Lust for a Vampire

1971 · horror · Jimmy Sangster

Lust for a Vampire , also known as Love for a Vampire or To Love a Vampire (the latter title was the one used on American television), is a 1971 British Hammer Horror film directed by Jimmy Sangster , starring Ralph Bates , Barbara Jefford , Suzanna Leigh , Michael Johnson, and Yutte Stensgaard . It was given an R rating in the United States for some violence, gore, strong adult content and nudity. It is the second film in the Karnstein Trilogy , loosely based on the 1872 Sheridan Le Fanu novella Carmilla . It was preceded by The Vampire Lovers (1970) and followed by Twins of Evil (1971). The three films do not form a chronological development, but use the Karnstein family as the source of the vampiric threat and were somewhat daring for the time in explicitly depicting lesbian themes .