Lust for a Vampire

Starring:Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, Yutte Stensgaard, Helen Christie, Pippa Steel, David Healy, Harvey Hall, Mike Raven, Michael Brennan, Jack Melford, Christopher Cunningham, Judy Matheson, Christopher Neame (III), Erik Chitty, Caryl Little, Jonathan Cecil, Kirsten Lindholm, Luan Peters
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

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An excellent atmospheric movie!
a little bit weak vampire fairy tale
"I've Upended The Cross."
"These are not normal times...you'll not find any young girls talking to a stranger."
Strange Love

Lust for a Vampire
Starring: Ralph Bates , Barbara Jefford , Suzanna Leigh , Michael Johnson , and Yutte Stensgaard
Director: Jimmy Sangster
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ASIN: B00005OSJW
Release Date: 2001-11-20

Customer Reviews:

An excellent atmospheric movie!.......2007-03-23

Even though so many people think poorly of this film, it really is an excellent film. The sets are excellent and, really, the acting is just fine. The music is some of the best music I've heard in a horror movie. Even some of the scenes are perfectly timed with this music. This is one of my favorite vampire films. I enjoy watching this one over and over. It's not scary, and it's not bloody...if you're looking for something like that, this movie is not it. But if you want a dreamy, atmospheric movie with beautiful people, beautiful sets, and great music, this is it!

a little bit weak vampire fairy tale.......2006-10-26

The reasons are:
1. A very embarrassing greece dancing
2. There are more many women than men in the film except the underrated actor Ralph Bates & the unknown actor Michael Johnson
3. The blond danish model Jutta Steensgard is not a famous Horror actress. She played as Carmilla Karnstein a bit boring, she was not really actress but she was a photomodel.
4. The same plot 19th century Romanticism (a classic gothic horror tale), which Hammer Film Studio didn't develop the story at all.

The most stupid element in the movie:
a young writer who fell in love in a female vampire, and could not save her and was unable to protect himself. It looks a bit cheesy, cause you'd already seen this in various Hammer films.

2 stars

"I've Upended The Cross.".......2006-07-13

LUST FOR A VAMPIRE is the second (and almost universally considered the weakest) of Hammer's "Carmilla Trilogy" based on J. Sheridan LeFanu's famed short story.

A bit loopy and campy, this film is nowhere as bad as its detractors want it to be, though DRACULA it isn't and can never be.

In LUST FOR A VAMPIRE, the lesbian vampire Carmilla Karnstein (played here by Danish actress/model Yutte Stensgaard, who is one of the blondest, most sensuous, and ethereal women to ever grace a movie screen) decides to make an 1830s girls' finishing school her favorite haunt. She spends a great deal of time finishing the girls, quite enjoyably. The women are all universally voluptuous and beautiful, and bare breasts and bodies are well in evidence.

As with all Hammer films, LUST FOR A VAMPIRE is stylish and visually attractive, though the script here is weak and a bit chaotic, leaving way too many loose ends, even for a Hammer production. But if you're watching LUST FOR A VAMPIRE for its storyline you're confusing it with some other movie. So sit back, and take in the unforgettably erotic spectacle of a chocolate-syrup blood smeared Yutte Stensgaard snacking on some of the sweetest eye candy in all filmdom.

"These are not normal times...you'll not find any young girls talking to a stranger.".......2005-08-14

What's that me hounds of classic Hammer horror films? You say you want more of the titillating, fantabuloso, bloodsucking, Sapphic action you enjoyed so much in the popular film The Vampire Lovers (1970)? Well, fret not, as Hammer Studios heard your grubby pleas and punched out this sequel, titled Lust for a Vampire (1971). Directed Jimmy Sangster, known for his excellent writing work on such films like X the Unknown (1956), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), and Dracula (1958), the film stars Ralph Bates (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde), Michael Johnson (Anne of the Thousand Days), and Yutte Stensgaard (Scream and Scream Again), in her last silver screen appearance. Also appearing is Barbara Jefford (The Ninth Gate), Suzanna Leigh (The Lost Continent), Helen Christie (Rasputin: The Mad Monk), and former pirate radio station disc jockey Mike Raven, whom I last saw in the fairly rotten film Crucible of Terror (1971).

The film, set in the year 1830, begins with the abduction of a peasant girl, whose yams are literally bursting forth from her cleavage, begging for a squeeze. The girl ends up being used in some black magic ritual (what a waste), one that reincarnates what I guess to be a vampire, and a sexy one at that...we then switch to a nearby town where we meet noted author Richard Lestrange (Johnson), who's visiting the area interested in researching material for a new book. Seems the town has had some bad luck over the years, specifically with a family by the name of Karnstein, and their now dilapidated castle that is no longer occupied...or is it? Anyway, turns out the vampiric activity follows a 40-year cyclical timetable, and the anniversary is here...sure enough, young, boobalicious girlies begin to go missing. Richard thinks the idea of vampires is a lot of hooey, decides to visit the castle, where he meets the nerdy and bespeckled teacher Giles Barton (Bates), co-founder of a newly opened school for buxom bouncing beauties who enjoy giving themselves massages (oops, that girl's shirt fell off) and nekkid nighttime swims (yowsa). Richard becomes infatuated with a teacher named Janet Playfair (Leigh), and subsequently weasels his way into a teaching position, but then later falls under the thrall Mircalla (Stensgaard), who is actually Carmilla Karnstein, the same girl we saw brought back from the dead (or undead) at the beginning of the film! Soon a sinister cloud of evil falls over the school, as the blood drained bodies begin to pile up...it's a veritable vampires virginal smorgasbord, and no one is safe...

All right, I tend to agree with some of the others in that this film may not be as bad as many claim it is, but in terms of a Hammer Production, it is pretty stinky...Sangster himself was embarrassed by the results (particularly the inclusion of the song `Strange Love', to which I'd agree with him), and claimed he was basically along for the ride, taking the helm just prior to shooting after the original director, Terrence Fisher, was unable to proceed after breaking his leg. Apparently Peter Cushing was meant to appear, but due to his wife's illness at the time, opted out, to which Ralph Bates was brought in...and then there's Ingrid Pitt, who played the role of Mircalla/Carmilla Karnstein in The Vampire Lovers...she declined to appear in this follow up because she thought the script awful. Seems this film had a lot going against it from the get go, but I'll tell you what, there is some fun to be had, if you don't expect too much. If you look at Sangster's credits, you'll notice his specialty seemed more in crafting tales, rather than directing, but he did do a decent job here, even if his heart wasn't in it. I thought most of the actors did reasonably well, but the main problem to me was a lack of focus. There were a great number of characters running around, more than necessary, and some of them ended up getting the short end of the stick. I though Raven played an interesting character, and assumed he'd have more screen time based on his pronounced present of the DVD case artwork, but that wasn't the case. Most of the time he slinked around on the peripheral, throwing sinister glares about. He should have been utilized more, especially given his commanding presence and booming, baritone voice. Also, I thought more could have been done with Barbara Jefford's character of Countess Herritzen...she seemed a rich (and sexy), untapped vein of juiciness waiting to be mined. And then there was the police inspector, played by Harvey Hall (The Vampire Lovers). I thought his character surprisingly strong, but ultimately wasted. What was up with Ralph Bates character? He prominent in the story initially, but then poof! He's gone...sort of pointless, if you ask me. Like I said, too many characters floating around resulting in uneven focus overall. Yutte Stensgaard did well, but let's face it, she's no Ingrid Pitt, and as many a Hammer fan knows, that's one corset that's especially hard to fill...the general atmosphere of the film worked alright (there are some really beautiful settings), but it felt lacking in the signature darker, more gothic tones normally associated with previous Hammer horror works, but then again, the studio was in a period of decline, one which it sadly wouldn't survive. There were a few good films that came out in this later period, Twins of Evil (1971) for example, but it wasn't like it was in the old days. Some of my favorite parts of the film (beside the copious boobage) included the scenes where the weak willed head mistress Miss Simpson gets chastised by not only the police inspector, but later by a father of one of the dead girls, presenting the best `deer caught in the headlights' expression I've ever seen...you see, Miss Simpson neglected to report the various incidents in a timely manner as she was so worried about a scandal, as she had all her money tied up in the school. Also, be sure to catch the exchange between the characters of Richard Lestrange and the uber effeminate Professor Herz, played by Erik Chitty (The Vault of Horror), as Richard fools the man into leaving prior to his arriving at the school so that Richard may take his place. The ending provides quite the entertaining (if not cliché) spectacle, in that of the old `angry townspeople with torches' routine...I never get tired of that...

Anchor Bay Entertainment provides an excellent uncut, uncensored widescreen (1.77:1) picture on this DVD, enhanced for 16X9 televisions. The picture quality is clear, vibrant, and generally beautiful. Also, the Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio is crisp and comes through very well. There are some excellent features, including an audio commentary track with director Jimmy Sangster and actress Suzanna Leigh (she never popped her top in the film), moderated by Hammer film historian Marcus Hearn, along with a theatrical trailer, radio spots, a poster and still gallery, talent bios, and a 5X7 insert reproduction of original poster artwork for the film, the flipside listing the chapter stops. All in all a five star release of a three star film, hence the four star rating.

Cookieman108

By the way, I never knew how useful an old, dried up well could be, especially if you have some corpses that need disposing of...

Strange Love.......2005-07-24

I just picked up this DVD yesterday. I had never seen the film, but wanted to very much. Although I like Vampire Lovers a little more, Lust For A Vampire is highly entertaining. Despite some flaws, I think it's fun, goofy, corny and it has many awesome babes. I personally like Mike Raven as Count Karnstein. He is really cool. Also, Ralph Bates does a nice job in his supporting role. Most of the reviews posted here cover the major points very well, so I will not repeat them. Now I just have to get Twins of Evil to complete the trilogy. Anchor Bay, if your reading this, please release Twins of Evil.

Titanic 2000: A Vampire's Lust is Unsinkable

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A Vampire Lesbian makes TITanic sinking stimulatingly enjoyable,, even laughable
Finally..theTRUE story!
HORRIBLE!!! I Only Gave It One Cause I Couldn`t Give It Zero
What Happened?
One of the worst T&A flicks I've ever seen!

Titanic 2000: A Vampire's Lust is Unsinkable
Starring: Jacob Bogert , Elizabeth Cintron , Jeffrey Faoro , David Fine (III) , and William Hellfire
Manufacturer: Ventura Distribution
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ASIN: 6305762694
Release Date: 2000-02-10

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A Vampire Lesbian makes TITanic sinking stimulatingly enjoyable,, even laughable.......2007-03-30

this has to be the funniest Vampire movie I have ever watched, it is hillarious,, and the Vampire Lesbian babe is Hot,, and with Tina Krause,, any movie is always smoking ,,, Misty Mundae, was playing a base guitar and sporting a short wig,, but this is the first movie that Misty kept her clothes on, but her smile is priceless; the slapstick humor of egor the Vampire's sidekick is just to die for,, lol,,, If you are Vampire-a-holic, and love Vampire Lesbian babes, and if you are a Tina Krause Fan, this is a must buy for your dvd collection...I give this movie a 5 star rating for humor, a 5 star rating for beautiful women and a 5 star rating for Tina Krause's acting and bodacious body in this movie,, HOT,,, for the weak at heart it is not, The Vampire Lesbian wears a fishnet teddy that is smokin hot,, Here is one Vampire Babe that can bite my neck anytime,, ,,A++++ movie

Finally..theTRUE story!.......2005-11-13

At last..a recollection of the true historic facts about the demise of the luxury liner Titanic and her crew of vampires. Not many people realize that this is why so many people perished on that fateful night. You see vampires are killed by running water...that fact was established in Dracula, Prince of Darkness... and the reason so many people died that night was because there was a whole ocean of running water... what do you expect? They were vampires after all. Another all too obvious clue was the "rescue" ship Carpathia... it was named after the Carpathian Mountains where Dracula and his vampires lived. Forget all other documentaries and Titanic movies...including that historically incorrect abomination "A Night To Remember" and get this gem of a movie for the true story. People may be confused and call this movie cr*ppy only because history has even got the name of the ship wrong...it wasn't the Titanic.... it was the Sh*tanic! You see how easily it is to get confused. Buy this movie today.

HORRIBLE!!! I Only Gave It One Cause I Couldn`t Give It Zero.......2005-04-26

HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!Filmed In A Cheap Hotel!!!!The Story Of Titanic And A Tale Of Vampires JUst Don`t Mix Good AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Don`t See!And Definately Don`t Buy!It Will Be A Waste Of Your Money!

What Happened?.......2001-03-21

When i first saw this film i thought....GREAT a paraody of Titanic and Vampire movies wrapped loosly around a porno. I was dissapointed. The humor of was poor at best and the stars looked GREAT! but there wasn't enough or varied enough. If you see it...RUN!

One of the worst T&A flicks I've ever seen!.......2000-09-12

What more can I say about this horrible mess? Not even the luscious Tammy Parks can save this dumb, poorly made flick. Not nearly enough nudity. Geez. What's the point?

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DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY
Well....
Lust for Misty Mundae?
Not all that bad for a film that doesn't make any sense
nuttin happening

Lust for Dracula (Director's Cut)
Starring: Darian Caine , Erin Brown (II) , Julian Wells (II) , Andrea Davis (VI) , and Shelly Jones
Director: Tony Marsiglia
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ASIN: B0002TT0KU
Release Date: 2006-02-21

Description

Mina Harker isn't the happiest of Hollywood Hills wives - even though she's married to wealthy pharmaceuticals magnate Jonathan Harker. The repressed Mina longs for Jonathan's love and the happiness a child would bring them, yet the arrival of the beautiful and mysterious Dracula - seductive vampire servants at her side - will change their lives forever. Dracula offers Mina the existence she so desperately craves - one that is immediately threatened by Mina's sister, Dr. Abigail Van Helsing. Van Helsing seeks to not only destroy the monstrous vampire but covet Mina's seemingly perfect life and husband Jonathan, too. As these troubled characters move ever closer toward their destinies and a final battle with Dracula, blood will be spilled, souls will be destroyed, and true love will become undying.

Customer Reviews:

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY.......2005-12-06

I thought I will see a movie ..be it sex .. bloody .. cult .. SOMETHING .. but this DVD provides NOTHING .. absolutely NOTHING .. the acting is worse than the plot if there is a plot at all. Worst of all there is NO sex whatsoever ..
Don't waste your time or money ..buy chocolate instead !

Well...........2005-11-29

To say this movies has no plot is an understatement. It's so confusing, I just have no idea. But as far as the sex goes there are a couple of good scences. Including the masturbation scene with Andrea Davis and Misty Mundae. This was an excellent scene and worth the price of the movie. I agree with other reviewers that Andrea Davis has a bright future with Seduction Cinema. She's gorgeous and is very erotic. Tough not to be drawn in by her. Check it out.

Lust for Misty Mundae?.......2005-04-02

Forget whatever it says on the box, there really is no discernable plot in this movie. It does contain a number of vivid scenes, which unfold like a series of dream sequences with little or nothing really tying them together. If you are already a fan of Seduction Cinema then this film won't disappoint you. On the other hand, if you don't know what I'm talking about, their movies are pornographic lesbian love fests thinly disguised as horror or action movies. These movies are certainly not for everyone as it often seems that they just go from one lesbo porno scene to another. Playmate of the Apes is still their best movie but this movie also has some great scenes, music, and atmosphere. The girls are all in such great physical shape that I wonder if when they're in between making these movies they all have day jobs, so to speak, in some strip club in New Jersey or somewhere. Misty Mundae says in the interview that the director kept telling her to act as crazy as she can, which she certainly did. Her character is so flaky that she believes herself to be married to Julian Welles, who she mistakenly believes to be a man. Can you believe that? If that isn't bizarre enough for you, Darien Caine claims to be Dracula as she runs around Misty's house in the nude. The dialogue between them was nothing if not bizarre and was way over my head. There is also a scene where Misty sings a lullaby to a doll or something, which she keeps in a crib in the attic. I suppose that there is some kind of philosophical meaning in the nursery rhyme but who really cares about that? Misty also mentioned in the interview that she misses her boyfriend, which was interesting because she always plays a lesbian in these movies. You can count me as a Misty Mundae fan, but in this movie I actually preferred the scenes with Andrea Davis and another teenage girl vampire. I found their scenes together to be mesmerizing. My favorite part was when Andrea looked right into the camera and smiled at me. I also loved the scenes where they were dressed as Catholic school girls who then undressed themselves. I agree with other reviewers that Andrea Davis has real potential in these kinds of movies. The subplot where vampire Andrea lusts for the other girl and makes her into her possession would have made a great little movie all on its own, sort of like the recurring plot of the Subspecies series, except with girls as both predator and prey.

Not all that bad for a film that doesn't make any sense.......2005-02-05

I have seen a lot of Seduction Cinema films, but never before have I found myself wondering if one of them somehow went over my head. There have been plenty of Seduction Cinema films that made no sense - but that was always because they were just really stupid. Lust For Dracula isn't stupid - but it makes almost no sense whatsoever. It's like watching some kind of experimental, artsy film school production. If you don't read the summary on the back of the DVD case, I guarantee you won't have a clue about what this film is supposed to be about. I couldn't wait for this movie to be released, as it was described early on as a reinvisioning of Dracula - with lesbians. And, of course, it stars Misty Mundae, and I've never kept secret my fascination and borderline obsession with alternative cinema's reigning starlet. I must tell you, though, that the film was in many ways a disappointment.

I'm not saying this is an altogether bad film, though; there are in fact several positive aspects of Lust For Dracula. The script, unfortunately, is not one of them. The biggest problem, to me, is the director's failure to really identify and define his characters. When you have a woman married to a woman she believes to be a man, you really need to be clear about what you're attempting to do story-wise. Misty Mundae plays Mina Harker; she is married to Jonathan Harker, who is played by Julian Wells. Now, I've always thought there is a little too much of a masculine quality to Julian Wells, but clearly she is not in fact a man. Mina hasn't figured it out yet, though; there are two main reasons for this: Jonathan pretty much keeps her drugged all the time and, in addition to and largely because of that fact, Mina is as loopy as - well, something with a heck of a lot of loops. Then Dracula comes into Mina's life, and Dracula gives Mina the one thing she wants most (and the one thing Jonathan could never give her) - a child. Uh, but Dracula is also a woman (Darian Caine). Somebody bring me an abacus because something just isn't adding up here. You also have Mina's sister Abigail Van Helsing who supposedly wants to destroy Dracula (although nothing about her character is made clear - or even gauzily opaque - in the film itself). While all of this crazy stuff is going on, you also have this pair of vampire lovers taking up a lot of film time for no apparent reason - until the end, when everything comes together (which is not to say everything is explained or makes a lick of sense).

The photography of the film is actually well-nigh gorgeous; for a Seduction Cinema film, the production values are unmatched. Then there is Misty, whom director Tony Marsiglia credits with saving the film in several different ways, proving himself to be a master of the understatement. Misty has never had a role quite like that of Mina, and early on it is difficult to tell whether she is horrible or unbelievably good. One early scene in particular, in which she reads a children's story with great animation to an empty cradle, is difficult to watch because she is just so out there in left field with what she does. In retrospect, though, I think Misty was bloody brilliant in that scene - and throughout the rest of the film. Marsiglia directed her to be weird beyond her own imagination, and Misty delivers. It's not her fault the film itself doesn't make any sense.

For me, though, the real bright spot of Lust For Dracula is the performance by Andrea Davis. She has a unique look and style that could easily, in my opinion, make her Seduction Cinema's next major star. She has had small parts in other films, including Dr. Jekyll and Mistress Hyde, but this young lady deserves a starring role in a film - and soon.

I'm not exactly sure how much a pile of beans is worth, but I am pretty sure it's more than the plot of this film is worth. Still, I think Lust for Dracula is worth buying simply for the performances by Misty Mundae and Andrea Davis. You'll want to make sure which version of the film you want, though - and it can be hard to tell the difference between the two in the listings. The DVD with ASIN B0002TT0KU is the director's cut - this is what you want because it has the complete film along with extras you may not find on the R rated version (a commentary by director Tony Marsiglia and producer Michael Raso, a look at the making of the film, an interview with Misty Mundae, and a short film called Insex). In the commentary, I really, really hoped that Marsiglia would make some effort to actually explain what the heck this film was about, but he and Raso (who apparently did almost nothing on this film, despite his producer status) somehow manage to talk about the movie without actually talking about the movie. The R rated version (ASIN B00020HAHO) comes with two short films, Headcheese and Lost Face- if the other two short films are as bad as Insex, it won't matter that you miss out on those with the director's cut.

nuttin happening.......2005-01-25

No beautiful throats pierced here!!! Waste of time sums this one up.

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DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY
Well....
Lust for Misty Mundae?
Not all that bad for a film that doesn't make any sense
nuttin happening

Lust for Dracula
Starring: Darian Caine , Erin Brown (II) , Julian Wells (II) , Andrea Davis (VI) , and Shelly Jones
Director: Tony Marsiglia
Manufacturer: E.I. Independent
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