The Beast in the Cellar
| The Beast in the Cellar | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | James Kelley |
| Produced by |
Tony Tenser Christopher Neame Graham Harris |
| Written by | James Kelley |
| Starring |
Beryl Reid Flora Robson John Hamill Tessa Wyatt T. P. McKenna Vernon Dobtcheff David Dodimead |
| Music by | Tony Macaulay |
| Distributed by |
Tigon British Film Productions (UK) The Cannon Group Inc. (US) Cinépix Film Properties (Canada) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Beast in the Cellar is a 1970 British horror film written and directed by James Kelley. The film was produced by Leander Films and Tigon British Film Productions.
Plot
Soldiers in a rural military base are being brutally murdered. They suspect a wild cat. Two local ladies: Joyce Balentine (Flora Robson) and Ellie (Beryl Reid) suspect it may be their brother, Steven (Dafydd Havard); a man who has been locked in a basement for thirty years.
Cast
- Beryl Reid as Ellie Ballantyne
- Flora Robson as Joyce Ballantyne
- John Hamill as Corporal Alan Marlow
- Tessa Wyatt as Joanna Sutherland
- T. P. McKenna as Superintendent Paddick
- John Kelland as Sergeant Young
- David Dodimead as Dr. Spencer
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Sir Bernard Newsmith
- Dafydd Havard as Stephen Ballantyne
- Gail Lidstone as Young Ellie
- Elizabeth Choice as Young Joyce
- Merlyn Ward as Young Stephen
- Anthony Heaton as Anderson
- Chris Chittell as Baker
- Peter Craze as Roy
- Roberta Tovey as Paper Girl
- Reg Lever as Ambulance Man
Production
The Beast in the Cellar was filmed in Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England.[2]
Release
The film was released in the UK on August 1970 and in the U.S. on 14 April 1971. The film was later released in Finland and West Germany in 1973. The film would later have its television premiere in Spain on 10 October 1998.[3]
Reception
The film has received mixed to negative reviews from critics, it currently has a 4.5/10 on IMDb.[4]
DVD release
The film was released in the UK on DVD by Anchor Bay as part of The Tigon Collection. In the US the DVD was distributed by Liberty Media.[5] The film was released on DVD again on 14 February 2006 by Trinity Entertainment.[6]
References
- ↑ BBFC: The Beast in the Cellar
- ↑ "The Beast in the Cellar (1970) - IMDb". IMDb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Beast in the Cellar (1970) - Release Info - IMDb". IMDb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Beast in the Cellar (1970) - IMDb". IMDb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Beast in the Cellar (1970) - Company credits - IMDb". IMDb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "Beast in the Cellar DVD". movieweb.com. movieweb.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.