The Blood Beast Terror (1968)

Director
Vernon Sewell

Main cast
Peter Cushing; Robert Flemyng; Wanda Ventham; David Griffin; Glynn Edwards

Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi

Description
A Scotland Yard Detective (Peter Cushing) must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.


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