Lesbian vampire Carmilla (Ingrid Pitt) ingratiates herself into various noble houses with a view to seducing various young daughters and turning them into vampires, with fathers Peter Cushing and George Cole doing their best to save their children and destroy Carmilla.
Whilst the desire to eroticise the vampire story is fine, the need to expose endless bosoms at every opportunity does rather invoke schoolboy giggles these days. That aside, this is definitely an above average hammer horror with a good story, some impressive and rather spooky imagery, a solid lead in Ingrid Pitt and of course wonderful Peter Cushing. In the minus column, I could have done without John Forbes-Robertson as a sort of wannabe Dracula figure appearing for no real reason periodically on his horse snarling and wearing too much make up. Solid Hammer horror.
Whilst the desire to eroticise the vampire story is fine, the need to expose endless bosoms at every opportunity does rather invoke schoolboy giggles these days. That aside, this is definitely an above average hammer horror with a good story, some impressive and rather spooky imagery, a solid lead in Ingrid Pitt and of course wonderful Peter Cushing. In the minus column, I could have done without John Forbes-Robertson as a sort of wannabe Dracula figure appearing for no real reason periodically on his horse snarling and wearing too much make up. Solid Hammer horror.