Unfortunately, the road to general anesthesia is blocked by a ruthless killer christopher lee, as well as boltons devastating. To complicate matters, he becomes addicted to the gases and gets involved with a gang of criminals, led by black ben. Image entertainment has thankfully released another outstanding gordon films title featuring boris karloff in one of his best, yet often overlooked laterday roles. Corridors of blood 1958 ganzer film deutsch hd filme online. Agrimorfee yeah, this is one of those why does criterion have this. Stream free corridors of blood full movie online on. 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. Corridors of blood 1958 movie picture download mm52. Corridors of blood 1958 full movie free watch online with english subtitles. Monsters and madmen the haunted strangler corridors of. 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.
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. Bolton character boris karloff is based more than just loosely on the reallife horace wells, an american dentist associated with the discovery of anesthesia. Thomas bolton boris karloff dares to dream the unthinkable. Thomas bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig but soon finds himself addicted.
Corridors of blood was put into limited release in the uk late in 1958, and then shelved for nearly four years. Corridors of blood 1958 robert day, boris karloff, betta. Corridors of blood is an very good period tale that plays more like real medical history than a horror movie. The image measures 1828 2577 pixels and is 735 kilobytes large. Hosts josh and jamie and horror authorfilm critic mike thorn take on 50s bmovie filmmaker william castle with a double feature of the tingler 1959 and. Pages in category 1958 horror films the following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. Bolton character boris karloff is based more than just loosely on the reallife horace wells, an american dentist associated with. Rent corridors of blood 1958 starring boris karloff and betta st. John, christopher lee, crime, drama, horror november 21, 2015 in an effort to relieve the suffering of surgery patients, dr.
Boris karloff pairs with christopher lee and a top cast for an atmospheric period piece whose seriousness belies its lurid title. In an effort to relieve the suffering of surgery patients, dr. Corridors of blood 1958 karloff is in fine form as dr. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Jan 30, 2016 corridors of blood was put into limited release in the uk late in 1958, and then shelved for nearly four years. Robert days corridors of blood is a provocative, taut early installment of the medical thriller made popular by contemporary authors such as robin cook and michael crichton.
Boris karloff, as usual, is a joy to watch, as is christopher lee, who was right on the verge of becoming a big star in the hammer films. Regarder corridors of blood 1958 film streaming hd. This period dramas more in line with films like maniathe flesh and the fiends 1959 or bedlam 1946 than more overt horror. Corridors of blood 1958 and you call yourself a scientist. Despite the presence of karloff as a humanitarian doctor of the 1840s whose experiments with anaesthetics lead to drug addiction and involvement. This has offered corridors of blood a certain cachet among vintage horror fans thanks to the pairing of those two gentlemen, though in truth they did not share many scenes together and lee may have been a newly minted star thanks to his hammer movies, but in 1958 he simply received his own credit in the opening titles as if the producers were. Corridors of blood 1958 06051963 us drama, horror, thriller, crime 1h 26m user score. Rent corridors of blood 1958 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The film was marketed with the tagline tops in terror. Overview of corridors of blood, 1963, directed by robert day, with boris karloff, betta st. An 1840s british surgeon, experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort to make surgery painfree.
The original music score was composed by buxton orr. Corridors of blood 1958 stream and watch online moviefone. Released 1958, corridors of blood stars boris karloff, betta st. This film is also notable for strongly evoking the grimy atmosphere of those out of theway areas in 1800s england, worthy of comparison to david leans oliver twist 1948. High resolution dvd movie cover image for corridors of blood 1958. Thomas bolton painstakingly develops an opiumbased anesthetic, to which he gradually becomes addicted. Corridors of blood 1958 robert day, 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 the 1958 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a horrific mishap with his patient awakening under the knife. Corridors of blood 1958 full movie 123movies free watch online with english subtitles,stream free corridors of blood full movie online on marvel. Basing his mixture on opium, he becomes addicted in the process, which leads to his dismissal from the hospital. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52.
Hosts josh and jamie and horror authorfilm critic mike thorn take on 50s bmovie filmmaker william castle with a double feature of the tingler 1959 and corridors of blood 1958. Rent corridors of blood 1958 on dvd and bluray dvd. Corridors of blood photos view all photos 4 movie info. Thomas bolton, a wellmeaning surgeon who moonlights once a week as a general practitioner for the poor. Bolton, a physician experimenting with anesthesia in the 1840s. If it was 1958 and i was pulling into a drivein theater to see corridors of blood, and all i got was a lousy medical drama, well, lets just say that im not going to stick around to see the double feature. A mildmannered english doctor boris karloff is experimenting with anesthesia, but his plans go awry when he becomes addicted to. Corridors of blood is a 1958 horror film directed by robert day.
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