Twilight by stephenie meyer, eclipse by stephenie meyer, breaking dawn by stephenie meyer, vampire academy by richelle m. Karnstein meaning and origin of the name karnstein. Carmilla is a story of a female vampire that preys on young women noted in the origins of the queer vampire, causing an epidemic. In the early seventies, hammer films produced wonderfully lush and fun karnstein trilogy inspired by joseph sheridan lefanus carmilla the vampire lovers, lust for a vampire and twins of evil. This was the second of the karnstein trilogy that began. Of all versions, this one portrays carmilla with the most sympathy, as a tragic monster. But lust for a vampire in no way approaches the raw class of those films.
Jul 21, 2010 the vampire lovers 1970 is the first of hammer studiosa socalled karnstein trilogy, and despite the often garish choices when it comes to blood, fangs and nudity actually manages notable faithfulness. Played by katya wyeth she appears when the most recent count karnstein who looks like jimmy fallon a lot calls upon her after sacrificing a young girl. The vampire lovers 1970 lust for a vampire 1971 twins of evil 1971 the vampire lovers 1970 our first venture into the vampire tales sees the hammer horror podcast team delve into the karnstein trilogy. These three films were a major step forward for hammer as they showed some of the most explicit scenes of lesbianism yet seen in mainstream english language films. An analysis of hammer films karnstein trilogyof which pitts celebrated the vampire lovers 1970 was the first installmentis included, and also examined is the trilogys original literary source, sheridan le fanus carmilla. Possessing a sarcastic disposition, carmilla is strong willed and melancholic. In 1872, 25 years before publication of bram stokers dracula, irish author joseph sheridan le fanu wrote a gothic novella called carmilla first appearing in the magazine, the dark blue, and then in a collection of le fanus short stories called in a glass darkly, carmilla is the tale of a female vampire preying upon young women in the state of. Vampire hunter, we are told lady durwood is, by birth, a karnstein, having taken lord durwoods name and given him the gift of immortality. Best young adult book series i saw a list for good books, but it was too hard choosing individual books, so i made this list. Monsters are such interesting people the karnstein trilogy. The karnstein trilogy consisted of the following three films.
In this jump to divine hammerverse, carmilla infiltrates to the girlschool in. Hunters of the dusk, allies of the night, killers of the dawn 3in1 edition darren shan 5. Sheridan le fanu mircallas name is an anagram of carmilla. Made right at the height of the womens movement, these lesbian vampire sisters are doing it for themselves. Lust for a vampire 1971, featured danish actress yutte stensgaard as mircalla. Carmilla provided the studio with the framework for three looselylinked films, known as the karnstein trilogy due to the recurrent character of carmilla karnstein. Other features are rare photographs and other movierelated graphics from every phase of the. To love a vampire has to be hammers cheesiest vampire film, the second in their karnstein trilogy, ups the nudity in an approved lesbian angle because its viewed by the count karnstein character here played by hokey mike raven with inserted eye closeup provided by christopher lee. The vampire lovers 1970, uk lust for a vampire 1971, uk twins of evil 1971, uk although britains hammer studios had already defined the period film from the late fifties on with its remakes.
Over the span of his long years as a vampire, louis lost a bit of sanity and had. Lust for a vampire 1971, featuring danish born actress yutte stensgaard as mircalla. Its a book i knew at least hinted at some sort of sapphic relationship between laura and carmilla, but when id first read it, i assumed it would just be hints. New york hungary formerly affiliation, fate status. Seductive vampire carmilla karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenthcentury gemany. Oct 25, 2014 lust for a vampire 1971 by the telltale mind on october 25, 2014 2 comments lust for a vampire is the second movie to fall under the karnstein trilogy banner, and while it is usually billed as a sequel, it is a loose one as it features none of the characters from the first film except for carmilla karnstein. It was left to hammer to craft a more blatant retelling. Carmilla karnstein ingrid pitt is the main villainess in the 1970 british hammer horror film, the vampire lovers. The vampire lovers is a 1970 british gothic horror film directed by roy ward baker and starring ingrid pitt, peter cushing, george cole, kate omara, madeline smith, dawn addams and jon finch. This 1970 flick was the first in hammer films karnstein trilogy, based loosely on sheridan le fanus carmilla. Praise for nora roberts and the circle trilogy americas favorite writer. Ephemera from the hammer films lesbian vampire karnstein.
The mathematicals are all calculated and tabulated something fierce. In fact, despite never having quite become household name, she is probably the most famous literary vampire after dracula. We got like 11 or so experts on the films of badass cinema rating over 300 quality badass pictures. Laura holliscarmilla karnstein works archive of our own. Lust for a vampire 1971 lust for a vampire 1971 user. The story of female vampire carmilla also known in the story as millarca and mircalla, the countess karnstein, all anagrams of carmilla is a gothic work, noted as one of the first stories of vampire fiction. An analysis of hammer films karnstein trilogy of which pitts celebrated the vampire lovers 1970 was the first installmentis included. She then appears to him gives him the cliffs notes version of how their family. Oct 29, 2014 the top 10 vampire books from the eternally enthralling tale of dracula, to femmes fatales spooking in the name of feminine sexuality, horror author lauren owen selects her favourite vampiric tales. Lust for a vampire still 3 from our story ephemera from the hammer films lesbian vampire karnstein trilogy lust for a vampire. There have been numerous adaptations of carmilla to other media, among the best known of which are the karnstein trilogy of britishamerican horror films, made up of the vampire lovers 1970, lust for a vampire 1971 and twins of evil 1971, and the web series carmilla that is made up primarily of a hundred and twentyone videos that were. The karnstein trilogy of hammer studios vampire films. Lust for a vampire extends the idea and continues the story forty years later, in 1830, but with danish actress yutte stensgaard starring as carmilla instead of ingrid.
With all the hubbub about sexy vampires these days, courtesy of twilight, true blood and the vampire diaries, its time to take a short stroll down memory lane to the golden age of vampire lesbian cinema with hammers socalled karnstein trilogy. Carmilla karnstein is a 340 year old, former vampire and student at silas university. Carmilla first appears as marcilla, a girl who is left by her mother in the care of general spielsdorf peter cushing and his family in styria, now part of austria. Ephemera from the hammer films lesbian vampire karnstein trilogy flashbak her hot lips travelled along my cheek in kisses. Smith harperpaperbacks a division ofharpercollinspublishers this is a work of fiction. Ive read so many articles that cover hammers karnstein trilogy the vampire lovers, lust for a vampire, twins of evil, yet there seems to be a fourth karnstein entry. Since were in the midst of spooky season and halloween is less than a week away as im writing this, i decided now would be a good time to reread and discuss this book. And what better way to celebrate the 50th vern tells it like it is column than with the long. A vampire named baron karnstein appears in anno dracula by kim newman. Oct 09, 2015 the vampire lovers 1970 hammer films loved carmilla so much that they created an entire trilogy of films influenced by the story. Lust for a vampire is the second film in the karnstein trilogy based on the novels by sheridan le fanu.
The vampire lovers, lust for a vampire, and twins of evil. Mar 12, 2014 carmilla aka the vampire carmilla us, 1999 from scorpio pictures, directed, written, and starring denise templeton. Aug 05, 2019 s tudiocanals restoration of the hammer back catalogue continues with their bluray and dvd release of lust for a vampire 1971. New blood podcaster, ben skinner and i look at the first in the trilogy, the vampire lovers, which to some was dubbed the lesbian vampire movie. The film was based on the famous 1872 novella carmilla by j. Lust for a vampire 1971 second entry in hammers karnstein trilogy, based on the classic horror tale, carmilla. The karnstein trilogy of vampire films 1 were produced by hammer films, and were notable at the time for being somewhat daring in explicitly depicting lesbian themes. It bears little resemblance to the series original source material, j.
A series of oneshots in different aus from different authors here at negovanstein. They are related by vampires of the noble karnstein family, and their seat castle karnstein near the town of karnstein in styria, austria. This has been described as an abysmal vampire soap opera that owes more to dark shadows than j. The history behind carmilla, the story of a 19th century. These cold winter nights are perfect for getting warm and cuddly on the couch, drinking hot cocoa and watching a classic vampire film and what better film than todays film flashback vampire lovers. Lust for a vampire is the second movie to fall under the karnstein trilogy banner, and while it is usually billed as a sequel, it is a loose one as it features none of the characters from the first film except for carmilla karnstein. The karnstein vampires would make two more appearances in the hammer films catalog.
Harry potter series, not harry potter and the halfblood prince. Hammer films twilight years find the horror studio raging. A female vampire, carmilla changes her name throughout the films, presumably to avoid detection. Carl dreyers dreamlike masterpiece vampyr 1931, roger vadims blood and roses 1960, and the italian christopher lee vehicle crypt of horror 1963 all featured female vampires, but other than that, one would be forgiven for not noticing the. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. In the late 1800s, a novelist takes a teaching job at a finishing school for apparently only beautiful girls so he can perv out on them. The film the second in hammers karnstein trilogy is a colourful, entertaining romp indeed, character names like janet playfair and arthur biggs seem more attuned to a carry on caper than a hammer horror. Other features are rare photographs and other movierelated graphics from every phase of the actress career and. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Carmilla has been the inspiration for numerous vampire films, including hammers famous karnstein trilogy. Sheridan le fanu novella carmilla and is part of the socalled karnstein trilogy of films, the other films being lust for a vampire and.
The vampire lovers 1970, featuring polish born actress ingrid pitt as the lesbian vampire mircalla karnstein. At the end of the sixties hammer films were on the brink of bankruptcy and were in desperate need of a hit and the first of the trilogy vampire lovers, a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the le manus story, starred ingrid pitt as carmilla karnstein and the relatively subtle nudity and lesbianism helped the film to be a worldwide success, and, essentially, it saved the studio. The first movie, the vampire lovers, was based on j. Carmilla, the lesbian vampire us, 2004 also released as vampires vs. Twins of evil is the last installment of the socalled karnstein trilogy, by hammer films. The first of the series, the vampire lovers, starred beautiful polish actress ingrid pitt, who had previously played elizabeth. They are related by vampires of the noble karnstein family, and their seat castle karnstein near the town of karnstein in. At the end of the sixties hammer films were on the brink of bankruptcy and were in desperate need of a hit and the first of the trilogy vampire lovers, a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the le manus story, starred ingrid pitt as carmilla karnstein and the relatively subtle nudity and lesbianism helped the film to be a worldwide success.
Lauras favorite book was the one carmilla wrote in the darkest time of her life, said book the one she swore would be the last thing she would ever write about love. Le fanu s carmilla but rather seems to try to portray a sort of prequel to the infamous tale. Despite its place in said series, it is actually a slight. Dec 27, 2014 with all the hubbub about sexy vampires these days, courtesy of twilight, true blood and the vampire diaries, its time to take a short stroll down memory lane to the golden age of vampire lesbian cinema with hammers socalled karnstein trilogy. Le fanus carmilla but rather seems to try to portray a sort of prequel to the infamous tale. The karnstein trilogy of vampire films were produced by hammer films, and were notable at the time for being somewhat daring in explicitly depicting lesbian themes.
Ephemera from the hammer films lesbian vampire karnstein trilogy. Oct 25, 2014 at the end of the sixties hammer films were on the brink of bankruptcy and were in desperate need of a hit and the first of the trilogy vampire lovers, a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the le manus story, starred ingrid pitt as carmilla karnstein and the relatively subtle nudity and lesbianism helped the film to be a worldwide success. Oct 31, 20 the vampire lovers 1970 our first venture into the vampire tales sees the hammer horror podcast team delve into the karnstein trilogy. One shots for the pairing of laura hollis and carmilla karnstein hollstein, from the amazing web series carmilla. She became laura hollis roommate after lauras previous roommate, betty, went missing under mysterious circumstances. Sep 22, 2017 twins of evil was the third of the karnstein trilogy made by hammer, following in the wake of the vampire lovers 1970 and lust for a vampire 1971 and was again produced by harry fine and. Ingrid pitt, pippa steel, madeline smith, peter cushing. Jul 24, 2018 the karnstein trilogy was a twobirdswithonestone situation for hammer, because it allowed them to reinvent their most popular narrative trope vampires and to do so by tapping into the raw. In this loose sequel to the first film, a revived countess mircalla seduces and murders her way through an exclusive girls school. The film was based on the 1872 novella carmilla by j.
A vampire named baron karnstein appears in kim newmans novel anno dracula 1992. Flashbak has a free digest of the weeks best stories and pictures get yours here. Jun 19, 2012 the three films that make up the karnstein trilogy were made within twelve months of each other, and have met with mixed views from audiences and critics alike. After sundown by amanda ashley, shades of gray by amanda ashley, the bitten by l. Clanbook karnstein is a very nice effort to add another bloodline to the already much time ago overpopulated vampire background, besides an imaginative love letter to a very seminal work of vampire fiction. The vampire lovers 1970, starred polishborn ingrid pitt as lesbian vampire mircalla karnstein. S tudiocanals restoration of the hammer back catalogue continues with their bluray and dvd release of lust for a vampire 1971. Some short stories set in the anno dracula series universe have also included carmilla. We got these points all added up and averaged and what not to determine their true badass quality levels.
The new yorker this wellplotted, finely detailed paranormal adventure is driven by richly developed characters, making it a cut above from others in this subgenre, and among roberts best. Sheridan le fanus 1872 carmilla requires alteration to become palatable to a modern audience. The film stars yutte stensgaard, michael johnson, ralph bates, suzanna leigh, pippa. Jul 18, 2012 twins of evil is the last installment of the socalled karnstein trilogy, by hammer films. Lesbian vampire films inspired by carmilla spooky isles. This new dedicated ebook edition of vampire homoerotica includes a new and illuminating introduction, and also the bonus story true story of a vampire 1894 by count. The karnstein name has been bandied about in many horror and exploitation films over the years, and carmilla has appeared in countless comic books, cartoons, video games, you name it. Regardless of how you feel about the film, there is no denying the vampire lovers marked an important change in direction for hammer.
Lust for a vampire is the second movie in hammers karnstein trilogy. How does the 2014 stage play by david macdowell blue hand. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the authors imagination and are not to be construed as real. First up was the vampire lovers a surprisingly faithful version of le fanus source, which introduced the world to the glorious ingrid pitt. Jan 10, 2014 an analysis of hammer films karnstein trilogy of which pitts celebrated the vampire lovers 1970 was the first installmentis included, and also examined is the trilogy s original literary source, sheridan le fanus carmilla.
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