Cauldron of Blood

Cauldron of Blood is an American/Spanish independent horror film of the psycho-thriller genre. It was co-directed by Edward Mann and Santos Alcocer. The screenplay for the film was written by Mann and John Melson. It was produced by Producciones Cinematográficas Hispamer Films and Robert D. Weinbach Productions and distributed in the United States through Cannon Film Distributors. It was released theatrically in Spain on February 16th, 1970. Cauldron of Blood stars Boris Karloff as blind sculptor Franz Badulescu with Viveca Lindfors as his psychopathic wife, Tania Badulescu. Other cast members include Jean-Pierre Aumont as Claude Marchand, Rosenda Monteros as Valerie, and Milo Quesada as Shanghai.

Notes & Trivia

 * The tagline for this movie is "Tops in total horror!"


 * The original Spanish title for this film is El coleccionista de cadáveres . This translates to English as The Corpse Collector.


 * Cauldron of Blood (1970) redirects to this page.


 * There are a total of twelve credited cast members in this film.


 * Cauldron of Blood was filmed in May, 1967. It was shot in parts of Madrid, and Andalucía in Spain.


 * The movie opened up in the United States on August 1st, 1971.


 * This is Boris Karloff's thirty-seventh film in the horror genre. It is his third to last horror film. The movie was produced two years before his death in February, 1969, but was not released until a year and a half later.


 * Associate producer Donald Havens is credited as Donald Havens, Jr. in this film.


 * Film editor José Antonio Rojo is credited as J. Antonio Rojo in this movie.


 * Actress Dyanik Zurakowska is credited as Dianik Zurakowska in this film.


 * Actor Eduardo Coutelenq is credited as Eduardo Coutelen in this film.


 * This is José Luis Bayonas' first work in the horror genre.


 * This is the first, and to date, only known film work for actress Mercedes Rojo.


 * José Luis Navarro composed the film score for the Spanish version of the movie only.

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