The Vampire (1957)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	John Beal	...	Dr. Paul Beecher
	Coleen Gray	...	Carol Butler
	Kenneth Tobey	...	Sheriff Buck Donnelly
	Lydia Reed	...	Betsy Beecher
	Dabbs Greer	...	Dr. Will Beaumont
	Herb Vigran	...	George Ryan, Police Sergeant
	Paul Brinegar	...	Willy Warner
	Ann Staunton	...	Marion Wilkins
	James Griffith	...	Henry Winston

Storyline

Dr. Matthew Campbell has been experimenting on methods to regress the mind to primitive instincts so that we can find methods to improve our brains and not get taken in by cheap horror movie hogwash. He's developed a drug made from vampire bat blood and has begun treating himself with it. But instead of improving his mind, he's become ill and addicted. He dies, but not before trying to warn fellow doctor Paul Beecher. Fortunately for us, he dies before he can say more than that pills are to blame. While still at Campbell's house, Paul finds a bottle of pills and pockets them. He's also got another bottle of pills in his other pocket that he takes for frequent migraine attacks. He goes home, puts his jacket on a rack, and then he's struck with a migraine. He asks his daughter to give him the pills in his jacket pocket, and of course she gives him the pills of evil... Written by Jim Knoppow  

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