Story Line
While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav's zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.
“Which is the Virgin? Which is the Vampire?”
Top Cast
Peter Cushing
Gustav Weil
Dennis Price
Dietrich
Madeleine Collinson
Frieda Gellhorn
Mary Collinson
Maria Gellhorn
Isobel Black
Ingrid Hoffer
Kathleen Byron
Katy Weil
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
1971-10-17
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Horror
Part of the Series
Karnstein (Hammer) Collection
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
7/10
•10/19/2014The evil that men do.
The final part of Hammer Films Karnstein Trilogy is in keeping with what made the studios output so readily embraced by the horror faithful. Based on characters created by Sheridan Le Fanu, Hammer take one of their vampire mo...
Wuchak
6/10
•3/25/2020***Great Gothic horror ambiance, good cast, magnificent score, so-so story***
Orphaned twin sisters (Madeleine & Mary Collinson) are forced to move from Venice to Styria, Austria, to live with their puritan uncle (Peter Cushing), who’s hell-bent o...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•7/24/2023What's quite sad about this film is the presence of Dennis Price - one of my favourite British comedy actors. He offers so little to this vampire thriller and it's a real shame that he is now reduced to bit parts in which he hardly leaves his chair! ...