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Lust for a Vampire

Name: Lust for a Vampire
Genre: Horror
Released: 1971-01-17
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 5.906

★ 5,9 /10 (85 Votes)

1971 EN 91 min

Overview

In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.

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Release date

17/01/1971

Votes

Popularity

1.6

A vampire's lust knows no boundaries...

Genres

Horror

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

91 min

Barbara Jefford

Countess Herritzen

Ralph Bates

Giles Barton

Suzanna Leigh

Janet Playfair

Yutte Stensgaard

Mircalla / Carmilla Karnstein

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Michael Johnson

Richard Lestrange

Helen Christie

Miss Simpson

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Mike Raven

Count Karnstein

Pippa Steel

Susan Pelley

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Christopher Cunningham

Coachman

Harvey Hall

Inspector Heinrich

Michael Brennan

Landlord

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Judy Matheson

Amanda

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Caryl Little

Isabel

Jonathan Cecil

Biggs

Erik Chitty

Professor Herz

Jack Melford

Bishop

Kirsten Lindholm

Peasant Girl

Luan Peters

Trudi

David Healy

Raymond Pelley

Christopher Neame

Hans

Sue Longhurst

Schoolgirl

Nick Brimble

First Villager

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Mel Churcher

Schoolgirl

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Confessions of a Vampire Vixen! Lust for a Vampire is directed by Jimmy Sangster and written by Tudor Gates who uses characters written by Sheridan Le Fanu. It stars Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, Yutte Stensgaard, Helen Christie and Pippa Steel. Music is by Harry Robinson and Technicolor cinematography by David Muir. The second part of Hammer Films' "Karnstein Trilogy", "Lust for a Vampire" seemed destined to be miserable from the get go. Peter Cushing had to leave the production when his darling wife fell gravely ill, Hammer's best director Terence Fish…

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**_Gothic drama/romance marked by villages, castles, maidens and vampirism_** In 1830, a writer (Michael Johnson) visits a village in the shadow of the diabolic Karnstein Castle in Austria whereupon he decides to teach at a nearby female school after meeting a lovely new pupil (Yutte Stensgaard). Another student (Pippa Steel) and the headmaster (Ralph Bates) are also enamored by Mircalla. What is the secret of her magnetism? Could she be the reincarnation of Countess Carmilla Karnstein, who died in 1710? Christopher Lee lookalike Mike Raven is on hand as sinister Count Karnstein. “Lust f…

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