Camillo Mastrocinque's 'Crypt of the Vampire' (also known as 'La cripta e l'incubo', 'Crypt of Horror', 'La maldición de los Karnstein', Terror in the Crypt' etc) is one of the first adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla that whispers of the deep Sapphic relationship between vampire and victim (although it tries to confuse us as to which is which). While starring Christopher Lee as Count Karnstein, the focus of the story is on Adriana Ambesi's Laura Karnstein becoming closer and closer to Ursula Davis's Liuba. While the plot veers this way and that, this is a classic Italian gothic with stone walled castles, freshly turned sheets, witch's curses, strange rituals, thunderstorms and all the trappings. A thoroughly entertaining film from beginning to end.
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15 фев 2024
