Prichards12345 The Blood Beast Terror is a film I recorded from the Horror Channel about 3 months ago and watched the other night. It features Peter Cushing, who should really have turned this one down, and Dave from Minder on the trail of a serial killer, who turns out to be Wanda Ventham (aka Benedict Cumberbatch's mum) transformed into a giant Death's Head Moth. No, I did not just make that up.The Moth suit is laughable - I really hope poor Wanda didn't wear it, and it was a stunt Moth-Man or something. No actor should be thus embarrassed. And the airborne Moth will have you giggling - it makes Bela Lugosi's Devil Bat look convincing.The plot makes little or no sense, the celebrated Etymologist professor, played with a suitably stunned expression throughout by Robert Flemyng, stages an am-dram play in his house which features Ventham being revived from the dead, which is arguably the weirdest scene in horror film history, and at the opening of the movie, what looks like the banks of Thames stand in for the Limpopo river! Even Cushing - the Alec Guinness of horror - can't make this work, at one point his sweetie-chewing Police Inspector even takes his daughter along to the locale where the killer-moth is hiding out,completely oblivious to the danger. The movie was made by Tigon, who either produced horror classics or dreadful crap. I'm sure you know which one The Blood Beast Terror is.....

gavin6942 A scientist (Robert Flemyng), working with genetics, creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant Death Head moth and a beautiful woman. The creature masquerades as his daughter when she is in her human incarnation and feeds on the blood of her victims when she is in the moth form.So, Peter Cushing has allegedly said this was his least favorite role or the film he considered his worst. This is taken from IMDb, and there is no source or exact quote. I can see why he might say that -- this is not the best Cushing role by any means. But it is far from a bad film. Tigon gets a rough break, being treated as the third best British horror studio (behind Hammer and Amicus), but this does not mean their films are awful.Apparently Basil Rathbone was going to play the part of the scientist. I think the only good that would come from that would be a slight increase in star power. Flemyng handles the role very well, and I am hard-pressed to say Rathbone could have improved upon it in any way.

BA_Harrison In the late 60s, Tigon British Film Productions set out to emulate the success of Hammer Studios, whose popular werewolf, vampire, mummy and Frankenstein's monster movies had helped them to corner the market in lavish Gothic horror. Rather than go up against these traditional heavyweights of the genre, Tigon's first monster movie, the intriguingly titled The Blood Beast Terror, featured an entirely original creation, but one that was destined to fail—it is, after all, rather difficult to be afraid of something quite so bloody silly as a giant killer moth!Despite the presence of seasoned Hammer performer Peter Cushing, and a decent supporting cast including Robert Flemyng, Glynn Edwards (Dave from TV's 'Minder'), comedian Roy Hudd, and babes Vanessa Howard and Wanda Ventham, the film is a total disaster, with Peter Bryan's script delivering very little in the way of surprises, the weak direction from Vernon Sewell (The Curse of the Crimson Altar) resulting in an uneven pace and zero atmosphere, and the ridiculous titular creature—furry of face, with big, red, multi-faceted eyes and feathery antennae—eliciting more laughs than screams of terror.3.5 out of 10, generously rounded up to 4 for IMDb.

hellpepper OK, not one of the better offerings of British horror, that's true. But it does have Peter Cushing who is always fun to watch and I have to give credit for the writers to try to bring a somewhat more original monster to the screen than just another rehash in the Vampire or Frankenstein vein. Well, come to think of it aside from making the monster a moth ,this really is just another rehashed Vampire story with a few elements from the Frankenstein storyline thrown in for good measure. I cannot help but wonder if the monster was inspired by the legend of the Mothman, the legendary beastie from West Virginia. The resemblance is pretty close. A man sized moth creature with red glowing eyes.Shame more people have not seen this though, it's not as bad as its reputation. I find it pretty enjoyable.