Friday, 17 October 2014

Blood bath

Countess Dracula (1971)

Directed by Peter Sasdy this film stars Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Eles and Lesley-Anne Down. Following the death of her husband an ageing Countess bathes in the blood of young women to look youthful again.

Nominally this film is based on Elizabeth Bathory but is essentially a pretty standard Hammer Horror film. One change from earlier films from Hammer is the move towards including more nudity and heading towards sexpoiltation. Mostly the film is well made and the old age make up on Ingrid Pitt holds up surprisingly well.


3/5

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