Lust for a Vampire

Jimmy Sangster (1970)

91min

18 Certificate

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by Alan Jones

Veteran Hammer writer/director Jimmy Sangster called this gothic horror "an embarrassment" in his autobiography, and Ralph Bates regretted ever starring in something so "tasteless". Both also hated the cheesy pop song Strange Love (by Tracy) incongruously dubbed over the love scene in the second of Hammer's Karnstein trilogy inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu's story Carmilla, with gratuitous lesbianism thrown into the gore formula. A shallow performance by former game-show hostess Yutte Stensgaard and some pretty ragged sets fix the lurid tone even lower as terror stalks the corridors of an exclusive girls' finishing school.

Summary

A writer is aghast to discover a seemingly well-to-do girl in a private school is actually a blood-sucking creature of the night. Hammer horror, starring Ralph Bates, Michael Johnson and Suzanna Leigh.

Cast & Crew

Giles Barton Ralph Bates

Richard Lestrange Michael Johnson

Mircalla/Carmilla Yutte Stensgaard

Count Karnstein Michael Raven

Janet Playfair Suzanna Leigh

Countess Herritzen Barbara Jefford

Trudi Luan Peters

Miss Simpson Helen Christie

Director Jimmy Sangster

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Language: EnglishColourTheatrical distributor: Hammer Film Prods LtdGuidance: Contains nudity. Available on: video, DVD and Blu-ray

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