by Colleen Wanglund, MoreHorror.com
Directed by Roger Vadim (…And God Created Woman {1956}, Barbarella {1968}) Blood and Roses (1960) is a psychological thriller that may….or may not be about vampires. Based on the novella “Carmilla” written in 1872 by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, The movie tells the story of Carmilla (Annette Vadim) who has just found out the man she loves, Leopoldo (Mel Ferrer) is marrying Georgia (Elsa Martinelli). In her grief Carmilla is driven to the tomb of her long-dead ancestor, a vampire named Millarca. Millarca has possessed Carmilla, who is now killing and terrorizing the people in and around the family’s castle.
Early in the movie Leopoldo and Carmilla, who are cousins, are explaining to friends their family’s history of vampires. They explain the superstitions of the villagers and how supposedly only one body in the family cemetery escaped staking and burning—Millarca. Her portrait hangs in the...
Directed by Roger Vadim (…And God Created Woman {1956}, Barbarella {1968}) Blood and Roses (1960) is a psychological thriller that may….or may not be about vampires. Based on the novella “Carmilla” written in 1872 by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, The movie tells the story of Carmilla (Annette Vadim) who has just found out the man she loves, Leopoldo (Mel Ferrer) is marrying Georgia (Elsa Martinelli). In her grief Carmilla is driven to the tomb of her long-dead ancestor, a vampire named Millarca. Millarca has possessed Carmilla, who is now killing and terrorizing the people in and around the family’s castle.
Early in the movie Leopoldo and Carmilla, who are cousins, are explaining to friends their family’s history of vampires. They explain the superstitions of the villagers and how supposedly only one body in the family cemetery escaped staking and burning—Millarca. Her portrait hangs in the...
- 11/28/2011
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- MoreHorror
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