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Lust for a Vampire

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Plot

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.

Cast

Barbara Jefford as Countess Herritzen
Barbara Jefford

as Countess Herritzen

Ralph Bates as Giles Barton
Ralph Bates

as Giles Barton

Suzanna Leigh as Janet Playfair
Suzanna Leigh

as Janet Playfair

Yutte Stensgaard as Mircalla / Carmilla Karnstein
Yutte Stensgaard

as Mircalla / Carmilla Karnstein

Michael Johnson as Richard Lestrange
Michael Johnson

as Richard Lestrange

Helen Christie as Miss Simpson
Helen Christie

as Miss Simpson

Mike Raven as Count Karnstein
Mike Raven

as Count Karnstein

Pippa Steel as Susan Pelley
Pippa Steel

as Susan Pelley

Harvey Hall as Inspector Heinrich
Harvey Hall

as Inspector Heinrich

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • January 17, 1971

Production Companies

  • Hammer Film Productions

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.52 hrs

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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' "Karnst…

**_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…

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