Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

bob_bear Finally got around to watching this on YouTube. Mostly because Madeline Smith was in it. Thereafter, to chase my teenage fear of vampire horror away. Obviously the fear was in my fertile imagination at the time. It's neither scary nor sexy it's just ho hum. Madeline should have been a Hollywood star. Goodness only knows why they passed her by. She had a perfectly charming voice but it seems the producer here decided to dub her lines for no reason I can understand. Talented actors are wasted on an unsophisticated, melodramatic script more suited to the Henry Irving age of theatre. They and the audience deserved better. A smoke machine, cheapo graphics and 70s hairdos abound. Everyone tries their best and fail. It's just not very good.

moonspinner55 Britain's Hammer Films, needing new blood for their continuing series of vampire outings, went some years back for inspiration--1871, to be exact, and Joseph Sheridan Le Fanuthic's short story "Carmilla", believed to be one of the earliest works of vampire fiction (26 years before the appearance of Bram Stoker's "Dracula"). In a small Austrian town in the 18th century, a 240-year-old female vampire (Ingrid Pitt) charms her way into the homes of a general (Peter Cushing) and later a nobleman (George Cole), seducing both their comely daughters and leaving her mark above their breasts. Her conquests are overseen by a man on horseback, who acts as her guardian. For genre buffs, a decent bloodsucker; there are a few marvelous scenes (decapitations and lesbian clinches, with much female nudity), but the handling is flat and the acting fairly colorless. Worse, the editing leaves confusion in the narrative, while Harry Robinson's obtrusive, derivative music underlines every other scene with heightened emphasis. Producers Michael Style and Harry Fine quickly followed this "Vampire" with two more: "Lust for a Vampire" in 1971 (without Cushing) and "Twins of Evil" in 1972 (with Cushing). *1/2 from ****

dworldeater To change with the times Hammer sought out to make a film with more overt sexuality. While Hammer horror films always had beautiful, voluptuous babes with big boobs, Hammer turned up the eroticism(and turned on many!) with the lesbian vampire classic The Vampire Lovers. Starring the stunning and very talented actress Ingrid Pitt and directed by Hammer horror regular Roy Ward Baker. The Vampire Lovers is an excellent film that combines Gothic horror with eroticism, but does so without being too trashy or detracting from the horror element. Ingrid Pitt delivers an amazing performance as Carmilla, a smoking hot vampire vixen that enjoys the company(and blood) of women. Carmilla,indeed has great taste in women and her victim/companion of choice(actress Madeline Smith) is very beautiful and gives an excellent performance also. Roy Ward Baker made a real well acted, great looking Gothic horror film with great ambiance, great score and of course a cameo from the great Peter Cushing as The General. After The Vampire Lovers, Ingrid Pitt also made Countess Dracula for Hammer, which I highly recommend if you enjoy this film. By today's standards the eroticism is not such a big deal, but in 1970 it was a boundary that was pushed by displaying such material. The quality of the film stands the test of time and I got a lot of love for The Vampire Lovers!

Ben Larson I don't know if I will ever get a chance to see Lesbian Vampire Killers, but going back to see the film that probably started the whole lesbian vampire genre popularized by Jean Rollin and Jess Franco.Hammer Studios is to be commended for bringing this Gothic tale with an erotic twist. It is part of the so-called Karnstein Trilogy of films. Subsequent films in the trilogy are Lust for a Vampire (1971) and Twins of Evil (1972).It was a real shame to see the buxom Kirsten Lindholm beheaded in the opening, but there would be more treasures to come.Carmilla (Ingrid Pitt) stays with Roger Morton (George Cole), and his daughter Emma (Madeline Smith). She wastes no time parading around naked and engaging Emma is play. She visits at night as a cat to groom her for the ultimate conquest. Not satisfied with just Emma, she brings the Governess (Kate O'Mara) under her power by seducing her.People soon start dying in the neighborhood. It is only though the intervention of Renton (Harvey Hall) and the doctor (Ferdy Mayne) that Emma is saved. The crafty Carmilla manages to neutralize both, exposing Emma to attack. Who alive could resist her charms? Meanwhile, Morton runs into Baron Joachim von Hartog (Douglas Wilmer) and General von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing) on their way to Karnstein castle to find the last vampire's coffin.But, who is the Man in Black (John Forbes-Robertson)?