A female vampire, carmilla changes her name throughout the films, presumably to avoid detection. The karnstein trilogy of vampire films were produced by hammer films. Hammer studios is a beloved name to hardcore horror movie fans. Made by japans legendary toho studios the company responsible for, amongst others, the classic. The warhammer legends books are apparently quite enjoyable. They are a bit unusual in wh novel context, since warhammer licensed novels tend to be mostly about fairly inconsequential, downlow, dark fantasy stories that dont affect the setting status quo, but the legends books nagash, sigmar, sundering were written to cast light on major lore events. Vampire counts the vampire wars trilogy skaven the thanquol books of course. So letas take a trip to the past and check out their legendary vampire movies. Many of these involved classic horror characters such as baron frankenstein, count dracula, and the mummy, which hammer reintroduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first. Starting with let me in 2012 and then the woman in black 2012, hammer studios is on the comeback trail, much to the pleasure of horror and vampire fans everywhere. The vampire s assistant and other tales from the cirque du freak, darren shan the saga of darren shan known as cirque du freak. Red rain 1991, bloodstorm 1994, and crimson mist 1998written by doug moench and penciled by kelley jones. After sundown by amanda ashley, shades of gray by amanda ashley, the bitten by l. They included some of the most explicit scenes of lesbianism yet seen in mainstream englishlanguage films, along with a corresponding increase in sequences involving nudity, despite otherwise traditional hammer.
Journalists have praised the books for their story and artwork. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. And what better way to celebrate the 50th vern tells it like it is column than with the long. Moench created the concept for the first installment and convinced jones, of whom he was a fan, to join the.
It bears little resemblance to the series original source material, j. Lust for a vampire 1971, featured danish actress yutte stensgaard as mircalla. Jun 19, 2012 it was left to hammer to craft a more blatant retelling. The first of the series, the vampire lovers, starred beautiful polish actress ingrid pitt, who had previously played elizabeth. Ephemera from the hammer films lesbian vampire karnstein trilogy hammer horror films hammer films horror books horror movies vampire art vampire girls frankenstein novel sci fi horror horror art her hot lips travelled along my cheek in kisses. With all the hubbub about sexy vampires these days, courtesy of twilight, true blood and the vampire diaries, its time to take a short stroll down memory lane to the golden age of vampire lesbian cinema with hammers socalled karnstein trilogy.
Ron hubbard writers of the future award in 2002, was runnerup in the british fantasy award in 2000 and has been nominated three times for the bram stoker award. It contains the books cirque du freak, the vampires assistant and tunnels of blood. The goddess morrigan has charged a circle of six to battle the most powerful vampire in the world in a war that is fought across the planes of time, forging together the passions of the men and women caught. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Now the iconic film studio has its very own youtube channel. I was going through updating my book lists and stumbled across your website. A lot of what to see in horror flicks now originally came from the old school hammer films. Oct 25, 2014 at the end of the sixties hammer films were on the brink of bankruptcy and were in desperate need of a hit and the first of the trilogy vampire lovers, a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the le manus story, starred ingrid pitt as carmilla karnstein and the relatively subtle nudity and lesbianism helped the film to be a worldwide success.
Hammers greatest contribution to the vampire film may have been in its evolution of the female of the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading vampire wars. The vampire lovers 1970, starred polishborn ingrid pitt as lesbian vampire mircalla karnstein. Sword of justice july 2010 sword of vengeance february 2011. The vampires assistant and other tales from the cirque du freak, darren shan the saga of darren shan known as cirque du freak. Jan 10, 2014 an analysis of hammer films karnstein trilogy of which pitts celebrated the vampire lovers 1970 was the first installmentis included, and also examined is the trilogy s original literary source, sheridan le fanus carmilla. Entries marked with have been collected in omnibus. Vampire blood also called the cirque du freak trilogy is the first trilogy in the saga of darren shan by the author darren shan. These books and stories were authored by chris wraight. He takes on not only the entire dracula series which made christopher lee a household name, but also the carmilla karnstein trilogy inaugurated by ingrid pitt, and the companys secondtier entries, leading the readers through another nostalgic tour of the horrors of yesteryear. The books were published by dc comics as a part of its elseworlds line of comics. Sheridan le fanu mircallas name is an anagram of carmilla. These books and stories were authored by robert earl. Twilight by stephenie meyer, eclipse by stephenie meyer, breaking dawn by stephenie meyer, vampire academy by richelle m.
The film was based on the famous 1872 novella carmilla by j. The screen vampire as we know and love it today, from buffy the vampire slayer to twilight and true blood, would not have existed in its present form but for a series of sixteen gothic horror films produced by hammer between 1958 and 1974. Lust for a vampire 1971, featuring danish born actress yutte stensgaard as mircalla. Best adult urban fantasy, fantasy and paranormal romance. Aug 29, 2014 the novel was awarded the 2007 pulitzer prize for fiction, and critics have called it heartbreaking, haunting, and emotionally shattering.
This series of books was a lot like the twilight series. The first book contains the reasons why he became a halfvampire and what he had to give up. The vast library of hammer films vampire sagas is opened wide by charles e. We got like 11 or so experts on the films of badass cinema rating over 300 quality badass pictures. Not quite ruined by the oddly modern strange lovetheme and song, it is very much redeemed by the villagers processional set to the latin. The saga of darren shan in the united states is a young adult 12part book series written by darren shan pen name of darren oshaughnessy about the struggle of a boy who has become involved in the world of vampires. There were 125 books in the series, but the first title is pilgrimage to hell. Trollslayer by william king, skavenslayer by william king, daemonslayer by william king, dragonslayer by william king.
Ephemera from the hammer films lesbian vampire karnstein trilogy flashbak her hot lips travelled along my cheek in kisses. At the end of the sixties hammer films were on the brink of bankruptcy and were in desperate need of a hit and the first of the trilogy vampire lovers, a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the le manus story, starred ingrid pitt as carmilla karnstein and the relatively subtle nudity and lesbianism helped the film to be a worldwide success. Twins of evil is the last installment of the socalled karnstein trilogy, by hammer films. See more ideas about hammer horror films, horror films and hammer films. He lifted the hammer, prepared to strike the blow that would destroy the monster his friend had become, when. They are notable at the time for their for the time daring lesbian storylines. The karnstein trilogy of vampire films were produced by hammer films, and were notable at the time for being somewhat daring in explicitly depicting lesbian themes. Vampires under the hammer concentrates its gaze on every vampire movie made under the original hammer film studio between 1957 and 1974. Glad i did your top ten favorite vampire series and all but three were on my book listsglad to find kathy love, jeaniene frost and jill myles books as i am going on a cruise yes, i will make time for reading. Hammer also made a loose trilogy of films based on sheridan le fanus early vampire novella carmilla, written by newcomer tudor gates. My top ten favorite vampire series maryses book blog. Made by japans legendary toho studios the company responsible for.
Despite its place in said series, it is actually a slight. Glad i did your top ten favorite vampire series and all but three were on my book listsglad to find kathy love, jeaniene frost and jill myles books as i am going on a cruise yes, i will make time for reading and need to stock up on my nook. In ones with continuing characters, smaller quests may be wrapped up at the end of each one, but the main heros journey or story arc is not completed until the end of the third book. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of gothic horror films made from the mid1950s until the 1970s. Oct 29, 2014 the top 10 vampire books from the eternally enthralling tale of dracula, to femmes fatales spooking in the name of feminine sexuality, horror author lauren owen selects her favourite vampiric tales. The novel was awarded the 2007 pulitzer prize for fiction, and critics have called it heartbreaking, haunting, and emotionally shattering. Ulrika the vampire book by nathan long official publisher. We got these points all added up and averaged and what not to determine their true badass quality levels.
Bluray box set of three hammerinspired japanese vampire movies from the 1970s. It was left to hammer to craft a more blatant retelling. After the creation of the warhammer fantasy universe by games workshop, novels were published as gw books by boxtree ltd, but more recently novels have been under games workshops publishing arm, the black library. They completely redefined horror movies, especially those with vampires. The mathematicals are all calculated and tabulated something fierce. The film was based on the 1872 novella carmilla by j. With a trilogy, there is an overall story arc andor unifying theme that carries through all three books. Le fanus carmilla but rather seems to try to portray a sort of prequel to the infamous tale.
Addition note the gotrek and felix series is a great starting point for the warhammer verse in general the first book trollslayer is basically a series of short stories after that the books are fully fledged novels that explore many aspects of the warhammer world. See more ideas about hammer films, hammer horror films and horror films. As a matter of fact the story was kind of left up in the air like it needed a 4th book. These starting books explore how darren must adapt to his new life, and what that entails. They are related by vampires of the noble karnstein family, and their seat castle karnstein near the town of karnstein in styria, austria. The vampire lovers 1970, featuring polish born actress ingrid pitt as the lesbian vampire mircalla karnstein. An analysis of hammer films karnstein trilogyof which pitts celebrated the vampire lovers 1970 was the first installmentis included. It contains the books cirque du freak, the vampire s assistant and tunnels of blood. Other features are rare photographs and other movierelated graphics from every phase of the actress career and.
Lust for a vampire was robinsons second assignment in the karnstein trilogy, with vampire lovers and twins of evil,and is probably the weakest of the three. One of the films posters posed the films main plotline which was the evil twin. Ephemera from the hammer films lesbian vampire karnstein. Carmilla provided the studio with the framework for three looselylinked films, known as the karnstein trilogy due to the recurrent character of carmilla karnstein. He has written a wide selection of warhammer fantasy novels, including the blackhearts trilogy and the adventures of ulrika the vampire. I havent read very many warhammer fantasy books, as i stick primarily to w40k, but easily one of the best warhammer fantasy books in my opinion would be the blackhearts trilogy by nathan long there is an omnibus edition. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Dec 27, 2014 with all the hubbub about sexy vampires these days, courtesy of twilight, true blood and the vampire diaries, its time to take a short stroll down memory lane to the golden age of vampire lesbian cinema with hammers socalled karnstein trilogy. Hammer studios erotic vampire film with plentiful nudity and gore, but without the lesbian plot angle was the final installment of the karnstein trilogy. In this loose sequel to the first film, a revived countess mircalla seduces and murders her way through an exclusive girls school. Its sort of like the dirty dozen, as the main cast are all various imprisoned individuals sent on dangerous missions.
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