An old countess mysteriously regains her youthful beauty, when a peasant woman's daugher vanishes ...
The Countess (Ingrid Pitt) isn't exactly a vampire for my money. She needs blood, yes but isn't the fearsome character that Christopher Lee is. Rather, her protectors are the ones perhaps to be feared.
She's a kept woman and an object of pity for the most part, with the surrounding males calling all the shots. And they are a stuffy bunch.
Veering on the side of exploitation, with more nudity than earlier Hammer, it's not as classy but its main problem for me is just the disappointment in the main character. I had expected a more Regina-style vampire, a-la Fright Night 2.
The Countess (Ingrid Pitt) isn't exactly a vampire for my money. She needs blood, yes but isn't the fearsome character that Christopher Lee is. Rather, her protectors are the ones perhaps to be feared.
She's a kept woman and an object of pity for the most part, with the surrounding males calling all the shots. And they are a stuffy bunch.
Veering on the side of exploitation, with more nudity than earlier Hammer, it's not as classy but its main problem for me is just the disappointment in the main character. I had expected a more Regina-style vampire, a-la Fright Night 2.