
C+
A minor horror chiller that is well-acted, but seems more amusing than scary. Go to Full Review
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Blobbo X @Blobbo Feb 1 Mostly tedius variation on Jeckyl and Hyde theme with sub-par monster noises. (Poor girl who play Hassie in Real McCoys as heartbroken daughter. Sweet girl, think Blobbo.)(Stars for her.) See more 08/15/2021 Kenneth Tobey Is The Number One! See more Simon T @Bucksplit 08/08/2020 Of course, this is absolute rubbish. Implausible, ludicrous, unoriginal. But it's also great fun, mainly because the acting is quite good and the vampire make-up is so hilariously dreadful that you long for the doctor protagonist (Beal) to succumb again. Pinching bits from The Wolf Man, Jekyll and Hyde and Cat People, this is drive-in schlock of the highest ordure. See more 10/10/2016 Nothing too interesting here. There are good story elements but eventually it just turns to be another generic man-monster on the loose movie. Campy at times, but hardly memorable. See more 11/19/2015 Not the Mexican film but the American one (both films were made in 1957); nothing spectacular here, but some nice scares. See more 10/18/2015 The description as of the writing of this review is completely wrong and does not tell the plot of this film at all, meaning it is for the wrong movie. This movie is a really stupid ripoff of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. I mean, it's almost exactly the same thing. The ending is like every other film of the last 30 years around the time of this film, slasher mystery, find guy, kill him, end of movie. That's it. Plain Jane. And that's where this film lacks all creativity. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A small-town doctor (John Beal) cannot stop taking the pills that turn him into a fanged killer.
Director
Paul Landres
Producer
Arthur Gardner, Jules Levy, Arnold Laven
Screenwriter
Pat Fielder
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Gramercy Pictures (II)
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 14, 1957, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 14m
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