The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 Hammer horror film. It stars Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt and Kate O'Mara. This is a film that's set in the 19th Century and the first of a trilogy of the Karnstein series. Loosely based on the novella Carmilla by Sheridan le Fanu. 
The main character is a vampiress called Carmilla who can befriend the young women that she loves and also views as her prey. Carmilla is one of the remaining undead vampires from the Karnstein family. Many have died and she isn't a typical vampire. She can walk in daytime although prefers shade. She turns into a cat instead of a bat. Yet she hates garlic and crosses.
The film is bloody and sensual.
As I love classic horror, especially by Hammer I rate this a 9/10.
One minor snag: it just wasn't on long enough.
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes

This is a 1971 surreal horror in the lavish style of art deco. This is the first of two films of the Dr Phibes series. There are a series of four of the cult books by William I Goldstein.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes stars Vincent price, Joseph Cotton and Virginia North. It was directed by Robert Fuest.   
It has plenty of strange shocks, imaginative murders and a string of symbolism that includes the automaton band musicians, a frog mask, a gold unicorn bust and more. Dr Phibes wants revenge on the doctors who he believes failed in saving his beloved wife. She's kept in a glass coffin and there is a Snow White theme about it but this one doesn't wake up. The police are trying to understand the bizarre killings of doctors. Sometimes the film gets very twisted in such morbid comedy.
I rate this film a 9/10 (unfortunately it wasn't on long enough). 
Warning: Never get on a plane without checking for rats first.
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The Stepford Wives (1975)

This is one of the most creepiest non-paranormal horror films without slasher elements or axe welding maniacs. My review is of the 1975 original film. Its based on the book of the same title by author Ira Levin. It was directed by Brian Forbes.
The plot begins with a family house move. The focus is on mother Joanna, who enjoys photography and finds it difficult to make friends with the women in the new town called Stepford. There is a lot of weird goings on, as some of the women turn bizarre if they drink alcohol. They're obsessed only with housework and they all wear frilly old fashioned dresses. Joanna's husband knows something is going on, and his new lot of friends are all creepy.
The film gets a 8/10 as it's quite chilling.

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Haunted House of Horror

This 1969 film called Haunted House of Horror is just one of those shelved films no one has ever seen, to my knowledge. Nor really a horror film or a film about a haunted house like the name suggests. The film has been given other names such as The Dark and Horror House. Directed by Michael Armstrong and starred Frankie Avalon and Jill Haworth.
This is a murder mystery and a slasher. During a party, a group of friends decide to visit an abandoned manor house for some ghost hunting. Once they get there, someone is brutally killed. They all decide to keep quiet about it, and pretend they didn't go there, while someone else has been watching them all. Later another person is found dead in the old house, and they get deeper into the crime.
Even though there isn't anything paranormal in this one, the old house looks spooky as it's very dark so everyone has to light candles. There are some weird moments and a few tense scenes but mostly it's not a horror film even though it's placed in the horror genre!
I rate this a 1/10 for slowness.
Any comments: Soap fans may like it.

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