75
Chicago Reader by Dave Kehr
This eroticized vampire tale resulted from the last significant surge of creative energy at Britain's Hammer Films, which thereafter descended into abject self-parody.
The Vampire Lovers
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- United Kingdom,
- United States
- 1970
- · 91m
Director
Roy Ward Baker
Cast
Ingrid Pitt,
Peter Cushing,
George Cole,
Kate O'Mara,
Ferdy Mayne,
Douglas Wilmer
Genre
Horror
A peaceful hamlet in 18th-century Eastern Europe is home to a female vampire with lesbian tendencies who ravages the townsfolk. Years earlier, she killed off all of her fellow vampires. Adapted from J Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla.
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70
The New York Times
The Vampire Lovers, praise be, does manage to be a departure from a hackneyed, bloody norm. It also is professionally directed, opulently staged and sexy to boot.
70
The New York Times by A. H. Weiler
The Vampire Lovers, praise be, does manage to be a departure from a hackneyed, bloody norm. It also is professionally directed, opulently staged and sexy to boot.
60
Time Out
It is well mounted and enjoyable, with solid performances: the pre-credits sequence, in particular, has a dreamy beauty. But some of the action is a bit flat; and overall it marks the point at which vampirism in British movies became so overtly erotic that the films virtually ceased to be about anything except sex.
60
Time Out by Staff (Not Credited)
It is well mounted and enjoyable, with solid performances: the pre-credits sequence, in particular, has a dreamy beauty. But some of the action is a bit flat; and overall it marks the point at which vampirism in British movies became so overtly erotic that the films virtually ceased to be about anything except sex.
50
Portland Oregonian by Ted Mahar
In this loose adaptation of Sheridan LeFanu's Carmilla, Ingrid Pitt became a Hammer favorite as a lesbian vampire. This has a few nude scenes and Cushing; something for everyone. [22 Aug 1977, p.38]
50
TV Guide Magazine
While The Vampire Lovers is an interesting and entertaining effort, containing excellent performances from both Pitt and Cushing, writers Harry Fine and Michael Style and director Roy Ward Baker seem to shy away from actually addressing the questions of sexuality and repression inherent in the material.
50
TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)
While The Vampire Lovers is an interesting and entertaining effort, containing excellent performances from both Pitt and Cushing, writers Harry Fine and Michael Style and director Roy Ward Baker seem to shy away from actually addressing the questions of sexuality and repression inherent in the material.
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