The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers
The Vampire Lovers
	American Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roy Ward Baker
Screenplay by	Tudor Gates
Based on	Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
Adaptation by	Harry Fine; Tudor Gates; Michael Style
Produced by	Michael Style; Harry Fine
Starring	Ingrid Pitt; George Cole; Kate O'Mara; Peter Cushing; Dawn Addams; Douglas Wilmer
Cinematography	Moray Grant
Edited by	James Needs
Music by	Harry Robertson
Production; companies	Hammer Film Productions; Fantale Films
Distributed by	MGM-EMI Distributors (U.K.); American International Pictures (U.S.)
Release date	4 October 1970;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£165,227

The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Gothic horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Madeline Smith, Dawn Addams, Douglas Wilmer and Jon Finch. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions. 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 (1971) and Twins of Evil (1971). The three films were somewhat daring for the time in explicitly depicting lesbian themes.

^ Hearn, Marcus; Barnes, Alan (25 September 2007). The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films [The Hammer Story] (Limited ed.). Titan Books. p. 137. ISBN 978-1845761851. OCLC 493684031.