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Blue Blood

Blue Blood

4.3

1974

86 min

Drama

Horror

A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begins to dominate his master, to the alarm of the newly hired German nanny who senses sinister, demonic intent in Tom's control of the house.

Blue Blood

4.3

1974

86 min

Drama

Horror

A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begins to dominate his master, to the alarm of the newly hired German nanny who senses sinister, demonic intent in Tom's control of the house.

Cast

Oliver Reed

Tom the butler

Fiona Lewis

Lily

Anna Gaël

Carlotta

Derek Jacobi

Gregory

Meg Wynn Owen

Beate

John Rainer

Clurman

Richard Davies

Jones

Gwyneth Owen

Agnes

Patrick Carter

Cocky

Elaine Ives-Cameron

Serena

Tim Wylton

Morrell

Hubert Rees

Dr. Barratt

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2 years ago

My, but this is a howler.... Oliver Reed is the singularly nasty "Tom", butler to the suitably wimpish "Lord Gregory" (Derek Jacobi). In addition, I hope to stop us all dying from boredom, "Tom" is also the grand wizard (?) of a Satanic cult that practices it's devilish antics in the stately pile of his unwitting host (aptly filmed at Longleat House - home of the late Marquess of Bath - he of the "wifelets"). Anyway, what ensues is a sort of dirty "Downton Abbey". Just about everyone sleeps with the other; the cluttered plot is preposterous and both Reed (I hope) and Jacobi (I trust) had their tongues firmly in their cheeks as this nonsense trundles on for what seemed like an interminable 90 minutes. Some lovely Paisley pattern clothing - if that's your thing, but I'm afraid this is amongst the worst British films that I have ever sat through.