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Twins of Evil (1971)

Twins of Evil (1971) is Tudor Gates' third and final screenplay of the Karnstein Trilogy for Hammer Films. Taking place long before Lust for a Vampire and The Vampire Lovers, Twins of Evil offers an origin story of the haunted, Satan worshiping Karnsteins. Instead of concentrating on supernatural creatures seeking to destroy families and corrupt their children, Twins of Evil points a finger at the men who use those stories for their own advantage. Unlike the earlier films, the lesbian vampires are practically nonexistent. Lacking the bared breasts and passionate kisses of the earlier films, the audience witnesses scene after scene of conscienceless destruction caused by the two men in the center of the story

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 LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)

In 1970, Hammer Films released The Vampire Lovers, the first film about the sadistic and Satanic Karnstein family. The three movies, known as The Karnstein Trilogy, have become infamous for titillating scenes of nudity and their through-the-male-lens depiction of lesbianism. The films are based on the novella Carmilla by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu. Polish actor Ingrid Pitt was the first to wear the shroud of Carmilla Karnstein, who destroyed families with her ravenous desire for budding flesh. In Lust For A Vampire (directed by Jimmy Sangster from Tudor Gates’ script), blonde, Danish Yutte Stensgaard takes up the Karnstein, blood-stained funerary garments and heads off to school.

Social Media Post -  The Vampire Lovers (1970)

 England’s Hammer Films became the new home of gothic horror in the late 1950s when they began remaking the classic Universal monsters movies.  Beautifully shot in vibrant technicolor with elaborate sets and period costumes, the studio included many beautiful, scantily dressed women displaying prominent decolletage straining the seams of their diaphanous nightgowns.