Corridors of Blood

Corridors of Blood
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Day
Written byJean Scott Rogers
Produced byJohn Croydon
Charles F. Vetter
StarringBoris Karloff
Christopher Lee
Betta St. John
Finlay Currie
Francis Matthews
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byPeter Mayhew
Music byBuxton Orr
Production
company
Amalgamated Productions
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • December 1958 (1958-12)
(U.K.)
1962 (U.S. release)
Running time
86 min.
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget£90,000[2][3] or £200,000[4]

Corridors of Blood (aka Doctor from Seven Dials)[3] is a 1958 British-American period drama film directed by Robert Day and starring Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee. It was written by Jean Scott Rogers. The original music score was composed by Buxton Orr.

The film was marketed with the tagline "Tops in Terror!" in the US where MGM only released it in 1962 as a double feature with the Italian film Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961).[5]

  1. ^ Criterion Collection
  2. ^ John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951–70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 42-47
  3. ^ a b Tom Weaver, The Horror Hits of Richard Gordon, Bear Manor Media 2011 p 80-95
  4. ^ Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 422
  5. ^ "Werewolf In A Girl's Dormitory". www.dvddrive-in.com.