Concerning queen of blood also known as planet of blood writerdirector curtis harrington was quoted as saying, roger corman had acquired some spectacular russian footage of spaceships. The film is based on the screenplay for the earlier soviet feature film mechte navstrechu a dream come true. The film tells the story of a group of scientists in the distant future of 1990 who are sent from earth to investigate a distress call coming from a crashed alien spacecraft on mars. Alien ship crash lands on mars, and a rescue team is sent out from earth. With john saxon, basil rathbone, judi meredith, dennis hopper. Overview of queen of blood, 1966, directed by curtis harrington, with john saxon, basil rathbone, judi meredith, at turner classic movies. Queen of blood is a 1966 science fiction film set in the future. And, thus, queen of blood, a film long rumored to have inspired alien, was born. Queen of blood is the spiritual sequel to his first work, blood for irina and although alexander has stated that the two exist independently and. Harringtons answer to this challenge was queen of blood 1966. Eventually a surviving female is located and brought onboard the earth ship.
The source films dealt with a journey to mars and contact with an alien race, and so does the american version, though eventually harrington sidelines the plot into aip territory with a space vampire feeding on a crew of tootrusting astronauts. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of queen of blood with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Here at epic reads we like to keep it classyand by that we mean its time to figure out which class of people from the red queen series you identify with. Queen of blood 1966, usa is a scifihorror film directed by curtis harrington. Arkoff, directed by curtis harrington, that stars john saxon, basil rathbone, dennis hopper, and judi meredith.
Watch queen of blood full movie in hd visit a spaceship is sent to mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. Cinematography vilis lapenieks film editor leo shreve original music ronald stein. I saw the footage and wrote a screenplay around it. Watch queen of blood movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Queen of blood 1966 curtis harrington, john saxon, basil. They utilized a lot of russian film footage mostly because of their superior big budget special effects a soviet fable called mechte navstrechu from 1963 shooting the action scenes around the cannibalized footage finished. The queen of blood book one of the queens of renthia. It imagines a 1990 in which everyone dresses the same but noone has a mobile communications device. Queen of blood 1966 queen of blood 1966 charles thaxton. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood its evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster.
They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood. Queen of blood bluray kl studio classics 1966 color 1. Basil rathbone and judi meredith in queen of blood 1966. Download our summer newsletter, including a blobfest schedule. Most striking in the film are the very brief, gauzy, luminous shots of the alien ship. Fifteenhundredthirtysix her age has come, the crown affixed her only wish is to conceive while burning those that shun belief countless years of. A spaceship is sent to mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. The 1966 queens birthday honours were announced on. The alternate blood on the tracks and its companion would have made a worthy number one but it. Planet of blood is a 1966 color science fictionhorror film, produced by. Queen of blood is a 1966 color science fictionhorror film directed by curtis harrington, that stars john saxon, basil rathbone, dennis hopper, and judi meredith. Queen of blood mgm limited edition collection, aka mgm classics collection make up your minds 1966 color 1.
Planet of blood is a 1966 color science fictionhorror film, produced by george edwards and samuel z. An alien ship crash lands on mars, and a rescue team is sent from earth. An alien species makes contact with earth through radio transmission, notifying of an imminent visit. For years, my opinion of queen of blood was tainted by the fact that the tv prints of it were in horrible shape overly dark, muddy, dupey, scratchy, with ugly faded color. Starring john saxon, basil rathbone, dennis hopper, and judi meredith, queen of blood is a. I recently took one of my occasional dives into american international pictures with curtis harringtons queen of blood, a talky, slowmoving, scifi feature from 1966 about an illfated space voyage to mars in response to an alien distress call. The extraterrestrial shows her gratitude by going wild for human blood in the fashion of a bloodsucking vampire.
Queen of blood 1966 curtis harrington, john saxon, basil rathbone, judi meredith. Queen of blood 1966 hideous beyond belief with an inhuman craving. Queen of blood from the grindhouse cinema database. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In fact, the film is so cheaply made that it consists of only a handful of plain sets. Glass sword by victoria aveyard was a huge gamechanger because now instead of just reds and silvers, spoiler alert for those who havent read gs yet we have a third group of. Queen of blood 1966 basil rathbone, john saxon, judi meredith, dennis hopper and the mysterious vampire alien queen florence marly. Queen of blood 1966 is one of the films made by aip, at the time roger corman was working for them.
The future the story takes place in is the year 1990. The action starts off at the international institute of space technology. Not to be mistaken for the 1966 movie of the same name, this is a recent lowbudget affair shot with consumer equipment from canadian filmmaker chris alexander, who is noted on the cover as also being the editorinchief of fangoria magazine. Made in 1966, the story of queen of blood takes place in 1990, a time when space has been conquered, quilted clothing is at the cutting edge of fashion, and macho astronauts call each other baby or at least, they do if theyre played by dennis hopper. It is a bmovie that features basil rathbone, dennis hopper, john saxon and judi meredith. Much of the impressive special effects are stolen uncredited from a couple of big budget soviet. Queen of blood 1966 full movie download full hd youtube.
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