This film was re-titled Blood Fiend in the US in case you might want to avoid it. It stars Christopher Lee as the tyrannical director at a Paris theatre specialising in sketches about horror and death. It's OK until his departure halfway through when it deflates like a leaky balloon and proceeds mainly by interminable conversations between police surgeon Charles Maquis ( Julian Glover ) and his actress girlfriend occasionally interrupted by a random murder. The denouement is OK if you manage to stay awake for it.
Leila Goldoni ( as Dani Gireaux )
Sex : Offscreen with Maquis
Death : Survives
The New York actress has been working since the late forties and isn't done yet. She is probably best known for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore in 1974. She is now 80.
Jenny Till ( as Nicole Chapelle )
Sex : No
Death : Accidentally speared whilst hiding under the stage
Jenny was an extra in The Masque of the Red Death but came to the fore in 1967 with this and playing a fake Marian in A Challenge for Robin Hood. Most of her subsequent work was on TV with her last appearances in The Good Old Days in 1980. She seems to have retired that year on turning 40. She is now 77.
Dilys Watling ( as Heidi )
Sex : Nice cleavage
Death : Survives
Dilys made this picture just after a short spell in Coronation Street. She became a well known comic foil on TV to Dick Emery, Mike Yarwood, Benny Hill and The Two Ronnies.
She retired in the early nineties. She is now 75.
Lita Scott ( as Voodoo Dancer )
Sex : Performs her routine wearing very little
Death : Survives
Lita's real name was Sandra Hobson. She made another dancing appearance in one more film.
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