In medieval Europe, an aging noblewoman desperately searches for a way to regain her youth. After discovering that bathing in the blood of virgins temporarily erases the ravages of time, she embarks on a ruthless killing spree. Hammer Studios classic stars Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green. Next, Pitt stars as a beautiful woman with bloodsucking and lesbian tendencies who vampirizes the daughter and acquaintances of an exorcist. With Peter Cushing, Dawn Addams, Pippa Steele. Three stars typical Hammer!

With this retelling of "Carmilla," Hammer had its last masterpiece. Just about everything in this film is pitch-perfect. It's exciting, colorful, beautifully paced, and really quite erotic, even three decades later. In a lot of ways, it's a transitional horror film--bridging the past Hammer gothics with the more mature thrillers of this generation. Every serious student of cinema, even those who don't like horror films, needs to take a look at least a few Hammer Films. For the shortest possible "must see" list, I'd recommend "Horror of Dracula," "The Devil Rides Out," "Quatermass and the Pit," and this lovely film.

A mystery/drama from 1973 that can truly be called a classic. Elegantly understated with a real shocker ending, The Wicker Man tells the story of a stiff and deeply religious Scottish police sargeant from the mainland who goes to a remote island to investigate a missing child.

He finds a place where the inhabitants are all pagan worshippers who stymie his attempts to find the girl or her body.

This is not a fast-moving movie, but the deliberate pacing just adds to the suspense, and the ending is a real surprise.

Available in R and Unrated versions, the caps are from the 11 minute longer unrated version. While the topless shots of Britt Ekland are all her, the bottom shot is a body double because she refused to be shot nude below the waste. They are included in the collage for completeness.

The scenes added for the extended version were transferred from the original 1" analog telecine master, the only place where they still exist. Because of the lower quality of the old analog tape, you can easily tell which sections were added to make up the extended version.