--- title: 'Night of the Blood Beast (1958)' type: 'film' director: 'Bernard L. Kowalski' released: '1958-01-01' runtime_minutes: 62 genres: - 'Horror' - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-of-the-blood-beast-1958' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051993/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Night of the Blood Beast (1958) 1958 · 62 min · Horror, Science Fiction · United States ## Synopsis Night of the Blood Beast is a 1958 American science-fiction horror film about a team of scientists who are stalked by an alien creature, which implants its embryos in an astronaut's body during a space flight. Produced by exploitation filmmaker Roger Corman and his brother Gene, it was one of the first films directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and was written by first-time screenwriter Martin Varno, who was 21 years old. It starred several actors who had regularly worked with Roger Corman, including Michael Emmet, Ed Nelson, Steve Dunlap, Georgianna Carter and Tyler McVey. Blood Beast was distributed on September 8, 1958 by American International Pictures in the Texas area as a double feature with Corman's She Gods of Shark Reef (1958). The same double feature went into wider release on December 5, 1958 in other markets. ## Credits - **Director:** [Bernard L. Kowalski](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-l-kowalski) - **Original Music Composer:** [Alexander László](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-laszlo) - **Producer:** [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman), [Gene Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-corman) - **Director of Photography:** [John M. Nickolaus, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-m-nickolaus-jr) - **Editor:** [Jodie Copelan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodie-copelan) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-of-the-blood-beast-1958 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3302657); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.