The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress Ingrid Pitt and Kate O'Mara. It is loosely based on the J. Sheridan Le Fanu novella Carmilla and is part of the so-called Karnstein Trilogy of films. Other films in the trilogy are Lust for a Vampire (1971) and Twins of Evil (1972). The three films were somewhat daring for the time in explicitly depicting lesbian themes. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 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. ... Roy Ward Baker is a British film director born in 1916. ... Peter Cushing OBE Peter Cushing (26 May 1913–11 August 1994) was a British actor, best known for playing Baron Frankenstein and Professor van Helsing in Hammer films, usually opposite Christopher Lee as Dracula. ... Ingrid Pitt (born November 21, 1937 in Poland), is an actress. ... Kate OMara (born August 10, 1939), British actress, born in Leicester. ... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 - February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of short stories and novels concerning the strange and supernatural. ... Carmilla is a vampire novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, first published 1872, predating Bram Stokers Dracula by over twenty years. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... A lesbian is a homosexual woman. ...
Production of The Vampire Lovers began at Elstree Studios on 19 January1970. and it was the final Hammer film to be financed with American money — most of the later films were backed by Rank or EMI. Historically, the name Elstree Studios refers to any of several film studios that were based in the town of Elstree and Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, England. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Rank Organisation, a British entertainment company formed in 1937 and absorbed in 1996 by The Rank Group Plc. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ...
References
Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3.
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