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This sexy horror story from Britain's Hammer Films finds Ingrid Pitt playing three roles, the most notable being a lesbian vampire who will resort to biting a man only when it is absolutely necessary. A doctor and a manservant are victims, but only after she has exhausted all attempts to sink her fangs into the bosoms of young women. The General (Peter Cushing) finds his daughter Laura (Pippa Steel) is victimized by the bite of the vampiress. With the help of Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer), they
R, 1 hr. 31 min.
Oct 4, 1970 Limited
MGM Pictures
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Fairly flat dialog doesn't provide much of the unconscious humor that usually gives a lift to this type of entertainment.
This eroticized vampire tale resulted from the last significant surge of creative energy at Britian's Hammer Films, which thereafter descended into abject self-parody.
...would've worked better as a short...
Although it's over-long and has some genuinely silly moments and dialogue, this was a key film from Hammer.
Vampire Lovers is a particularly fine example and a cultural milestone that heralded the arrival of vampyric characters as being romantic, charismatic and seductive. For all the strength of the cast in this film ? George Cole and the always great Peter Cushing, for all it's whimsical, dreamlike eroticism and
October 14, 2010Super Reviewer
The plot synopsis here is actually rather misleading, as the film is more subdued sexually than one might assume. It's also a fairly close retelling of Le Fanu's Carmilla.
December 27, 2008Super Reviewer
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