3.3.10

doctor blood's coffin (1961)

"Noone's going to hold me back."
Dr. Peter Blood (Kieron Moore) is dismissed in disgrace from the hospital he is working at, for undertaking unsanctioned and morally questionable experiments on patients. He turns up at his fathers surgery in a remote Cornish village and immediately people start mysteriously disappearing, along with the Dr's supplies. Then Peter starts to take an interest his father's nurse (Hazel Court)...
Despite the gory sounding title, this is actually a more thoughtful take on the Frankenstein story, with a scientists dedication to finding a cure for death driving him beyond ethical practices.

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