Lust for a Vampire

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Lust for a Vampire (1971)

R 09/02/1971 (US) Horror 1h 31m

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A vampire's lust knows no boundaries...

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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.

Sheridan Le Fanu

Characters
Jimmy Sangster

Director
Tudor Gates

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Barbara Jefford

Countess Herritzen
Ralph Bates

Giles Barton
Suzanna Leigh

Janet Playfair
Yutte Stensgaard

Mircalla / Carmilla Karnstein
Michael Johnson

Richard Lestrange
Helen Christie

Miss Simpson
Mike Raven

Count Karnstein
Pippa Steel

Susan Pelley
Christopher Cunningham

Coachman
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on August 19, 2023

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.

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