| STARRING: Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green & Sandor Elès
Polish actress Ingrid Pitt became a cult figure for her portrayal of the notorious Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory in this Hammer horror film. Bathory finds that bathing in the blood of virgins restores her youthful beauty, and she enlists her servant (Nigel Green in a standout performance) to kidnap her own daughter, Ilona (Lesley-Anne Down). Bathory assumes Ilona's identity to seduce a young man (Sandor Eles), but without a supply of blood, she turns old in a hurry. The real Bathory had no such problems, reportedly slaughtering over 600 young girls before being sealed alive in her room. Pitt and Green are excellent, and director Peter Sasdy -- who helped adapt this story from Valentine Penrose's book The Bloody Countess -- moves the story along at a leisurely pace. The performances and typically sumptuous "Hammer look" should make this film appealing to fans of historical horror.
SPECIAL FEATURES - Audio commentary with Ingrid Pitt and horror experts Kim Newman & Stephen Jones
- Thriller: Where The Action Is
- Archive Tonight interview with Ingrid Pitt
- 50 Years of Hammer (News Feature from 1999)
- Conceptions Of Murder: Peter And Maria
- Original Theatrical Trailer
ITEM SPECIFICS
Region: | 2 - Europe (PAL), Japan (NTSC), South Africa, Middle East | Rating: | 18 | Year: | 1971 | Duration: | 90 minutes | Label: | Network | Ratio: | Widescreen | Cast: | Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Elès, Maurice Denham, Patience Collier, Peter Jeffrey, Lesley-Anne Down, Leon Lissek, Jessie Evans, Andrea Lawrence, Susan Brodrick, Ian Trigger, Nike Arrighi, Peter May & John Moore
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