Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Elès

In medieval Europe aging Countess Elisabeth rules harshly with the help of lover Captain Dobi. Finding that washing in the blood of young girls makes her young again she gets Dobi to start abducting l...( read more  read more... )ikely candidates. The Countess - pretending to be her own daughter - starts dallying with a younger man, much to Dobi's annoyance. The disappearances cause mounting terror locally, and when she finds out that only the blood of a virgin does the job, Dobi is sent out again with a more difficult task.

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PG, 2 hrs. 33 min.

Directed by: Peter Sasdy

Release Date: January 31, 1971

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  • June 24, 2007
    There are a couple of moments of nakedness but very little actual horror despite the subject matter.
  • August 18, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actressess thorughout this movie.....i think that ingrid pitt, nigel green, sandor eles, maurice denham, patience collier play good roles/parts throughout thi...( read more)s movie.....i think that the director of this horror movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...there's a couple of moments of nakedness throughout this movie....its a good movie 2 watch
  • August 18, 2009
    I watched the first half-hour of this film and then finished it on x4 fast forward just to make sure it was going where I thought it was. It is said to be "based on an idea by Gabriel Ronap", which idea probably consisted in doing a remake of "The Leech Woman" that recycled the l...( read more)egends that grew around the life of Countess Nadasdy (1560-1614), better know as Elisabeth Bathory, a Hungarian aristocrat rumoured to have killed and tortured several hundred people (though reliable historical works on her life seem to be few and far between.)

    The film contains more nudity than gore and suffers mostly from an uninspired script, mediocre (and apparently sometimes dubbed) actors, non-existent cinematography and corny make-up. What I particularly liked about it was the opportunity to see what Lesley Anne-Down actually looked like at 17 without the heavy make-up she always wore later on. She was quite pretty, but the film doesn't give her much of a role (she gets abducted, and her idea of an escape is throwing a plate of rice at her gaoler's face and then banging on the locked door.)

    Compared to the "Leech Woman", it mostly suffers from the lack a MST3K commentary, which is why I couldn't finish it.
  • June 30, 2009
    Fictionalized "biography" of Hungarian Countess Erzsebet Bathory (1560-1614), serial killer supposedly bathing in human blood. It is gorgeous and atmospheric, with vampire overtones and great score, while Erzsebet has turned from sexual pervert to old, "merely" cruel and vain wo...( read more)man.
  • February 6, 2009
    Quite good actually!

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  • December 7, 2008
    Igrid Pitt as Elizabeth Bathory...
  • October 23, 2008
    ingrid pitt did a very good job
  • April 13, 2008
    creepy film;the truth that this is based on is even creepier
  • June 5, 2007
    Ingrid Pitt is great as the ruthless countess Elisabeth Bathory. Bathing in the blood of young virgins to keep her youthfull looks. And posing as her own daughter to put the moves on a younger man. A different type of take on the "vampire myth"
  • April 21, 2007
    damn this movie is fun to watch and some scenes were scary

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