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« on: April 26, 2013, 09:18:13 PM »
Haven't seen those in years. As I remember, those films are gorgeous to look at--great costumes, wonderful locations, top notch cinemaphotography. But I also remember them as being extremely talky. Somebody once said that all you really need to do is watch the first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes. What happens in between is largely filler (extra murders).
I do admit to an affection for the Karnstein trilogy. The second film, Lust For a Vampire, is one of my guiltiest pleasures. It's extremely silly but far more entertaining than it has any right to be. It's a career high point of sorts for the lovely and talented Yutte Stensgaard, who is stunning to look at it but dramatically challenged. Hammer apparently hired her for the lead without seeing if she could act or speak unaccented English. No to both, I'm afraid. So you have a Swedish actress playing a Romanian vampire, dubbed with a British accent.