The Kiss of the Vampire is a 1963 British Hammer Horror film directed by Don Sharp and starring Clifford Evans, Edward de Souza, Jennifer Daniel, Noel Willman, Barry Warren and Jacquie Wallis. Clifford Evans was a Welsh actor, who died in 1985. ... Edward de Souza (born September 4, 1932) is a British character actor. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Hammer horror refers to a series of gothic horror films produced from the late 1950s until the 1970s by the British film production company Hammer Film Productions Ltd. ... Don Sharp is a British film director, born in Australia in 1922. ... Clifford Evans was a Welsh actor, who died in 1985. ... Edward de Souza (born September 4, 1932) is a British character actor. ... As Marianne Harcourt, Jennifer Daniel falls under Dr. Ravnas hypnotic spell in The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Jennifer Daniel (b. ... Noel Willman as the sinister Dr. Ravna in the Hammer horror film The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Noel Willman (August 4, 1918 in Londonderry, Ireland - December 14, 1988 in New York) was a British actor. ... As Carl Ravna in Hammers The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Barry Warren (b. ...

Plot synopsis

Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) initiates Marianne (Jennifer Daniel) into his vampire cult

Gerald (Edward de Souza) and Marianne Harcourt (Jennifer Daniel), are a honeymooning couple in 19th-century Bavaria who become caught up in a vampire cult led by Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) and his two children Carl (Barry Warren) and Sabena (Jacquie Wallis). Image File history File links The_Kiss_of_the_Vampire. ... Edward de Souza (born September 4, 1932) is a British character actor. ... As Marianne Harcourt, Jennifer Daniel falls under Dr. Ravnas hypnotic spell in The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Jennifer Daniel (b. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Noel Willman as the sinister Dr. Ravna in the Hammer horror film The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Noel Willman (August 4, 1918 in Londonderry, Ireland - December 14, 1988 in New York) was a British actor. ... As Carl Ravna in Hammers The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Barry Warren (b. ...

Production

Originally intended to be third Dracula movie in Hammer's Dracula series (which began with Dracula and was followed by The Brides of Dracula); it was another attempt by Hammer to make a Dracula sequel without Christopher Lee. The final script, by Anthony Hinds makes no reference to Dracula, and expands further on the directions taken in Brides by portraying vampirism as a social disease afflicting those who become decadent. The film went into production on 7 September 1962 at Bray Studios. Hammer horror refers to horror films produced in the late 1950s through the 1970s by the British film studio Hammer Films. ... Dracula is a 1958 British horror film, and the first of a series of Hammer Horror films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. ... David Peel as Draculas disciple, the Baron Meinster The Brides of Dracula is a 1960 British Hammer Horror film directed by Terence Fisher. ... Christopher Lee portrays Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London) is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility, his professional longevity, and his distinctive basso delivery. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Bray Studios is a film and television studio next to the River Thames near Windsor, England. ...

Cast

• Clifford Evans (Professor Zimmer)
• Edward de Souza (Gerald Harcourt)
• Noel Willman (Dr. Ravna)
• Jennifer Daniel (Marianne Harcourt)
• Barry Warren
• Brian Oulton
• Noel Howlett
• Jacquee Wallis (Sabena Ravna)
• Peter Madden
• Isobel Black
• Vera Cook
• John Harvey

Clifford Evans was a Welsh actor, who died in 1985. ... Edward de Souza (born September 4, 1932) is a British character actor. ... Noel Willman as the sinister Dr. Ravna in the Hammer horror film The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Noel Willman (August 4, 1918 in Londonderry, Ireland - December 14, 1988 in New York) was a British actor. ... As Marianne Harcourt, Jennifer Daniel falls under Dr. Ravnas hypnotic spell in The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Jennifer Daniel (b. ... As Carl Ravna in Hammers The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Barry Warren (b. ... Brian Oulton (February 11, 1908—April 13, 1992) was a British character actor. ... Isobel Black is a British actress, noted for her roles on film and television. ... Announcer for Double Dare and History IQ. Categories: Television biographical stubs ...

Credits

• Directed by Don Sharp
• Screenplay by John Elder (Anthony Hinds)
• Produced by Anthony Hinds
• Music by James Bernard
• Musical supervisor: John Hollingsworth
• Director of photography: Alan Hume
• Production design by Bernard Robinson
• Art direction by Don Mingaye
• Supervising editor: James Needs
• Make-up by Roy Ashton
• Special effects by Les Bowie

Don Sharp is a British film director, born in Australia in 1922. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... James Bernard was a British film composer born in 1925 and dying in 2001. ... Bernard Robinson may refer to: Bernard Robinson (production designer) - 1912-1970 Bernard Robinson (basketballer), a basketball player with the Charlotte Bobcats This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Roy Ashton was a make-up artist who was born in Australia in 1909 and died in England in 1995. ... A composite shot of Draculas castle in the 1958 Hammer horror film Dracula. ...

Trivia

• This film played once again with the rules of cinematic vampire lore by allowing the vampiric Ravna family to move about during the daylight hours, albeit in a limited fashion.

• This is the only known feature film appearance of Jacquie Wallis who portrays the very significant role of Sabena Ravna.

• The film's climax, involving black magic and swarms of bats, was originally intended to be the ending of The Brides of Dracula, but the star of that film Peter Cushing objected. In fact, the paperback novelization of Brides does end this way.

David Peel as Draculas disciple, the Baron Meinster The Brides of Dracula is a 1960 British Hammer Horror film directed by Terence Fisher. ... Peter Cushing OBE Cushing (left) in the television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four in the winter of 1954 on BBC Television. ...

Alternate version

Retitled Kiss of Evil for American TV, Universal trimmed the original film for its initial television screening so much that more footage had to be shot to pad out the missing time. Additional characters - that didn't appear at all in the original release - were added, creating a whole new subplot. Every scene that showed blood was edited out (e.g. the cinema release's pre-credits scene in which blood gushes from the coffin of Zimmer's daughter after he plunges a shovel into it (note: her scream was cut from the scene as well), or, when Harcourt frees his hands after being clawed by Tanya, the televised version has him escape by running across the room untouched by the vampires, who just watch him get away. The theatrical release instead had Harcourt, after freeing his hands, smearing the blood on his chest into a cross-shaped pattern. A couple of the cuts result in scenes that don't make sense any more: in the cut-for-TV version, we never do find out what Marianne sees behind the curtain, a sight which makes her scream.

Gerald (Edward De Souza) is held by the evil Ravna clan against his will

The abbreviated running time was made up for by the addition of scenes of a family (middle-aged husband and wife; teenage daughter) who argue about the influence of the vampiric Ravna clan, but never interact with anybody else in the movie. The daughter throws over her boyfriend in favor of Carl Ravna (unseen in these scenes) who has given her a music box which plays the same hypnotic tune that he plays on the piano elsewhere in the movie. Carl Esmond, Sheila Welles and Virginia Gregg (who gained fame by voicing Mother in three of the Psycho films) appear in the TV version. Image File history File links Kiss_of_the_Vampire_2. ... Esmond in Ministry of Fear Carl Esmond (June 14, 1902 in Vienna, Austria - December 4, 2004) was a Austrian stage actor who fleed Nazi Germany, like many of his fellow actors, to England during World War II. Esmond continued to appear on the stage as well as appear in British... Virginia Gregg Burket (Born: March 6, 1916 in Harrisburg, Illinois, USA-Died: September 15, 1986 in Encino, California, USA from lung cancer) was an American actress. ... This article is about the novel and the movies based on it. ...

References

• Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3.

External links

• The Kiss of the Vampire at the Internet Movie Database