“To die, to truly be dead, that must be glorious,” Bela Lugosi’s eternal vampire once enthused on the silver screen. But true legendary antiheroes never attain the sweet reward of oblivion.
Before Universal Pictures’ classic 1931 film, Dracula was most famous in English speaking countries as the repellent vampire created by author Bram Stoker in a minor publishing novelty from 1897. Gruesome but not significant. Now, of course, he casts the largest shadow in horror, and it grows with every swing of his cape.
Historical Roots of Dracula’s Name
Stoker only took the name of “Dracula” from Vlad Dracul III, the original caped crusader. But the book’s titular inspiration got that name when The Holy Roman Empire named him to the chivalric Order of the Dragon. Dracula means Son of the Dragon. As the protector of Wallachia and Transylvania, he was a far more bloodthirsty ruler than the infamous Queen Mary I,...
Before Universal Pictures’ classic 1931 film, Dracula was most famous in English speaking countries as the repellent vampire created by author Bram Stoker in a minor publishing novelty from 1897. Gruesome but not significant. Now, of course, he casts the largest shadow in horror, and it grows with every swing of his cape.
Historical Roots of Dracula’s Name
Stoker only took the name of “Dracula” from Vlad Dracul III, the original caped crusader. But the book’s titular inspiration got that name when The Holy Roman Empire named him to the chivalric Order of the Dragon. Dracula means Son of the Dragon. As the protector of Wallachia and Transylvania, he was a far more bloodthirsty ruler than the infamous Queen Mary I,...
- 10/23/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
It’s Hammer Time again, and I always feel like I’m playing gothic whack-a-mole; finish one and another pops up begging for my attention. This brings us to Lust for a Vampire (1971), the second film in the “Karnstein trilogy” of which I’ve now seen a total of one. I will see the rest, as is my sworn duty, and because I’ve heard this entertaining chapter to not be the best of the bunch.
That’s the word on the streets anyway, with top honours going to The Vampire Lovers (1970), the preceding effort based on the story Carmilla and enough of a hit to warrant a follow-up. (And a follow-up to this entitled Twins of Evil .) However the rest play out for this viewer, I can attest that despite some issues, Lust for a Vampire works as a decent Hammer and an effective take on vampiric eroticism.
Originally...
That’s the word on the streets anyway, with top honours going to The Vampire Lovers (1970), the preceding effort based on the story Carmilla and enough of a hit to warrant a follow-up. (And a follow-up to this entitled Twins of Evil .) However the rest play out for this viewer, I can attest that despite some issues, Lust for a Vampire works as a decent Hammer and an effective take on vampiric eroticism.
Originally...
- 9/14/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Courageous disc boutique Scream Factory takes on one of Hammer’s biggest embarrassments, that almost everyone connected to it would like to disown. I bailed from my first viewing around 1990 … yet this time around found it somewhat better than I expected. The girlie-show nudity is treated as a special effect, and the story at least hangs together. And like every Hammer horror, there’s a sizable, vocal cheering section out there that sings its praises.
Lust for a Vampire
Blu-ray
Scream Factory
1971 / Color / 1:85 & 1:66 widescreen / 91 min. / Street Date July 30, 2019 / 27.99
Starring: Barbara Jefford, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh, Yutte Stensgaard, Michael Johnson, Helen Christie, Mike Raven, Christopher Cunningham, Harvey Hall, Pippa Steel, David Healy, Jonathan Cecil.
Cinematography: David Muir
Film Editor: Spencer Reeve
Original Music: Harry Robinson
Written by Tudor Gates, based on characters by Sheridan Le Fanu
Produced by Harry Fine, Michael Style
Directed by Jimmy Sangster
What? This column...
Lust for a Vampire
Blu-ray
Scream Factory
1971 / Color / 1:85 & 1:66 widescreen / 91 min. / Street Date July 30, 2019 / 27.99
Starring: Barbara Jefford, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh, Yutte Stensgaard, Michael Johnson, Helen Christie, Mike Raven, Christopher Cunningham, Harvey Hall, Pippa Steel, David Healy, Jonathan Cecil.
Cinematography: David Muir
Film Editor: Spencer Reeve
Original Music: Harry Robinson
Written by Tudor Gates, based on characters by Sheridan Le Fanu
Produced by Harry Fine, Michael Style
Directed by Jimmy Sangster
What? This column...
- 8/3/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Scream Factory will heat up horror fans' summers by bringing the Hammer horror films Lust for a Vampire and The Reptile to Blu-ray on July 30th, and we've been provided with the full list of bonus features for both releases.
Press Release: This summer, beat the heat with two creepy Hammer Films classics! On July 30th, 2019, Scream Factory will be releasing Lust for a Vampire and The Reptile for the first time on Blu-ray. Both releases include numerous new bonus features, including new audio commentaries and interviews, as well as feature presentation in two aspect ratios, 1.66:1 and 1.85:1. Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.com
In Lust for a Vampire, a mysterious man performs rites of black magic, bringing the notorious female vampire Carmilla Karnstein back to life. Looking to quench her bloodlust for the fairer sex, she enrolls at an exclusive girl’s school as...
Press Release: This summer, beat the heat with two creepy Hammer Films classics! On July 30th, 2019, Scream Factory will be releasing Lust for a Vampire and The Reptile for the first time on Blu-ray. Both releases include numerous new bonus features, including new audio commentaries and interviews, as well as feature presentation in two aspect ratios, 1.66:1 and 1.85:1. Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.com
In Lust for a Vampire, a mysterious man performs rites of black magic, bringing the notorious female vampire Carmilla Karnstein back to life. Looking to quench her bloodlust for the fairer sex, she enrolls at an exclusive girl’s school as...
- 6/20/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
It may not be summer yet, but Scream Factory is heating up their release calendar with three new Blu-ray announcements for July: the Hammer horror films Lust for a Vampire and The Reptile, as well as Universal Horror Collection Volume 2.
Lust for a Vampire Blu-ray: "More vampire action (courtesy of Hammer Films) is on the way this Summer in the form of Lust For A Vampire on Blu-ray! Release date is July 30th.
A mysterious man performs the rites of black magic ... bringing the notorious female vampire Carmilla Karnstein back to life. Looking to quench her bloodlust for the fairer sex, she enrolls at an exclusive girl's school as the young debutante Mircalla (Yutte Stensgaard), and begins to feast on her fellow students as well as indulging in her unholy desires for a teacher ... With the death toll mounting at both the school and the nearby village, can anyone stop Carmilla's evil ways?...
Lust for a Vampire Blu-ray: "More vampire action (courtesy of Hammer Films) is on the way this Summer in the form of Lust For A Vampire on Blu-ray! Release date is July 30th.
A mysterious man performs the rites of black magic ... bringing the notorious female vampire Carmilla Karnstein back to life. Looking to quench her bloodlust for the fairer sex, she enrolls at an exclusive girl's school as the young debutante Mircalla (Yutte Stensgaard), and begins to feast on her fellow students as well as indulging in her unholy desires for a teacher ... With the death toll mounting at both the school and the nearby village, can anyone stop Carmilla's evil ways?...
- 4/4/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
Blu ray
Arrow Films
1970 – 1974 /2:35 / Street Date May 22, 2018
Starring Yukiko Kobayashi, Chôei Takahashi, Toshio Kurosawa
Cinematography by Kazutami Hara, Rokurô Nishigaki
Written by Ei Ogawa, Hiroshi Nagano
Directed by Michio Yamamoto
Hell-raising vampires invade the normally serene confines of Japanese cinema in three elegant 70’s shockers directed by Michio Yamamoto. Joining far-flung contemporaries like Jean Rollin, Harry Kümel and Stephanie Rothman, Yamamoto’s trilogy helped rejuvenate a genre always hungry for fresh blood.
In 1970’s The Vampire Doll, a restless spirit’s killing spree is the product of a tragic family secret – a storyline out of a Ross Hunter weepy with arterial spray taking the place of tears.
In search of her wayward brother and his girlfriend, Keiko arrives at a lonely country home only to find the sibling gone and his fiancee Yuko dead. Yuko’s saturnine mother is unusually tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding her...
Blu ray
Arrow Films
1970 – 1974 /2:35 / Street Date May 22, 2018
Starring Yukiko Kobayashi, Chôei Takahashi, Toshio Kurosawa
Cinematography by Kazutami Hara, Rokurô Nishigaki
Written by Ei Ogawa, Hiroshi Nagano
Directed by Michio Yamamoto
Hell-raising vampires invade the normally serene confines of Japanese cinema in three elegant 70’s shockers directed by Michio Yamamoto. Joining far-flung contemporaries like Jean Rollin, Harry Kümel and Stephanie Rothman, Yamamoto’s trilogy helped rejuvenate a genre always hungry for fresh blood.
In 1970’s The Vampire Doll, a restless spirit’s killing spree is the product of a tragic family secret – a storyline out of a Ross Hunter weepy with arterial spray taking the place of tears.
In search of her wayward brother and his girlfriend, Keiko arrives at a lonely country home only to find the sibling gone and his fiancee Yuko dead. Yuko’s saturnine mother is unusually tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding her...
- 5/19/2018
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Vincent Price's diabolical surgeon produces a new breed of supermen, except that his latest 'composite' creation is also a serial-killing vampire. While the mayhem keeps the cops busy, the conspiracy spreads to a foreign dictatorship, where another composite is consolidating power through high-level murders. British agent Christopher Lee is ferreting out the conspiracy-- or is he part of it? Scream and Scream Again Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1969 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 95 min. / Ship Date October 13, 2015 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alfred Marks, Christopher Matthews, Judy Huxtable, Yutte Stensgaard, Anthony Newlands, Michael Gothard Cinematography John Coquillon Production Design Bill Constable Film Editor Peter Elliott Original Music David Whitaker Written by Christopher Wicking from a novel by Peter Saxon Produced by Louis M. Heyward, Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky Directed by Gordon Hessler
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Scream and Scream Again hangs in there as a genre curiosity,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Scream and Scream Again hangs in there as a genre curiosity,...
- 11/3/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
What's the worst that could happen to a vampire? You've got the stake through the heart problem or the tricky issue of dodging the sun. But what about the indignity of a vampire creeping up to his or her victim and finding out that they'd lost their teeth? The shame – having to scrabble around madly for a pair of false gnashers is as low as a vampire can get, particularly if they're floating Albert Steptoe style in a glass of fizzy solution. Toothless Vampire would never be able to hold his or her head up in public again.
Reviewing all of these Doctor Who stories in order however, inevitably means that my expectations are always heightened when coming to a similar type of tale. So I expect The Vampires Of Venice to be as dramatic and scary as State Of Decay and The Curse Of Fenric. Which unfortunately it isn't.
Reviewing all of these Doctor Who stories in order however, inevitably means that my expectations are always heightened when coming to a similar type of tale. So I expect The Vampires Of Venice to be as dramatic and scary as State Of Decay and The Curse Of Fenric. Which unfortunately it isn't.
- 11/7/2011
- Shadowlocked
As I moved into the second day of the movie festival my first thought was realising that I’d gone to bed at four in the morning and I was waking up at seven for another full day of movies. Yes I was tired, but once I got back to the festival though it was time to stop yawning and get back to the movies.
Clash of the Titans
This was the first and probably only chance I will ever have to see this movie on the big screen (yes it was the original not the CGI remake) and I loved every minute of it. This is one of those movies that almost everybody has grown up watching and it’s always a delight to see.
The Vampire Lovers
The first movie in the the Karnstein Trilogy is pure Hammer horror. The gothic sets, Peter Cushing and Ingrid Pitt; you can’t go wrong.
Clash of the Titans
This was the first and probably only chance I will ever have to see this movie on the big screen (yes it was the original not the CGI remake) and I loved every minute of it. This is one of those movies that almost everybody has grown up watching and it’s always a delight to see.
The Vampire Lovers
The first movie in the the Karnstein Trilogy is pure Hammer horror. The gothic sets, Peter Cushing and Ingrid Pitt; you can’t go wrong.
- 6/17/2011
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
This South African beauty graces our latest edition of Wicked Women . Tanit Phoenix starred in the DVD release Lost Boys: The Thirst and appears in the upcoming Death Race 2 . If the Wesley Snipes-starring Gallowwalker is ever pulled off the shelf, you'd see her in that as well. The last time Shock ran into Phoenix, she talked quite a bit about her Muay Tai training...so, yes, it's likely she can kick your ass. Previous Wicked Women: Yutte Stensgaard Mallika Sherawat Natalie Bassingthwaighte 5 Monstrous Mistresses Amber Heard Diora Baird Gina Holden...
- 12/15/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
She's the co-star of Saw 3D , let's welcome Gina Holden into the Wicked Women fold. Early in her career, Holden appeared in an episode of Supernatural ("Wendigo") and later went on to do Final Destination 3 , Screamers: The Hunting and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem . Supernatural wasn't her only genre television stint. She also starred in Harper's Island . As a newcomer to the Saw franchise, Holden is the wife of Jigsaw survivor Bobby Dagen and that puts her in a very dangerous place in Jigsaw's scheme. Photos courtesy of Tj Scott. Previous Wicked Women: Yutte Stensgaard Mallika Sherawat Natalie Bassingthwaighte 5 Monstrous Mistresses Amber Heard Diora Baird...
- 10/29/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
In the early 1970s, there was a spate of Sapphic-themed horror films. Paloma Picasso played Countess Bathory bathing in virgins' blood in Walerian Borowczyk's Immoral Tales (1974), Ingrid Pitt was cheerfully digging her teeth into ingenues' necks in Hammer's The Vampire Lovers (1970), and Danish actress Yutte Stensgaard was causing all manner of bloody upheaval in a girls' finishing school in Lust For a Vampire (1971). Arguably, though, the strangest vampire-exploitation picture of all was Daughters of Darkness (1971), from the maverick Belgian, Harry Kümel. The film, which hasn't been available in the UK for many years, is about to surface again on DVD.
- 9/23/2010
- The Independent - Film
Diora Baird needs no introduction around these parts, really. She's been featured on the site before in our coverage for Stan Helsing and the upcoming Night of the Demons . But for those just making their introduction, Baird got her start in features with The Wedding Crashers . She later appeared, and made her horror debut, in Platinum Dunes' Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning . Besides Helsing and Demons , she'll next be seen in the 30 Days of Night sequel Dark Days , hitting DVD later this year. Previous Wicked Women: Yutte Stensgaard Mallika Sherawat Natalie Bassingthwaighte 5 Monstrous Mistresses Amber Heard...
- 6/18/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Well on her way to becoming a genre fixture, actress Amber Heard captured our attention in the unreleased (in the U.S., that is) All the Boys Love Mandy Lane . Later, Sony rightly called upon her for The Stepfather (*yaaawn* oh, hey, Amber Heard is in this?) and Zombieland in which she wasn't afraid to endure a few hours in the make-up chair to become one of the walking dead. Soon, we'll see her in John Carpenter's The Ward and And Soon the Darkness . Not to mention, the high-octane violent 3D actioner Drive Angry with Nicolas Cage. Previous Wicked Women: Yutte Stensgaard Mallika Sherawat Natalie Bassingthwaighte 5 Monstrous Mistresses...
- 6/11/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Bollywood actress and model Mallika Sherawat isn't widely known yet in the U.S., but she'll soon slither onto the screen in Hisss , directed by Jennifer Lynch. Sherawat plays plays a Naagin, or snake woman, who ventures out of the jungles and into the modern world to retrieve her mate. See her in action here and watch the trailer. Click here for our previous Wicked Woman: Yutte Stensgaard...
- 5/27/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Denmark's Yutte Stensgaard was born Jytte Stensgaard in 1946. Her short-lived career in film found her hopping through sundry genres, however, horror fans remember her from her turns in Scream and Scream Again - the 1970 film with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing - and Hammer's Lust for a Vampire (pictured covered in blood below) in which she played Carmilla Karnstein, a role formerly filled by Ingrid Pitt in The Vampire Lovers . Stensgaard would appear in an episode of Dead of Night in 1972 before slowly slipping out of showbiz. She now works in the American radio.
- 5/24/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Slumber party make out session in Jennifer’s Body; Vicki makes out with her dad in Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II; Yutte Stensgaard goes a little cross-eyed because of the bizarro music from ‘Traci’ in Lust for a Vampire; The Hunger–more famous for its sexy time scene with Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon but I had to show David Bowie some love + killer ankhs; Candyman gives Virginia Madsen a permanent trout pout; Freddy hearts Nancy 4 eva. Post from: Screamstress
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- 12/8/2009
- by Alison
- Screamstress.com
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