In 1959, legendary showman joseph e'. '.strtoupper('l')evine unleashed this grisly uk thriller on american moviegoers'. '.strtoupper('b')ut when audiences were horrified by the film’s startling violence, graphic nudity and bloody technicolor climax, it became one of levine’s most notorious failures'. '.strtoupper('t')oday – in its notorious uk cut and the american version with a brassy new score – it remains among the most underappreciated and provocative shockers of its time'. '.strtoupper('e')ddie byrne the mummy, lee patterson tv’s surfside 6 and john le mesurier dad’s army star in this lurid classic produced directed by robert s'. '.strtoupper('b')aker monty berman blood of the vampire and written by hammer films’ legendary jimmy sangster the curse of frankenstein, horror of dracula that filmfracture.com calls “the perfect combination of murder mystery and horror film with just the right amount of lovely ladies!”british versionus versionaudio commentary with co director co producer co cinematographer robert s'. '.strtoupper('b')aker, screenwriter jimmy sangster, assistant director peter manley, moderated by british horror historian marcus hearnalternate continental takesinterview with denis meikle, author of “jack the ripper the murders and the movies”the real jack the ripper featurettetheatrical trailerposter still gallery