The Vampire Lovers
| The Vampire Lovers | |
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| Directed by | Roy Ward Baker |
| Screenplay by | Tudor Gates |
| Adaptation by | Harry Fine Tudor Gates Michael Style |
| Based on | Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu |
| 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 |
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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.