April 23, 2013

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Marcilla/Mircalla/Carmilla


Mircalla Karnstein (Ingrid Pitt), a female vampire, preys on her sleeping victims in the form of a cat.

What looks like a panther may in fact just be a distorted negative of the late actress' very feline face.

Gustav


After Laura (Pippa Steele) has a nightmare about a huge cat choking her, Mme. Perrodot (Kate O'Mara) blames their household cat Gustav.


Even though the governess then goes as far as placing Gustav in front of a lamp to show how his shadow would appear giant sized on the wall, he's clearly not a vampire. You can't rearrange the letters in his name into another stupid name for one thing.


Later, Emma Morton (Madeline Smith) also dreams of a cat as big as a wolf. "It was grey and had enormous eyes!" she yells.

Okay, so maybe it was a very well fed Gustav after all.

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