---
title: 'The Vampire Lovers (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Ward Baker'
released: '1970-09-03'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-vampire-lovers-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066518/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Vampire Lovers (1970)

1970 · 87 min · Horror · United Kingdom

Part of: The Karnstein Trilogy

## Synopsis

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. The three films were somewhat daring for the time in explicitly depicting lesbian themes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Ward Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-ward-baker)
- **Screenplay:** [Tudor Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/tudor-gates)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Harry Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-robertson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Moray Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/moray-grant)
- **Editor:** [James Needs](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-needs)

## Cast

- [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne)
- [Douglas Wilmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-wilmer)
- [Pippa Steel](https://cinepixo.com/people/pippa-steel)
- [Ingrid Pitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-pitt) as Countess Mircalla Karnstein
- [Kate O'Mara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-o-mara)
- [John Forbes-Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-forbes-robertson)
- [Dawn Addams](https://cinepixo.com/people/dawn-addams)
- [Jon Finch](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-finch)
- [Peter Cushing](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-cushing)
- [Madeline Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeline-smith)
- [George Cole](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-cole)

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