It is however, a highly enjoyable if a little tawdry vampire yarn in the grand hammer tradition replete with foggy graveyards, ruined castles, buxom, braless, neckbiting beauties and the greatest vampire killer of all time, peter cushing. Vampire lovers 1970 buxom vamps and bloodthirsty beauties abound in this absolutely yummy new york thriller showcasing the netherworlds most voluptuous vampire. Directed by roy ward baker seductive vampire carmilla karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich a remote area of late 18th century gemany. Watch along, read along, join the show season by season, chapter by. The first and longest is an episode of itvs thriller series created by brian clemens the avengers, the professionals.
The vampire lovers is a 1970 british gothic horror film directed by roy ward baker and starring ingrid pitt, peter cushing, george cole, kate omara, madeline smith, dawn addams and jon finch. The second one lust for a vampire is possibly the weakest and also the most disappointing in its execution. Bewitching women and stalking madeline smith while dodging the suspicions of peter cushing and in his feature debut jon finch, ingrid pitt achieved instant cult status as the sexy 19thcentury bloodsucker. It stars the longadmired scream queen ingrid pitt, a huskyvoiced easterneuropean beauty who over the years has become an icon for hammer fans and one of the genres most attentiongetting sex symbols.
In 1988 conrad, cooke and lenoury reformed the band with ziggy staten on drums, and jason shepherd on guitar, and disband finally in 1990. This movie is the first of what is known as the karnstein trilogy. Traveling the countryside searching for victims, carmilla quenches her thirst for blood with the bestlooking maidens she can find. The vampire lovers 1970 complete b movie wonder osthor product.
Dec 11, 2012 directed by roy ward baker seductive vampire carmilla karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich a remote area of late 18th century gemany. Aug 24, 2015 this feature is not available right now. The vampire lovers is an underrated vampire yarn that is well acted and directed. Dawn addams, george cole, and madeline smith in the vampire lovers 1970.
An erotic nightmare of tormented lusts that throb in headless, undead bodies 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. By activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Vampire loverslust for a vampire dvd 1970 two classic horror films from years ago. For those of you who are not hip to the hammer horror films, these are the kats who gave us the great dracula films of the 50s70s starring christopher lee as the the count and peter cushing as van helsing. The other two are lust for a vampire and twins of evil. Starts right off with a bang when a female vampire being beheaded but thats about it for graphic violence. With 1970s the vampire lovers, the hammer house of horror took a turn toward softcore exploitation. Peter cushing and douglas wilmer in the vampire lovers 1970.
I celebrate valentines day for 2019 with 1970s the vampire lovers. The film owes its success to its atmosphere, which adds so much to the tone of the film. Sheridan le fanus classic female vampire tale carmilla. The vampire lovers 1970 peter cushing dvd elvis dvd. The vampire lovers has within it a sense of freedom and transgression in its frank depiction of female.
They fall inline with most of the same genre which came out of the hammer factory. The vampire lovers is a 1970 british gothic horror film directed by roy ward baker and starring peter cushing, ingrid. A female vampire with lesbian tendencies ravages the young girls and townsfolk of a peaceful hamlet in eighteenth century europe who, years earlier, killed off her fellow vampires. But as the british studio entered the more permissive era of the 70s, the. The vampire lovers is one of the best that hammer films has produced in the early 70s. The vampire lovers 1970 a general peter cushing and a baron hunt a vampire named carmilla ingrid pitt who seduces and bites their daughters. The vampire lovers is a 1970 british gothic horror film directed by roy ward baker and.
Sheridan le fanu novella carmilla and is part of the socalled karnstein trilogy of films, the other films being lust for a vampire. Starring the voluptuous igrid pitt, george cole, roger morton, kate omara and peter cushing. Seductive vampire carmilla karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenthcentury gemany. Encountering the baron hartog douglas wilmer, a vampire hunter out to avenge. Peter cushing, george cole, and douglas wilmer in the vampire lovers 1970. Where ever you go, salvatore brothers seem to follow. I suppose you could see the vampire lovers as an account of a group of repressed, heterosexual men saving impressionable young ladies from a predatory lesbian, but pitt brings life to her undead character in a way that carmilla could easily be seen as the tragic heroine of the piece.
For lovers of the spooky, dourly artdirected bloodsucker genre, the vampire lovers 1970 is a fang of beauty. May, 20 a female vampire with lesbian tendencies ravages the young girls and townsfolk of a peaceful hamlet in eighteenth century europe who, years earlier, killed off her fellow vampires. Three winsome lasses have fallen under the draining allure of an accursed and dead fiend in this classically classy british production. Side b the vampire lovers 1970, 91 mins, widescreen 1.
As such, its adaptation of joseph sheridan le fanus carmilla hones in on the mix of lesbian and vampirism that made that novella famous. The result was the vampire lovers, a decent horror flick taken from sheridan le fanus story carmilla. In no way is it as bad as the sequel lust for a vampire, and its certainly not as toecurlingly awful as the real titandbum stuff like virgin witch. The film breaks no new ground in terms of horror, but in terms of eroticism it probably raised a few eyebrows back in 1970, with its frequent nudity and explicit lesbianism.
The vampire lovers 1970 cast and crew a general peter cushing and a baron hunt a vampire named carmilla ingrid pitt who seduces and bites their daughters. The vampire lovers was also the first entry in hammers karnstein trilogy, a set of loosely connected films set around the immortal clan. The vampire lovers bluray scream factory dvd drivein. There are many elements skillfully blended in this fine production, but the central appeal is ingrid pitt who breathes passionate, undead life into her role.
She said when i made the vampire lovers, it really didnt strike me that it was a lesbianbased story. These movies were released in the early 70s by the famous horror movie company, hammer productions. Film streaming gratuit hd en vf et vostfr, serie et manga. Oct 11, 2012 the vampire diaries season 4 episode 1 quotes. I have viewed the vampire lovers several times over the years, mainly late night on bbc 1, but lust for a vampire was one of the few hammer vampire films i had never got round to watching until i purchased this dvd.
Though i would categorise them as being more drama thrillers by todays standards. Seductive vampire carmilla karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a. Polishborn actress ingrid pitts erotically supercharged presence is the highlight of this double bill of vampire chills from hammer films. The vampire lovers 1970 nude scenes allmovie this sexy horror story from britains hammer. Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the releases you wish to view and then click apply filter. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Lenoury and cooke formed four horsemen, dave chamberlain joined the subsonic barflies. The vampire lovers 1970 horror, drama feature video. When it was released in 1970, the vampire lovers seemed like an obvious and somewhat desperate attempt by hammer studios to come into the new decade with its fangs fully bared. Has its momentsbut not enough, a very loose adaptation of the novella camilla. Baron hartog whose family are all victims of karnstein vampirism.
But copious amounts of ms pitts flesh aside, it has been unfairly maligned. The vampire lovers 1970 the vampire lovers is one of the more famous of hammers later cycle of films, for two reasons both belonging to ingrid pitt. The vampire lovers 1970 vhsrip studiovy rychlodabing. Watch vampire lovers babe, lesbian, milf porn spankbang. Episode 19 the truck driver web series action, drama film gorillas. Last year, the final entry, twins of evil, finally bowed in region 1 with a nice special edition bluray release, and its predecessor can now boast the same thanks to scream factory. By the early 1970s, englands hammer films needed to rejuvenate their gothic horror cycle and were ready to supplement their successful christopher lee draculas with a new series of vampire stories. 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. Ingrid pitt in the vampire lovers 1970 the vampire lovers 1970 peter cushing and ingrid pitt in the vampire lovers 1970. The vampire lovers was very steamy and i can remember michael style running around saying, the audience is going to fall asleep if you dont inject something in to it. At that time, i was still very innocent and i didnt know what to inject into it. Hammer films sharpened its fangs and turned up the erotic heat with its version of j.
I tend to like the classic horror films of hammer, universal, and american international, and vampire lovers is an esteemed favorite. Unlimited streaming available via roku, fire tv, xbox, playstation, wii and many other devices. The vampire lovers bluray scream factory 1970 color 1. Countess dracula the vampire lovers midnite movies double feature. The vampire lovers, while based on nineteenth century writer sheridan lefanus classic vampire novella carmilla, is not high art. Vampires, ghouls and mummys always attract my attention.
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