Directed by:
John HoughScreenplay:
Tudor GatesCinematography:
Dick BushComposer:
Harry RobertsonCast:
Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson, Kathleen Byron, Damien Thomas, David Warbeck, Kenneth Gilbert, Roy Boyd, Isobel Black (more)VOD (1)
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Glamorous identical orphaned twins Maria and Frieda move from Vienna to the village of Karnstein to take up a new life with their submissive aunt and grim uncle a fanatical Puritan and leader of a witch-hunting religious sect who is determined to kill his nemesis, Count Karnstein: a devil-worshipping libertine who has been turned into a vampire. (Network)
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A likeable and pleasantly atmospheric Hammer horror flick. It's not missing anything that a proper horror film should have and it’s all mixed in the right proportion. A little bit of sex, a little bit of blood and pointed vampire fangs, pretty babes, subtle hints of gore and the charismatic Peter Cushing, who just by his presence lifts every film a few percent higher. Almost all Hammer horror films were basically one and the same, but most of them had that endearingly dark and serious mood that can still be charming today. Three and a half stars.
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