Twins of Evil is a 1972 horror film by Hammer Film Productions starring Peter Cushing.
It is the third film of The Karnstein Trilogy, based on the vampire tale Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. The film has the least resemblance to the novel and adds a witchfinding theme to the vampire story. It is sometimes seen as a prequel to The Vampire Lovers, the first film in the Karnstein Trilogy, as the set design and costumes give the film an 18th Century l...
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Twins of Evil is a 1972 horror film by Hammer Film Productions starring Peter Cushing.
It is the third film of The Karnstein Trilogy, based on the vampire tale Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. The film has the least resemblance to the novel and adds a witchfinding theme to the vampire story. It is sometimes seen as a prequel to The Vampire Lovers, the first film in the Karnstein Trilogy, as the set design and costumes give the film an 18th Century look and feel.
Much of the interest of the film revolves around the contrasting evil and good natures of two beautiful sisters, Frieda and Maria Gellhorn (played by twin Playmates Mary and Madeleine Collinson). Unlike the previous two entries in the series, this film contains only a brief vampire lesbian element.
Maria and Frieda, identical twin teenage girls whose parents have recently died, move from Venice to Karnstein in Central Europe to live with their uncle Gustav Weill, a stern puritan. Weill is also the leader of the Brotherhood, a...
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