Blu-ray Release: The Vampire Lovers

Blu-ray Release Date: Available now
Price: Blu-ray $27.99
Studio: Shout! Factory


A diabolical female vampire is on the vengeance trail in an 18th Century European hamlet, ravaging young girls and townsfolk along the way, in the 1970 British fright flick The Vampire Lovers.

Adapted from J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla, The Vampire Lovers stars Ingrid Pitt (Countess Dracula), Madeline Smith (Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell) and the great Peter Cushing (Horror Of Dracula, The Curse Of Frankenstein).

Gorgeously mastered from a 4K scan from the original camera negative, Shout! Factory’s shiny new collector’s edition of the Hammer Horror favorite includes the following features:

  • NEW Audio Commentary With Film Historian/Author Dr. Steve Haberman And Film Historian/Filmmaker Constantine Nasr
  • NEW The Rapture Of Cruelty: Carmilla In Classic Cinema – An Audio Essay Read By Actress Madeline Smith
  • NEW To Love A Vampire – An Introduction By Actress Madeline Smith
  • NEW Carnal Crimson – Film Historian/Author Kim Newman On The Carmilla Legend
  • NEW Fangs For The Memories – Film Historian/Author Jonathan Rigby Remembers THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
  • Audio Commentary With Director Roy Ward Baker, Actress Ingrid Pitt, And Screenwriter Tudor Gates
  • Audio Commentary With Film Historians Marcus Hearn And Jonathan Rigby
  • Feminine Fantastique – Resurrecting THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
  • New Blood: Hammer Enters The 70s – Film Historians Discuss Hammer Films During The 70s
  • Madeline Smith: Vampire Lover – An Interview With Actress Madeline Smith
  • Reading Of Carmilla By Actress Ingrid Pitt
  • Deleted Shot Of The Opening Beheading
  • Trailers From Hell: Mick Garris On THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Radio Spots
  • Photo Galleries – Movie Stills, Behind-The-Scenes Stills, Posters, And Lobby Cards

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.