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Surprisigly bloody for an old film


That start with the press on the body...yeuch!

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Yeah, I was a little shocked by that too. Kind of unusual under the Hayes Code. But very effective!




I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

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It was yucky. Hammer had already started the gore trend in their horror movies by the time this was made.

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I was surprised, too. It reminded me of something out of a Herschell Gordon Lewis movie. Though Blood Feast wouldn't be released for another 5 years.

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