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Twins of Evil (1971)

Directed by John Hough

Horror

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Overview

While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav’s zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.

Rated R | Length 87 minutes

Actors

Peter Cushing | Dennis Price | Madeleine Collinson | Mary Collinson | Isobel Black | Kathleen Byron | Shelagh Wilcocks | Damien Thomas | David Warbeck | Harvey Hall | Alex Scott | Judy Matheson | Luan Peters | Katya Wyeth | Maggie Wright | Inigo Jackson | Roy Stewart | Peter Thompson | Kirsten Lindholm | George Claydon | Janet Lynn

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
10/03/2013TVBlu-rayOwned7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Always thought I had seen this but realized it’s only been in clips so I recently bought the Blu-ray from Synapse when it was released earlier this year. Pretty stock Hammer vampire horror but I can see why this hasn’t had a proper release as it’s more risque than the others in the catalog. This is good but in some ways I wished if they were gonna go this route they would have pushed the boundaries a little more and sexed it up. Still a good watch esp. for Cushing and Damien Thomas, who the perfect name for his role.

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