Monday, 11 July 2022

CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE/TERROR IN THE CRYPT 1964 B/W Italian-Spanish horror film. The film is based on the 1872 novel Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It is the third adaptation of the novel, following Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr and Roger Vadim's Blood and Roses.
Count Karnstein (Christopher Lee), sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become close friends until Laura becomes convinced the spirit of Carmilla is forcing her to kill.
This was a nice little gothic horror it had a lot going for it. Was a bit of an abrupt ending though in my opinion.

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