''Cauldron of Blood'' (Original title: ''El Coleccionista de cadáveres''/ ''The Corpse Collector''), also known in USA as ''Blind Man's Bluff'', is a 1967

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filmed in

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and directed by Santos Alcocer, credited as "Edward Mann". The film stars

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and

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. It was filmed in the Spring of 1967, but only released theatrically in 1970 in Spain, a year after Karloff's death. It was later theatrically released in the US by Cannon Films in August, 1971.

Plot

Karloff plays a blind sculptor named Franz Badulescu, who uses the skeletons of actual dead people to create works of art. Unbeknownst to him, his wife is murdering people to provide him with skeletons, and is plotting to eventually kill Franz as well.

Cast

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as Claude Marchand *

as Franz Badulescu *

as Tania Badulescu *

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as Elga *

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as Shanghai *

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as Valerie *

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as Pablo * Carmen Rojo as The Gypsy Queen *

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as Lenny * Jaqui Speed as Pilar (as Eduardo Coutelen) * Mary Lou Palermo as the StewardessNollen, Scott Allen. Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media

Release

United Commonwealth/NTA Television purchased US distribution and TV rights from Cannon Films after the U.S. theatrical run. It was released on VHS and

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DVD in the

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only. The DVD included a bonus episode ''The Silver Curtain'' from Karloff's 1954 TV series '' Colonel March of Scotland Yard''. In 2012, Olive Films gave ''Cauldron of Blood'' its first-ever U.S. home video release on DVD and Blu-Ray. Olive's release utilized a surviving print from Cannon Films' owner MGM, and produced under licence from U.S. rights' holder Paramount (who obtained those rights from the purchase of Republic Pictures/Spelling Entertainment, which also included the Commonwealth/ NTA library).

References

External links

* 1971 films English-language Spanish films 1971 horror films 1970s English-language films {{1970s-horror-film-stub