Doctor Blood's Coffin

Doctor Blood's Coffin
Directed bySidney J. Furie
Written by
  • James Kelly
  • Peter Miller
Based onoriginal story and screenplay by Nathan Juran (as "Jerry Juran")
Produced byGeorge Fowler
Starring
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byAntony Gibbs
Music byBuxton Orr
Production
company
Caralan Productions Ltd.
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • January 1961 (1961-01) (UK)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£25,000[1]

Doctor Blood's Coffin is a 1961 British horror film produced by George Fowler, and directed by Sidney J. Furie.[2] It stars Kieron Moore, Hazel Court, and Ian Hunter. The story is that of young biochemist Dr Peter Blood (Kieron Moore), who returns to his hometown in Cornwall with the belief that he can selectively restore life by transplanting the living hearts of 'undeserving' people into dead people who 'deserve' to live. The film is significant for being one of the first two zombie films to be shot in colour, the other being the obscure 1961 American film The Dead One,[3] and for its early portrayal of zombies as homicidal rotting cadavers.[4] The movie was released in the UK in January 1961 and in the US in April of that year, where it was on a double bill with another British film, The Snake Woman (1961).

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  2. ^ Stinson, Charles (29 April 1961). "'Dr. Blood's Coffin' Could Well Be Buried". Los Angeles Times. p. 14.
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