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31 Days of Hammer – The Vampire Lovers (1970)

31 Days Of Hammer – The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Jules picks up where he left off in October by running through some of the choice horror offerings from the fantastic Hammer back catalogue. You can check out the rest of our “31 Days of Hammer” by CLICKING HERE. Released: 1970 Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, Madeline Smith Director: Roy Ward Baker The first film in Hammer’s Karnstein trilogy, based on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1871 novella Carmilla, The Vampire Lovers is something of a watershed film for the studio, laying down a marker for the new decade ahead with a focus on nudity and eroticism on a level nothing quite like they had done before. It’s story told over several decades, The Vampire Lovers introduces the bloodsucking family of the Karnstein’s when a Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer) wipes them out for killing his sister, all except the unknown Mircalla, who’s crypt he could not find. Years later, General von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing) encounters mysterious Countess (Dawn Addams) and her niece Carmilla (Ingrid Pitt) at his party and ends up inviting the younger woman to stay with his family when her aunt is called away. The General’s daughter Laura (Pippa Steel) forms a strong bond with Carmilla, but soon starts [...]



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