{"id":139,"date":"2006-04-04T13:38:27","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T20:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=139"},"modified":"2021-03-29T23:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T06:29:35","slug":"vampire-lovers-the-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Vampire Lovers, The (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You must die! Everybody must die!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Poster-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Poster-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Poster-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Poster-706x1024.jpg 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Poster.jpg 1153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nCarmilla (Ingrid Pitt), a 200-year-old lesbian vampire, pursues the beautiful young Emma (Madeline Smith) while being hunted by vampire-killer Baron von Hartog (Douglas Wilmer). <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Lesbianism<\/li>\n<li>Peter Cushing Films<\/li>\n<li>Roy Ward Baker Films<\/li>\n<li>Vampires<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary suggests, the popularity of this gothic Hammer horror film &#8212; a relatively faithful adaptation of <a href=\"auspicious feature debut\">Sheridan Le Fanu&#8217;s novella<\/a> &#8212; probably has more to do with the &#8220;surprising amount of female nudity&#8221; and overt lesbian interest than anything else. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian-1536x820.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian-506x270.png 506w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Lesbian.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ingrid Pitt gives an alluring, &#8220;unabashedly <em>physical <\/em>performance&#8221; as Carmilla, with her &#8220;low-cut, transparent gowns&#8221; and insatiable lust for nubile female breasts. Carmilla&#8217;s emotional outburst upon &#8220;seeing a funeral procession and realizing all will die but her&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2-1024x537.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2-1536x806.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2-515x270.png 515w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt2.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; elevates her character a notch above all other vampiresses I&#8217;ve seen on film; her role may be campy, but Pitt imbues it with every possible ounce of <em>human <\/em>feeling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingrid Pitt&#8217;s sexy portrayal as Carmilla<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt-1024x533.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt-1536x800.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt-518x270.png 518w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Vampire-Lovers-Pitt.png 1849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A highly literate adaptation of Sheridan La Fanu&#8217;s novella<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply as a prime example of lesbian vampirism on film. (See also <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69769\"><em>Daughters of Darkness<\/em>, 1971<\/a>).  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Representative Film<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0066518\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moria.co.nz\/horror\/vampirelovers.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk\/vampirelovers.shtml\">British Horror Films Review<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You must die! Everybody must die!&#8221; Synopsis: Carmilla (Ingrid Pitt), a 200-year-old lesbian vampire, pursues the beautiful young Emma (Madeline Smith) while being hunted by vampire-killer Baron von Hartog (Douglas Wilmer). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Lesbianism Peter Cushing Films Roy Ward Baker Films Vampires Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary suggests, the popularity of this gothic Hammer horror film &#8212; a relatively faithful adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu&#8217;s novella &#8212; probably has more to do with the &#8220;surprising&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=139\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70928,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/70928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}