The Vampire Lovers (Roy Ward Baker, 1970) UNCUT [RePoPo]

******************************************************************************* The Vampire Lovers (Roy Ward Baker, 1970) ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type..................: Movie Container file........: AVI Video Format..........: H.264 Total Bitrate.........: 2273 Kbps Bits/(Pixel*Frame)....: 0.300 Audio format..........: AC3 192 Kbps (Untouched) Audio Languages.......: English 1.0 Subtitles Ripped......: Spanish Resolution............: 720x384 (Original, cropped black bars) Aspect Ratio..........: 1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio.: 1.85:1 Color.................: Color FPS...................: 25.000 Source................: PAL DVD Duration..............: 01:27:17 Genre.................: Horror IMDb Rating...........: 6.3 Movie Information.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066518/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Size has been calculated in order to get the optimum PQ without oversizing the file, hence the irregular size of the file (not the usual 700Mb/1.4Gb rip). 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IF you can/can't play it on standalone players, PS3, Xbox, etc etc, that'd be of interest so I can enhance future rips. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plot Synopsis by Dan Pavlides This sexy horror story from Britain's Hammer Films finds Ingrid Pitt playing three roles, the most notable being a lesbian vampire who will resort to biting a man only when it is absolutely necessary. A doctor and a manservant are victims, but only after she has exhausted all attempts to sink her fangs into the bosoms of young women. The General (Peter Cushing) finds his daughter Laura (Pippa Steel) is victimized by the bite of the vampiress. With the help of Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer), they try to end the horror brought by the blood-sucking beauty. Blood, gore and a few decapitations are depicted before the wooden stakes and crosses are brought out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAST Ingrid Pitt - Mircalla/Marcilla/Carmilla George Cole - Roger Morton Kate O'Mara - Mme. Perrodot Madeline Smith - Emma Morton Peter Cushing - Gen. Spielsdorf Dawn Addams - The Countess Ferdy [Ferdinand] Mayne - Doctor Douglas Wilmer - Baron Hartog Carl Finch - Carl Ebbhardt Kirsten Betts - 1st Vampire John Forbes-Robertson - Man in Black Harvey Hall - Renton Charles Farrell - Landlord Graham James - Young Man Olga James - Village Girl Janet Key - Gretchen Pippa Steele - Laura Spielsdorf Shelagh Wilcox - Housekeeper CREW Roy Ward Baker - Director Harry Fine - Producer / Screenwriter Michael Style - Producer / Screenwriter Tudor Gates - Screenwriter Moray Grant - Cinematographer Harry Robertson - Composer (Music Score) Harry Robinson - Composer (Music Score) James Needs - Editor Scott MacGregor - Art Director Roy Hyde - Sound/Sound Designer Tom Smith - Makeup Derek Whitehurst - First Assistant Director Tom Sachs - Production Manager Vic Armstrong - Stunts Coordinator Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Short Story Author ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOME REVIEWS britishhorrorfilms.co.uk (http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/vampirelovers.shtml) The Vampire Lovers is one of the more famous of Hammer's later cycle of films, for two reasons (both belonging to Ingrid Pitt). But copious amounts of Ms Pitt's flesh aside, it has been unfairly maligned. In no way is it as bad as the sequel Lust For A Vampire, and it's certainly not as toe-curlingly awful as the real tit-and-bum stuff like Virgin Witch. It's a very literate translation of La Fanu's short story Carmilla (some would say too literate), with none of the kitschness of Lust. Apart from the occasional appearance of an unnamed green-faced tosser on horseback (I have no idea why), Lovers is also quite a good film. Not as wonderful as Twins Of Evil, but certainly not as bad as Horror Of Frankenstein. In the pre-credit sequence we get told the new vampire rules - if you steal their shroud, they can have no night of rest. Plus they can only be killed by a stake through the heart or decapitation. So after self-styled vengeful vampire killer Joachim Von Hartog goes to search for these "murderers from beyond the grave" and spies a "kind of human shape" (or woman under a pink blanket), we get Hammer's new approach distilled into a single scene - shrinking away from a gorgeous blonde, Hartog appears to have failed until her exposed boobs touch his crucifix. She bears her fangs, he finds his strength and lops her head off in a triumph of special effects. No, really. Unfortunately, the makers were obviously so impressed with their cleverness that they chose to repeat the scene twice again during the film. During a Pride And Prejudice style dance hosted by General Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing), we are introduced to Marcilla (Pitt) and her suspiciously young-looking mum, who arrive after Morton (George Cole) and his daughter Emma (Maddy Smith) have left. Marcilla's mum does a bunk and leaves her daughter in the charge of Spielsdorf, and it's not long before his daughter, Laura (Pippa Steele), has succumbed to Marcilla's nudy breast-kissing antics ("Oh Marcilla you're so kind to me... I swear I shall die when you leave..."). Every night Laura finds herself attacked by a giant cat, and during the day Ingrid practises her acting on-camera (sample dialogue: "I could not SLEEP... I went to the CHAPEL... to PRAY..."), but it's not long before Laura's dead, the doctor discovers puncture marks on her norks and Marcilla vanishes, the house echoing to Cushing's plaintive calls of her name. Marcilla has made her way back to the castle seen in the pre-credits sequence, and as her nightgowned figure vanishes into the fog, the camera comes to rest on the tombstone of Mircalla Karnstein. A-ha. Of course, it's not long before the obligatory busty girl is attacked in the forest, and we're then treated to a spectacular coach crash which sends footmen and horses scattering in all directions. The crash has happened right in front of Morton and Emma, and who should stagger out of the overturned coach but Marcilla's mum - her daughter is inside. Mum palms her daughter (this time called Carmilla) off on the trusting Cole and legs it again, and it's not long before Pitt and the equally busty (and more lovely) Maddy Smith are enjoying several naked bed and bathroom scenes together ("You must take it all off..." says Carmilla). It's also not long before Emma is having the same nocturnal feline visits as Laura before her ("The trouble with this part of the world is they have too many fairytales," says her governess, Kate O'Mara), but of course, this being an age before telephones, the family has no idea what has happened to their friends down the road. Another peasant girl is killed in the forest, and as her funeral courtege passes by Carmilla and Emma, Carmilla reacts quite badly. "I hate funerals!" "I thought it sad, yet somehow beautiful," replies Emma. "You must die! Everyone must die!" Blimey. Calm down, love. It's not long though before people start putting two and two together, and realise there's a vampire at work. The weakening Emma is surrounded with cricifixes and garlic (Pitt does a fantastic double-take the first time she walks into the bedroom), the Karnstein legacy is explained (twice) and Cole meets up with Spielsdorf, Laura's boyfriend and Bartok, finally realising that Marcilla, Carmilla and Mircalla are all one and the same: "That girl is a guest in my house!" As a whole bunch of sweaty blokes rush back to Cole's house, Pitt is busy munching her way through the servants (the butler failing to realise it was her who was the be-fanged one), but fails to kill Emma - and as a knife is thrown at her by Laura's grieving boyfriend, vanishes into thin air. Things are boiling up nicely for a climactic approach towards the castle by torchlight, and we're not let down as we proceed to a very gory staking and a not-as-good-as-the-first-one decapitation. The final scene sees Mircalla's painting turn from a beautiful girl into a skeleton (nice touch). Vampire Lovers is a good film, not great, illuminated by the gorgeous Maddy Smith, the ever-dependable Cushing, a decent script and a few home truths about vampires. Much like Dracula in the original book, Mircalla walks around in sunlight, is afraid of just garlic and crosses, nothing more, and doesn't have recourse to coffins. Refreshingly, she doesn't even like funerals. Makes Lee's Dracula look positively Transylvanian. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Allen (Movierapture.com) Roy Ward Baker's The Vampire Lovers is a wonderfully fun film. While it is burdened with several overdone scenes, a number of awkward lines, and a few other faults, it is such a genuinely fascinating, sensuous, and eerie movie that it is almost certain to captivate the viewer. The director combines in his film a sense of ominous menace with both a potent evocation of the supernatural and a sensuous almost feverish eroticism. While making the viewer aware of some mysterious, numinous presence, some uncanny power that has taken form in Carmilla, Baker repeatedly reminds him of the dangerous cruelty of that power and, consequently, fills him with real feelings of fear. At the same time, the director brings out the seductive allure of such an otherworldly being and makes clear the intoxicating, hypnotic influence she is able to exert on those around her. Thanks to the skillful evocations of all these feelings, Baker's film is able to draw the viewer into its unearthly, deadly, and profoundly sensual world and immerse him in its beauty, its mystery, and its brutality. The performances of the various members of the cast greatly contribute to this emotive impact achieved by The Vampire Lovers. Pitt brings to her role a sophisticated but desperate salacity and makes the viewer feel that he is watching some ancient, lethal power that, though alienated from mankind, is desirous of forging connections with the young women it encounters. Madeline Smith and Pippa Steel, who play these women, may be the least accomplished performers in the film, but both, especially the former, do infuse their characters with an innocent, youthful carnality and with a sense of that wondrous excitement felt by persons discovering their own sexuality and anticipating their first sexual experiences. Even Peter Cushing, though he plays only a small part in the movie, is able to make the viewer aware both of General von Spielsdorf's love for his daughter and of the character's determination to avenge her death. Not only is much of the acting surprisingly good, The Vampire Lovers is also, for the most part, a genuinely well made film. The sets and costumes used are all beautiful and successfully evoke another era. The special effects, if never impressive, are usually effectively employed, and the script, if not poetic, is well crafted. Occasionally, the movie's production values are not of the highest quality and the lines spoken by the actors are, at times, clichéd, but such faults are relatively rare and do little to decrease the film's enjoyableness. While it is hardly a great movie, The Vampire Lovers is consistently well made, evocative, and engaging. It is one of the best horror films I have seen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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EniGmaTank (2008-12-17)

very good quality. I think a new production would be great but this one is quite cool if you're in to these old vampire mysteries.

op9618 (2010-08-06)

Ty for all amazing uploads. :)

jollyjim3939 (2011-02-12)

last saw this 35 years ago when I was 10 years old. (It made a strong impression, obviously!) Just curious to see what it looks like now. Thanks.

wm123456 (2012-10-31)

i m not into vampire movies, but downloading this for its historic values. thanks!

SergioFCPorto (2013-01-30)

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