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Cast

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Barbara Jefford

Countess Herritzen

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Ralph Bates

Giles Barton

Suzanna Leigh profile

Suzanna Leigh

Janet Playfair

Yutte Stensgaard profile

Yutte Stensgaard

Mircalla / Carmilla Karnstein

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Michael Johnson

Richard Lestrange

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Helen Christie

Miss Simpson

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Mike Raven

Count Karnstein

Pippa Steel profile

Pippa Steel

Susan Pelley

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Harvey Hall

Inspector Heinrich

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Erik Chitty

Professor Herz

Kirsten Lindholm profile

Kirsten Lindholm

Peasant Girl

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David Healy

Raymond Pelley

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Sue Longhurst

Schoolgirl

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

GB

Reviews

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A review by John Chard 4

November 7, 2019

Confessions of a Vampire Vixen!

Lust for a Vampire is directed by Jimmy Sangster and written by Tudor Gates who uses characters written by Sheridan Le Fanu. It stars Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, Yutte Stensgaard, Helen Christie and Pippa Steel. Music is by Harry Robinson and Technicolor cinematography by David Muir.

The second part of Hammer Films' "Karnstein Trilogy", "Lust for a Vampire" seemed destined to be miserable ...

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A review by Wuchak 7

August 19, 2023

Gothic drama/romance marked by villages, castles, maidens and vampirism

In 1830, a writer (Michael Johnson) visits a village in the shadow of the diabolic Karnstein Castle in Austria whereupon he decides to teach at a nearby female school after meeting a lovely new pupil (Yutte Stensgaard). Another student (Pippa Steel) and the headmaster (Ralph Bates) are also enamored by Mircalla. What is the secret of her magnetism? Could she be the reincarnation of Countes...

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