Blood and Roses is a 1960 French vampire film directed by Roger Vadim based upon the novella Carmilla (1872) by Irish writer Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. The locale was shifted from 19th century Styria to 20th century Italy.
The next time Carmilla was adapted to film was almost exactly ten years later, The Vampire Lovers (1970).
Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend's engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The vamp...
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Blood and Roses is a 1960 French vampire film directed by Roger Vadim based upon the novella Carmilla (1872) by Irish writer Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. The locale was shifted from 19th century Styria to 20th century Italy.
The next time Carmilla was adapted to film was almost exactly ten years later, The Vampire Lovers (1970).
Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend's engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The vampire possesses her and leads her to kill and terrorize the inhabitants of the estate. But is it all in her mind, or is she really under the control of an ancient vampire ancestor?
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