Plot
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
Cast
as Marcilla / Carmilla
as General von Spielsdorf
as Roger Morton
as The Governess (Mme. Perrodot)
as Doctor
as Baron Joachim von Hartog
as Emma Morton
as The Countess
as Laura
as Carl Ebhardt
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Reviews
Lush gothic Hammer horror with Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith and Peter Cushing RELEASED IN 1970 and directed by Roy Ward Baker, "The Vampire Lovers" is a Hammer horror based on Irish novelist Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla,” which was published in 1872 and predated Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” by 25 years. The story concerns a family of vampires, the Karnsteins, who prey on people in Austria by finding…
Okay vampire horror movie with some lovely women, though the lead (Ingrid Pitt) couldn't really act. Wasn't terribly invested other than when Peter Cushing was on screen (he's missing for the second act) and frankly as a whole this is rather forgettable. **3.0/5**