The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoy Ward Baker
Screenplay byTudor Gates
Adaptation byHarry Fine
Tudor Gates
Michael Style
Based onCarmilla
by Sheridan Le Fanu
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMoray Grant
Edited byJames Needs
Music byHarry Robinson
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • 3 September 1970 (1970-09-03) (London)
  • 4 October 1970 (1970-10-04) (United Kingdom)
  • 28 October 1970 (1970-10-28) (Chicago)
Running time
  • 91 minutes (United Kingdom)
  • 89 minutes (United States)
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget£165,227

The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 Gothic horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Peter Cushing, Ferdy Mayne, Douglas Wilmer and Dawn Addams. A co-production between Hammer Film Productions and American International Pictures, it is based on the 1872 Sheridan Le Fanu novella Carmilla and is the first film in the Karnstein Trilogy, the other two films being Lust for a Vampire and Twins of Evil (both 1971). The three films were somewhat daring for the time in explicitly depicting lesbian themes.