Crypt of the Vampire
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Crypt of the Vampire (La cripta e l'incubo) (1964, Italy/Spain) is a Vampire-Horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque.
- Featured in: The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee (BluRay)
Main Details
- Released on May 27, 1964
- B&W/Color
- Running time: 82 minutes (84 minutes- UK version)
- Production Co.: E.I. Associates Producers | Hispamer Films | Alta Vista (uncredited) | MEC Cinematografica (uncredited)
- Distribution Co.: Eagle Films (1964) (UK) (theatrical) (dubbed) | Carlo Schmidt Filmverleih (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Directed by Camillo Mastrocinque
- Written by Tonino Valerii and Ernesto Gastaldi (story and screenplay), from a story by María del Carmen Martínez Román (uncredited), based on the novel by Sheridan Le Fanu (uncredited), and José Luis Monter (uncredited)
- Starring: Christopher Lee, Adriana Ambesi, Ursula Davis
Plot Summary
- Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become close friends until Laura becomes convinced the spirit of Carmilla is forcing her to kill.