The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1970-10-04

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Hammer Film Productions

Genre

Horror

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

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Director

Roy Ward Baker

Actors

Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Ferdy Mayne, Douglas Wilmer, Madeline Smith, Dawn Addams, Pippa Steel, Jon Finch
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Scenario

Producer

Harry Fine, Michael Style

Operator

Moray Grant

Composer

Harry Robertson

Artist

Audition

Editing

James Needs
All team (22)

• During filming, Ingrid Pitt and the other actresses found it very difficult to suppress their giggles. For example, in the scene where Pitt's character is supposed to bite Kate O'Mara's character on the neck, her vampire fangs constantly fell into the latter's décolletage.
• The film received an R rating from the American Film Association for depicting vampire bites on a woman's breasts.
• The film's producer, James Carreras, rejected Shirley Eaton's proposed casting for the lead role, citing her as being too old. Ultimately, the role went to Ingrid Pitt, who was only 10 months younger than Eaton.
• The role of the man in black was offered to Christopher Lee, but he declined. John Forbes-Robertson took the role instead. Later, in the film "The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires" (1974), Forbes-Robertson also received a role originally offered to Lee.
• This is John Finch's first role in a feature film.
• The events take place in the 1700s, but at the general's ball, the orchestra plays several pieces by Johann Strauss Sr. (1804-1849) and Léo Delibes (1836-1891).
• Something resembling a tennis court is fenced off in front of the manor house with wire mesh fencing, which could not have existed at that time.
• When Ingrid Pitt's character lies in the coffin at the end of the film, she is wearing a nightgown made of smooth fabric. In subsequent scenes, the material of the nightgown can be seen to change to a textured one.
• During filming, Ingrid Pitt and the other actresses found it very difficult to suppress their giggles. For example, in the scene where Pitt's character is supposed to bite Kate O'Mara's character on the neck, her vampire fangs kept falling into the latter's décolletage.
• The role of the man in black was offered to Christopher Lee, but he declined. Instead, the role went to John Forbes-Robertson. Later, in the film “Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires” (1974), Forbes-Robertson also received a role originally offered to Lee.