Lust for a Vampire is a 1971 British Hammer horror film directed by the late Jimmy Sangster, produced by the late Harry Fine and the late Michael Style, and starring Yutte Stensgaard, the late Michael Johnson, the late Barbara Jefford, the late Ralph Bates, the late Suzanna Leigh, and the late Helen Christie. It is based on the 1872 Gothic novel Carmilla, written by the late Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, the second film of The Karnstein Trilogy, the sequel of the 1970 film The Vampire Lovers and followed by Twins of Evil.
In 1830, the Karnstein heirs (Barbara Jefford/Mike Raven) use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla (Yutte Stensgaard) - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla’s disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange (Michael Johnson).
Victims[]
- Unnamed Girl - Throat slashed by Countess Herritzen with a dagger.
- Count Karnstein - Bitten and turned into a vampire by Countess Carmilla Karnstein off-screen, shown as a vampire.
- Countess Herritzen - Bitten and turned into a vampire by Countess Carmilla Karnstein off-screen, shown as a vampire.
- Trudi - Bitten in the jugular and blood drained by Countess Carmilla Karnstein off-screen, scream sound and body shown.
- Susan Pelley - Bitten in the jugular and blood drained by Countess Carmilla Karnstein off-screen, scream sound and body shown.
- Giles Barton - Suffered a heart attack after being bitten on the jugular by Countess Carmilla Karnstein.
- Inspector Heinrich - Fell to his death inside a well after an unnamed coachman cut the rope he was climbing.
- Unnamed Coachman - Bitten and turned into a vampire by Countess Carmilla Karnstein off-screen, shown as a vampire.
- Unnamed Coachman (Vampire) - Staked to the chest by the Landlord with a wooden stake while three unnamed men held it.
- Countess Carmilla Karnstein/Marcilla/Mircalla Herritzen (Vampire) - Accidentally staked through the chest by a wooden stake that fell on her during a fire started by the Landlord, Raymond Pelley, Hans, and several other unnamed villagers.
Deaths[]
- Total - 10
- 8 Humans
- 4 Men
- 3 Girls
- 1 Woman
- 2 Vampires
- 1 Man
- 1 Woman
- 8 Humans
Kill Counts[]
- Countess Carmilla Karnstein/Marcilla/Mircalla Herritzen - 6 (Deceased)
- The Landlord - 2 (Alive)
- Raymond Pelley - 1 (Alive)
- Hans - 1 (Alive)
- Countess Herritzen - 1 (Undead)


