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Watch: The Vampire Lovers 1970 123movies, Full Movie Online – The Countess is called away to tend a sick friend and imposes on the General to accept her daughter Marcilla as a houseguest. Some of the villagers begin dying, however, and the General’s daughter Laura soon gets weak and pale, but Marcilla is there to comfort her. The villagers begin whispering about vampires as Marcilla finds another family on which to impose herself. The pattern repeats as Emma gets ill, but the General cannot rest, and seeks the advice of Baron Hartog, who once dealt a decisive blow against a family of vampires. Well, almost..
Plot: In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family’s decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
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	6.4/10 Votes: 6,520
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Reviews:

Okay vampire horror movie with some lovely women, though the lead (Ingrid Pitt) couldn’t really act. Wasn’t terribly invested other than when Peter Cushing was on screen (he’s missing for the second act) and frankly as a whole this is rather forgettable. **3.0/5**

Lush gothic Hammer horror with Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith and Peter Cushing

RELEASED IN 1970 and directed by Roy Ward Baker, “The Vampire Lovers” is a Hammer horror based on Irish novelist Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla,” which was published in 1872 and predated Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” by 25 years. The story concerns a family of vampires, the Karnsteins, who prey on people in Austria by finding an excuse to leave their daughter at a rich manor. She then proceeds to patiently seduce the nubile woman of the abode as she drinks the blood of local peasant lassies and whomever else.

The main antagonist, Carmilla/Marcilla Karnstein, is played by Ingrid Pitt, who’s effective, but a little too long-in-the-tooth for the role. While she prefers to prey on wealthy nubile girls and there are overt Sapphic undertones, she’s just as willing to suck the blood of dudes when it suits her diabolic purposes. Her pretense of passionate romantic love is just that as she’s intrinsically evil and referred to as a “devil” elsewhere in the movie. Make no mistake, she’s solely out to find and feed off victims.

While vampires are fantastical, Carmilla is figurative of evil women who purpose to seduce or convert people and destroy them. This IS real life and I’ve seen it happen several times. The tale isn’t for immature audiences because it’s too convoluted, dramatic, weighty and mature. I saw it 15 years ago and wasn’t impressed but, seeing it again, I now grasp it and it’s virtually revelatory.

The female cast is superb, rounded out by: Madeline Smith (Emma), Pippa Steel (Laura), Kate O’Mara (The Governess, aka Mme. Perrodot), Janet Key (Gretchin, the maid), Kirsten Lindholm (the blonde vampire in the opening; also shown later), Olga James (Village Girl), Joanna Shelley (Woodman’s Daughter) and Dawn Addams (The Countess/Karnstein matriarch). There’s a little bit of tasteful top nudity and Pitt is shown totally nude on two occasions in a classy manner. She’s a beautiful woman, for sure, but she doesn’t trip my trigger.

As far as the male cast goes, Peter Cushing has a side role and Jon Finch is on hand as the gallant hunk. There are others.

FYI: “The Vampire Lovers” is the first part of the so-called Karnstein Trilogy, which includes the quasi-sequel “Lust for a Vampire” (1971) and the prequel “Twins of Evil” (1971).

THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 31 minutes and was shot in Hertfordshire, England.

GRADE: B+/B

New Hammer, new era of sex and violence
Excellent production values highlight this slow-moving Gothic horror yarn from Hammer in which all of the action is confined to the beginning and end of the movie. The middle part consists of lots of atmosphere building sequences which can feel laboured and do drag a little life from the film. It’s the slow-paced nature of the tale which stops it from being a total Hammer classic, although it’s still very good. It reminds me of Hammer’s Dracula, which is also a slow moving tale as both films dwell on victims gradually falling weaker as they’re preyed on by the vampire menace.

On the plus side, the film contains lots of the same ethereal atmosphere (with scenes of nightdress-clad beauties wandering through mist-enshrouded countryside at night) as the films of French auteur Jean Rollin, and is very suspenseful and thrilling when it needs to be. It’s just a shame that so much time is taken up with non-action as most of the leading men leave the film for the middle duration and the resulting women seduce and are victimised by each other. What we’re left with are numerous scenes of Ingrid Pitt and Madeline Smith being naked which do get a little repetitive despite the premise.

The film benefits from an extremely strong cast of British character actors. George Cole (taking a break from his usual comedy genre) stars as Roger Morton, whose beautiful daughter Emma (played by Madeline Smith, a regular young British beauty from the period) is seduced and preyed upon by the voluptuous Carmilla. Ingrid Pitt takes the lead in her first Hammer Horror appearance and makes for an unforgettably sexy vampiress, although she’s romantic rather than scary. Kate O’Mara has a supporting role as a French governess although her role is limited and extraneous.

Genre fans will be pleased to hear that Peter Cushing also has a small role in the film, and it is he who gets to confront Ingrid Pitt in explicitly gory scenes at the end of the film which make up for the non-action preceding those scenes. Despite playing a much different character, you can’t help but see a flash of Van Helsing as Cushing does his duty. Cushing’s authoritative performance is a highlight of the film. Supporting actors include Ferdy Mayne as the unfortunate family doctor, Douglas Wilmer as Baron von Hartog, an expert vampire killer who beheads his own sister in a gruesome opening scene, Dawn Addams as the briefly-seen Countess (her character unexplained and mysterious) and a very young-looking Jon Finch as the handsome young male lead. The familiar faces of Pippa Steele (who, despite dying, returns in the sequel) and John Forbes-Robertson (as the sinister “Man in Black” he is no less laughable here than his camped-up turn as Dracula in LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES) appear in minor roles, while Harvey Hall puts in an excellent turn as the loyal manservant Renton.

The film’s strength is in playing it all totally seriously, even the so-called “erotic sequences”, with none of the tacky cheesiness which overwhelmed the sequel, LUST FOR A VAMPIRE. The film concentrates on the sex rather than the horror aspects with plenty of lesbian tension and Pitt wandering around in a low-cut dress for the entire course of the film. The violence, on the other hand, is limited to a couple of decapitations and some splashes of blood – admittedly colourful. The music is lyrical yet understated, the costumes immaculate and the ladies quite simply gorgeous. THE VAMPIRE LOVERS is a watchable Hammer film which is a must-see for fans, yet by not including any of the trademark excitement or style that another director would have brought to the movie it just misses ‘total classic’ status. I’m surprised to admit it, but Roy Ward Baker’s journeyman direction is merely perfunctory.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 31 min (91 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Horror
Director Roy Ward Baker
Writer Sheridan Le Fanu, Harry Fine, Tudor Gates
Actors Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steel, Madeline Smith
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Mitchell BNCR
Laboratory Movielab, Hollywood (CA), USA, Technicolor, London, UK
Film Length 2,565 m (Italy)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm