Post by Zone Fighter on Oct 11, 2006 13:11:23 GMT -8
The Kiss of the Vampire (1962)
Clifford Evans - Professor Zimmer
Edward de Souza - Gerald Harcourt
Noel Willman - Dr. Ravna
Jennifer Daniel - Marianne Harcourt
Barry Warren - Carl Ravna
Brian Oulton - 1st disciple
Noel Howlett - Father Xavier
Jacquie Wallis - Sabena Ravna
Peter Madden - Bruno
Isobel Black - Tania
Vera Cook - Anna
John Harvey - Police sergeant
On their honeymoon Gerald and Marianne Harcourt make a wrong turn in their motorcar and find themselves lost when they run out of "petrol". Watching them through a telescope from his house is Dr. Ravna. Before Dr. Ravna can act, Gerald has the car towed to an inn that has not had a guest other than the brandy swilling Professor Zimmer, in some time. Receiving an invitation to have dinner with Dr. Ravana the Harcourts accept, not realising that Dr. Ravan is a vampire who wants Marianna to join his cult. When Marrianne falls under Dr. Ravana's spell Gerald turns to Professor Zimmer for help.
This Hammer horror movie is unusual in that it does not feature Christopher Lee as the vampire or Peter Cushing as the vampire hunter. Its also one of Hammer's better vampire films.
The vampires in this film can be active during the day as long as its cloudy. The method of defeating the vampires is different than anything I've seen before. Could be described as poetic justice.
Part of The Hammer Horror Series DVD set.
"When the devil attacks a man or woman with this foul disease of the vampire the unfortunate human being can do one of two things. Either he can seek God through the church and pray for absolution or he can persuade himself that his filthy perversion is some kind of new and wonderful experience to be shared by the favoured few. Then he tries to persuade others to join his new cult."
-- Professor Zimmer
Clifford Evans - Professor Zimmer
Edward de Souza - Gerald Harcourt
Noel Willman - Dr. Ravna
Jennifer Daniel - Marianne Harcourt
Barry Warren - Carl Ravna
Brian Oulton - 1st disciple
Noel Howlett - Father Xavier
Jacquie Wallis - Sabena Ravna
Peter Madden - Bruno
Isobel Black - Tania
Vera Cook - Anna
John Harvey - Police sergeant
On their honeymoon Gerald and Marianne Harcourt make a wrong turn in their motorcar and find themselves lost when they run out of "petrol". Watching them through a telescope from his house is Dr. Ravna. Before Dr. Ravna can act, Gerald has the car towed to an inn that has not had a guest other than the brandy swilling Professor Zimmer, in some time. Receiving an invitation to have dinner with Dr. Ravana the Harcourts accept, not realising that Dr. Ravan is a vampire who wants Marianna to join his cult. When Marrianne falls under Dr. Ravana's spell Gerald turns to Professor Zimmer for help.
This Hammer horror movie is unusual in that it does not feature Christopher Lee as the vampire or Peter Cushing as the vampire hunter. Its also one of Hammer's better vampire films.
The vampires in this film can be active during the day as long as its cloudy. The method of defeating the vampires is different than anything I've seen before. Could be described as poetic justice.
Part of The Hammer Horror Series DVD set.
"When the devil attacks a man or woman with this foul disease of the vampire the unfortunate human being can do one of two things. Either he can seek God through the church and pray for absolution or he can persuade himself that his filthy perversion is some kind of new and wonderful experience to be shared by the favoured few. Then he tries to persuade others to join his new cult."
-- Professor Zimmer
