The Vampire Lovers (1970) on Netflix
In Styria, a countess asks General Spielsdorf to care for her daughter Marcilla while she visits a sick friend. Laura, the general's niece, befriends the girl and then begins to sicken.
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Plot summary
Baron Hartog hunts the vampires of the Karnstein family in Styria, opening their graves and driving stakes through their hearts. One grave he cannot find is that of Mircalla Karnstein. Decades later, General Spielsdorf holds a ball on his estate for the birthday of his niece Laura, and a countess living nearby attends with her daughter Marcilla. The countess says she must visit a sick friend and asks the general to look after Marcilla while she is away. Marcilla seems drawn to her new friend, and Laura befriends her. Laura then suffers nightmares of a giant cat and falls ill.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Vampire Lovers (1970)
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- While shooting Carmilla's attack on Madame Perrodot, Ingrid Pitt's fangs kept falling out of her mouth and into Kate O'Mara's cleavage, reducing both actresses to uncontrollable laughter. Pitt finally secured them with chewing gum taken from a crew member's mouth.
- Before filming, the script was sent to Britain's chief censor John Trevelyan, who warned Hammer about its lesbian content and noted his office had cut five minutes from The Killing of Sister George. Hammer answered that the lesbianism came from Sheridan Le Fanu's original story, and Trevelyan backed down.
- The Vampire Lovers was made for a relatively low £165,227 and was the last Hammer film ever financed with American money; the studio's later films were backed by Rank or EMI.
