Countess Dracula

The old and evil Countess Elisabeth Nodosheen (Ingrid Pitt) uses blood sacrifice to bath with the blood of virgin women and restore her beauty and youth helped by her servant Julie Sentash (Patience Collier) and her former lover, Capt. Dobi the Castle Steward (Nigel Green). When she meets the young Lt. Imre Toth (Sandor Elès), she pretends to be her daughter Ilona to marry him, for the despair of Dobi. But when Illona returns home to visit her mother, Julie that was her former nanny has to decide what to do to protect her.

"Countess Dracula" is another great production of Hammer, my favorite studio of horror movies when I was a teenager. In accordance with the information on the DVD and IMDb, this story is based on the Hungarian Countess Erzsebet, who killed many virgin women and bathed with their blood. This film is not a vampire or a frightening movie, as an unaware viewer may be induced based on its inappropriate title. Indeed it is a dramatic and theatrical horror story, very well constructed and supported by a great cast, highlighting Ingrid Pitt in a double role of a fresh young woman, and also a very bitter and evil old woman. The camera is excellent in the scenes when Countess Elisabeth becomes old again. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "A Condessa Drácula" ("The Countess Dracula")

Note: On 26 August 2014, I saw this movie again.