Twins of Evil

While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav's zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.

Cast

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

as Gustav Weil

Dennis Price

Dennis Price

as Dietrich

Madeleine Collinson

Madeleine Collinson

as Frieda Gellhorn

Mary Collinson

Mary Collinson

as Maria Gellhorn

Isobel Black

Isobel Black

as Ingrid Hoffer

Kathleen Byron

Kathleen Byron

as Katy Weil

Shelagh Wilcocks

Shelagh Wilcocks

as Lady in Coach

Damien Thomas

Damien Thomas

as Count Karnstein

David Warbeck

David Warbeck

as Anton Hoffer

Harvey Hall

Harvey Hall

as Franz

Reviews

John Chard

The evil that men do. The final part of Hammer Films Karnstein Trilogy is in keeping with what made the studios output so readily embraced by the horror faithful. Based on characters created by Sheridan Le Fanu, Hammer take one of their vampire movies and add puritan witch- finding into the mix ...

Wuchak

***Great Gothic horror ambiance, good cast, magnificent score, so-so story*** Orphaned twin sisters (Madeleine & Mary Collinson) are forced to move from Venice to Styria, Austria, to live with their puritan uncle (Peter Cushing), who’s hell-bent on hunting down witches and burning them at the sta...

CinemaSerf

What's quite sad about this film is the presence of Dennis Price - one of my favourite British comedy actors. He offers so little to this vampire thriller and it's a real shame that he is now reduced to bit parts in which he hardly leaves his chair! Anyway, the gist of the film sees the twin nieces ...

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