Creature with the Blue Hand

Creature with the Blue Hand is a German film of the psycho-thriller genre. It was directed by Alfred Vohrer with a script written by Alex Berg. It is based on a novel written by author Edgar Wallace. The film was produced by Rialto Film and distributed through Constantin Film Produktion. It premiered in West Germany on April 28th, 1967. The film stars Harald Leipnitz as Inspektor Craig, Klaus Kinski as Dave & Richard Emerson, Carl Lange as Doctor Albert Mangrove, Ilse Steppat as Lady Emerson, Hermann Lenschau as Rechtsanwalt Douglas and Richard Haller as the movie's antagonist, Edward Appleton, aka, The Blue Hand.

Notes & Trivia

 * Copyright holder: 1971, Independent International Pictures for Rialto Film.


 * The original German title for this film is Die blaue Hand, which literally translates to "The Blue Hand".


 * Creature With the Blue Hand and Creature with the Blue Hand (1967) both redirect to this page.


 * One of the taglines used on promotional material for the 1987 re-release is "Discover the knife-hand that slashed throats before "Freddy" was born. This is a reference to Freddy Krueger, who is the central antagonist from Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise.

Production

 * Production on Creature with the Blue Hand began on February 9th, 1967. Principal filming concluded on March 22nd, 1967.


 * The movie was shot in Berlin, German.


 * In 1987, additional footage was added to the movie, which was written and directed by Samuel M. Sherman. These scenes were filmed in a studio in East Orange, New Jersey.

Releases

 * Limited theatrical premiere in West Germany on April 28th, 1967.


 * Released in Denmark on March 18th, 1968.


 * Released in France on October 29th, 1969.


 * Released in the United States in 1971.


 * Released in Turkey on January 28th, 1974.


 * The movie made its television broadcast premiere in Germany on November 9th, 1991.


 * Creature with the Blue Hand was released on home video in in the United States on October 28th, 1997 by Very Strange Video (VSV).


 * This film was also packaged along with The Bloody Dead as a DVD double-feature.