The Beast in the Cellar
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13% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Horror Screenplay James Kelley Country United Kingdom | 4.6/10 Director James Kelley Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1970 Writer James Kelley (original screenplay) Initial release August 1970 (United Kingdom) Cast (Ellie Ballantyne), (Joyce Ballantyne), (Alan Marlow), (Nurse Sutherland), T. P. McKenna (Det. Chief Sup. Paddick)Similar movies Cellar Dweller , Creep , Cries in the Night , The Unseen , Arsenic and Old Lace , Underground Tagline A chill-filled festival of horror! |
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.
Contents
- Tony macaulay music excerpts from the beast in the cellar 1970
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Reception
- DVD release
- References

Tony macaulay music excerpts from the beast in the cellar 1970
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

Production

The Beast in the Cellar was filmed in Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England.
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.
Reception

The film has received mixed to negative reviews from critics, it currently has a 4.5/10 on IMDb.
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. The film was released on DVD again on 14 February 2006 by Trinity Entertainment.
References
The Beast in the Cellar WikipediaThe Beast in the Cellar IMDbThe Beast in the Cellar Rotten TomatoesThe Beast in the Cellar themoviedb.org