Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

angus-lamont Well what can I say, after reading so many positive reviews on this film, I finally sat down and watched "Twins of Evil"! Highly recommend the Network Blu Ray and probably one of the best looking films I've seen. The titular duo are great, as is Damien Thomas, who is right up there with Lee and David Peel as the evil Count Karnstein. Peter Cushing is phenomenal in this, and at first I was expecting him to be the villain, you forget he is actually on the good side. Dennis Price I thought was decent as the hero character, just glad Cushing interrupted his musical number! As someone who admires cinematography, the sets and colour palette in the film is stunning, enhanced even more by the HD transfer, particularly the scenes in Karnstein's castle! The special effects are great too, especially the reflection shots, which I guess were accomplished with a fake mirror. Great soundtrack too. Just wish the Blu Ray had more extras or a commentary, though I understand a US release does so. Safe to say it is definitely going amongst my Hammer favourites! British Horror at its finest!

morrison-dylan-fan With having enjoyed watching a number of Hammer Horror titles for IMDb's Horror board October Challenge,I started to search round on Amazon Uk for Hammer titles that I could view for this years challenge,and I was surprised to find out that UK DVD company Network had brought some Hammer titles out,which led to me excitingly getting ready to see some evil twins in action.The plot:Since recently becoming orphans,twins Maria and Frieda Gellhorn leave their native Venice behind,and go to live with their aunt and uncle in a small European village called Karnstein.Arriving at Karnstein,the Gellhorn's discover that uncle Gustav Weil is the leader of a witch/vampire hunting gang,who burn any women that they believe are possessed by evil forces.Sickened by the stern manner in which Weil treats her,Frieda begins fantasising about the local count called Karnstein.After making a sacrifice to the devil, (as you do!) Karnstein is taken aback,when the sacrifice results in Countess Mircalla Karnstein coming back from the grave,and turning Karnstein into a vampire.Feeling more powerful than ever as a vampire,Karnstein sets his sights on the Gellhorn sisters.View on the film:Filmed at a time when Hammer studios were starting to go off the tracks,and a new,relaxed view towards nudity and gore had appeared in British censorship,Twins of Evil (TOE!)director John Hough displays a tremendous skill in keeping the title away from suffocating on flesh+blood.Hough gives the movie a wonderful warped fairy tale atmosphere,with Hough and cinematographer Dick Bush using scatter- shot whip-pans to give the vampire fangs and witchcraft spells a from out of nowhere shock,whilst Harry Robertson delivers a triumphant score for the Gellhorn's visit to Karnstein.For his adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu novel,writer Tudor Gates paints all of the characters with an excellent, vicious brush,as Gates gets rid of even the basic idea of heroic characters,by showing Karnstein's blood lust as a companion piece to the self rigorous fury which Weil inflicts on the sisters with a disturbing glee.Bringing the Gellhorn's in as outsiders,Gates gradually transforms each of them as they uncover the villages hidden secrets,with Maria becoming terrified from all of the myths,whilst Frieda finds herself allured by the towns blood dripping darkness.Made shortly after the tragic death of his wife,Peter Cushing gives a superb performance as Weli,with Cushing showing Weli passion to "cleanse" the souls of the corrupted,to be something which blinds him from the evils that he unleashes.Offering twice the eye candy after being the 1st ever twins to appear in Playboy magazine,the beautiful Mary and Madeline Collinson (who were both dubbed) each give tantalising performances,with Mary showing a sweet natural nativity as Maria,whilst Madeline sinks her fangs into revealing how evil the twins of evil can be.

JoeB131 This is some of the later Hammer work, where they went less with atmosphere and more with nudity. Peter Cushing Stars as a religious leader who gets his jollies burning young women at the stake because no one has invented reality TV yet. His life becomes complicated when his nieces from Venice in with him. One sister is good, the other is wicked and there's a vampire living up on the hill.It's like The Parent Trap with boobies! So you have the learned guy, who knows vampires can be killed with stakes and axes. Because he's read books.Anyway, it's a fun romp, not particularly good acting and the sound is just a bit off. Cushing is phoning it in at this point.

Prichards12345 Hammer Films' efforts for 1970 were rather poor affairs, including the fairly average Vampire Lovers and the downright bad Lust For A Vampire. These movies featured the character of Carmilla Karnstein, the vampire created by J. Sheridan Le Fanu in his novel Carmilla. Twins of Evil, made by the same producers for Hammer the following year, is actually the final film of "The Karnstein Trilogy", and is a considerable improvement.Twins shows in part the influence of Witchfinder General (1968), and features Peter Cushing on nightly forays into the countryside to root out and burn witches, while becoming the legal guardian of the titular twins, only one of which is actually evil. It's clear he's actually persecuting innocents; while the debauched Count Karnstein (Damien Thomas) is practising Satanism with impunity. Cushing plays Gustave Weil's religious mania for all he's worth. Sadly, the actor was just returning to work after the death of his wife, and he delivers a grim, dark and utterly compelling performance. Thomas is very good too and it's a surprise Hammer didn't use him a lot more.But of course the principal focus is on the Collinson Twins, who appear on this showing to be rather better actors than either Ingrid Pitt or Yutte Stensgaard, both of whom featured in the earlier Karnstein Movies.With it's Western-style movie score, and a convincing air of Medieval superstition Twins Of Evil fairly rattles along, and is an interesting and off-beat addition to the Hammer canon.