The film was originally made in 1958 under the title the doctor of seven dials, was released briefly but was not widely seen until 1962. Corridors of blood is an very good period tale that plays more like real medical history than a horror movie. In an effort to relieve the suffering of surgery patients, dr. Corridors of blood 1962 is the story of a doctor trying to discover the secret of painless surgery.
I suppose it is classified as horror because it is steeped in the creepy atmosphere of a 19th century operating theater and clinic for the poor, and because christopher lee plays a serial killer. The film was marketed with the tagline tops in terror. Corridors of blood is a film directed by robert day and starring boris karloff, betta st. The original music score was composed by buxton orr. A mildmannered english doctor boris karloff is experimenting with anesthesia, but his plans go awry when he becomes addicted to. John, christopher lee, finlay currie the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 25 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Behind the altar there is a small corridor with a portrait of. Corridors of blood is a 1958 horror film directed by robert day. Corridors of blood was produced in england in 1958 but wasnt released in the us until 1962, after bit player lee had become a horror. Bolton character boris karloff is based more than just loosely on the reallife horace wells, an american dentist associated with the discovery of anesthesia. Watch corridors of blood 1963 full movie free online. Read the full synopsis of corridors of blood, 1963, directed by robert day, with boris karloff, betta st. While less a horror film and more a study of the decline in an individual caused by drug addiction, it does have several creepy and frightening moments. Corridors of blood is one of the early films from the english horror cycle.
Despite the title, this is not a horror movie, its a dry drama about a doctor trying to develop some type of anesthetic gas to make surgery painfree. Moody melodrama tinged with horrific elements tells the story of a well intentioned doctor karloff whose experiments drag him down into the. Thomas bolton boris karloff dares to dream the unthinkable. Released 1958, corridors of blood stars boris karloff, betta st. This finelycrafted minimalist film stars two of the most legendary horror stars of all time, yet it is without any supernatural elements. Corridors of blood is one of the early films from the english horror.
Corridors of blood photos view all photos 4 movie info. Unfortunately, the road to general anesthesia is blocked by a ruthless killer christopher lee, as well as boltons devastating addiction to his own chemical experiments. Corridors of blood is a 1958 britishamerican horror film directed by robert day. Horror icon boris karloff stars as a doctor who uses himself as a human guinea pig for surgical anesthesia and then falls into a ghastly addiction. Thomas bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses.
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