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 The Vampire Lovers (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1970 / Director: Roy Ward Baker / Actors: Ingrid Pitt, George Cole ... / DVD ... more  The Vampire Lovers (DVD) ... released 16 August, 2004 at Ilc Prime / Features of the DVD: PAL / The chilling story of the Karnstein family who, even after their deaths, spread terror and blood. When three attractive girls fall under their sensual and fatal spell their relatives search for the coffin which holds a clue to the evil legend.Newest Review: ... have liked it. It’s actually not bad at all. Hammer were usually pretty reliable, and there’s a certain level of quality ... more ... they rarely drop below. OK, it’s cheap – you can occasionally see walls wobble and the gravestones are clearly not made of stone. And yes, there is a certain amount of silly day-for-night photography. But it has a certain stylishness to it – they’d been doing this kind of thing for a long time, and they didn’t go wrong too often when they stuck to their usual gothic themes. So expect castles, graveyards, dry ice, yokels and lush Technicolor. But it is a bit of a generic Hammer – the music isn’t as memorable as usual, a...more |
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The Vampire Lovers (DVD): Even the dead can love (1388 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 10.03.07 (Very useful, 333 readings)
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This month there’s a competition in the Movies category – those who write the best reviews in March will be rewarded with lots of extra miles. So why not have a go? This is a review of the MGM DVD. Made in 1970, this is one of Hammer’s more memorable attempts to appeal to a more demanding audience. For over ten years its horror films, featuring plenty of blood and cleavage, had done pretty well, but in the wake of more explicit films that were emerging from America and Europe, Hammer had to change or die. Ultimately they died, but not without trying. Their strategy in The Vampire Lovers is twofold. First, they put in a few topless women. Second, ...
