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The Kiss of the Vampire

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6.2/10 • 105

1963-09-111h 29m

Horror

Shocking! - Horrifying! - Macabre!

Honeymooning in Bavaria, a young couple becomes stranded and is forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with Ravna and his charming, beautiful family is to prove disastrous.

Directors
Don Sharp

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  1. Edward de Souza

    Edward de Souza

    Gerald Harcourt

  2. Jennifer Daniel

    Jennifer Daniel

    Marianne Harcourt

  3. Noel Willman

    Noel Willman

    Dr. Ravna

  4. Barry Warren

    Barry Warren

    Carl Ravna

  5. Clifford Evans

    Clifford Evans

    Professor Zimmer

  6. Jacquie Wallis

    Jacquie Wallis

    Sabena Ravna

  7. Isobel Black

    Isobel Black

    Tania

  8. Stan Simmons

    Stan Simmons

    Ravna's Majordomo

  9. Peter Madden

    Peter Madden

    Bruno

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John Chard

Sep 26, 2014

7.5/10

God is hardly involved, Mr. Harcourt. Kiss of the Vampire (AKA: Kiss of Evil in a truncated TV version) is directed by Don Sharp and written by John Elder. it stars Clifford Evans, Noel Willman, Edward de Souza, Jennifer Daniel, Barry Warren, Brian Oulton and Jacquie Wallis. Out of Hammer Film Productions in Eastmancolour, cinematography is by Alan Hume and music by James Bernard. Honeymooners Gerald (de Souza) and Marianne Harcourt (Daniel) stop over in a remote Bavarian village and fall prey to a suspicious family headed by Dr. Ravna (Willman). Planned as a Dracula sequel by Hammer Films, Kiss of the Vampire eventually followed in the vein of Brides of Dracula by bringing vampires into a social situation without the famous Count as the figurehead. With no Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Terence Fisher or Freddie Francis involved, it does on the outside seem it should be a lesser Hammer Horror picture. Thankfully that isn't the case at all. There's some wooden acting, less than great effects work in the finale and a lack of blood for the gore hounds, but this is still a wonderful Hammer picture. Ripe with atmosphere, beaming with glorious Gothic set design and beautifully photographed, it's a film begging to be discovered by the vampire faithful. Essentially a reworking of Edward G. Ulmer's The Black Cat (1934), the narrative follows the familiar vampiric formula so beloved by horror film makers, especially the house of Hammer, which is no bad thing really since they do it so well. In fact it should be noted that the finale to this one is a departure from the norm and is rather exciting, if just a little abrupt in the context of plotting. A bevy of beauties adorn the frames while suave aristocrat type gentlemen glide around the Ravna abode, this is very much a film rich in that Hammer style. Ignore claims of it being slow, for this is considerate to setting up the characters, and ignore the butchered American TV version, for Kiss of the Vampire is a treat for like minded Hammerphiles. 7.5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
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