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- 1970
- R
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- 1 h 31 m
- 1970
- R
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- 1 h 31 m
Summary Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.
Directed By: Roy Ward Baker
Written By: Sheridan Le Fanu, Harry Fine, Tudor Gates, Michael Style
- 1970
- R
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- 1 h 31 m
- 1970
- R
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- 1 h 31 m
The Vampire Lovers
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User Score
Generally Favorable
6.3
Summary Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.
Directed By: Roy Ward Baker
Written By: Sheridan Le Fanu, Harry Fine, Tudor Gates, Michael Style
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
63
40% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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This eroticized vampire tale resulted from the last significant surge of creative energy at Britain's Hammer Films, which thereafter descended into abject self-parody.
The Vampire Lovers, praise be, does manage to be a departure from a hackneyed, bloody norm. It also is professionally directed, opulently staged and sexy to boot.
It is well mounted and enjoyable, with solid performances: the pre-credits sequence, in particular, has a dreamy beauty. But some of the action is a bit flat; and overall it marks the point at which vampirism in British movies became so overtly erotic that the films virtually ceased to be about anything except sex.
In this loose adaptation of Sheridan LeFanu's Carmilla, Ingrid Pitt became a Hammer favorite as a lesbian vampire. This has a few nude scenes and Cushing; something for everyone. [22 Aug 1977, p.38]
While The Vampire Lovers is an interesting and entertaining effort, containing excellent performances from both Pitt and Cushing, writers Harry Fine and
Michael Style and director Roy Ward Baker seem to shy away from actually addressing the questions of sexuality and repression inherent in the material.
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Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
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