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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: This entry in Hammer Films' long-running vampire series of the '60s and '70s is one of the most evocative and original. The story features voluptuous twin Playboy centerfolds Madeleine and Mary Collinson as sisters who, without parents, are sent to stay with their oppressive uncle (Peter Cushing, looking more emaciated than ever), who happens to live near the sinister Karnstein Castle, the locale of countless vampiric happenings in two prequels (The Vampire Lovers and Lust for a Vampire). One of the twins wanders over and meets the dashing Count Karstein (Damien Thomas), a vampire who later uses the girl's blood to awaken his long-lost ancestor from the dead. Of course, the uncle predictably gives chase once trouble starts, but there is a clever plot twist as the count switches the twins before one is about to be burned at the stake for her supposed satanic involvements. Twins of Evil unabashedly exploits the twins' assets to pump up the film's sex appeal; it also seems to cater to viewers with a vampire fetish. Still, neither is necessarily a bad thing in a vampire film; Twins of Evil does create an effectively sensuous mood while also managing to sustain a fair amount of tension throughout the picture. Although Universal Pictures, the U.S. distributor, extracted nearly all of the flesh and bloodletting from its release, the original British cut retains everything and is the usual copy found on video. Like its predecessors, the script for Twins of Evil is loosely based on LeFanu's classic vampire story Carmilla. ...Twins of Evil (1971) ( Twins of Dracula ) ( The Virgin Vampires )
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of Hammer's finest,
By mr-benn (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Twins Of Evil [1971] [DVD] (DVD)
Ahh... 'Twins of Evil.' This film will always be dear to me. Growing up in the late 80's/early 90's, still too young to rent any Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th videos, most of the horror movies I had easy access to were the late-night Hammer Horrors on ITV. Most of interest were the almost innumerable vampire movies the studio produced, from the greats ('Horror of Dracula') to the not-so greats ('Dracula AD 1972'). Yet somehow, in my formative years, no film stayed with me as much as 'Twins of Evil.'
No small part of the appeal are the delectable Collinson twins as Maria and Frida, orphaned Italians sent to live with their tyranical uncle (yet another star turn from the great Peter Cushing). This was, of course, early 70's Hammer, when the technicolour gore of old was supplemented with the thrill of a bit of sultry female flesh - the film was indeed designed with the Collinsons in mind, fresh from their breakthrough as Playboy's first double centrefold! That said, by modern standards the sexual content is fairly tame: there are only a few brief moments of nudity, but heaving corsetted bosoms aplenty, and a deluge of suggestive imagery - witness the hand that strokes the candlestick, and the way Frida's eyes light up at the words "stripped naked!" The cheap and cheerful atmosphere that Hammer movies are famed for is here in full force, with lots of blatant day-for-night photography, flimsy sets and primitive special effects. This, of course, is all part of what makes these films so endearing - but it shouldn't be taken to mean the power to shock is not there. A scene of human sacrifice and a phenomal decapitation can still get a jump out of the viewer today. Those new to Hammer could find worse places to start; those who love Hammer will be in their element. Buy it now! Or I'll be sending Gustav and the boys around.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another great Hammer vampire thriller to sink your teeth into,
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This review is from: Twins Of Evil [1971] [DVD] (DVD)
Great vampire movie made during the time Hammer studios decided to show off more 'skin' with their beauties - Twins of Evil stars Peter Cushing in a great role as a priest. Most viewers automatically will think he is the villain in this but by the end this is not the case.
2 relatives of his - sexy young 'Twins' visit him - one gets involved with a vampire while the other plays the heroine. This contains the usual hammer gore, maybe a little stronger in this movie and it contains gratuitous nudity - so it ain't for children folks.. Bloody entertaining, a fine horror movie and a must for Cushing fans... The DVD is widescreen and contains all deleted footage that was apparently on older releases (DVD or VHS) This is the one to get from Optimum Entertainment..Cool booklet too...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This film has its knockers - but I quite like it!,
This review is from: Twins Of Evil [1971] [DVD] (DVD)
Here's Hammer at its purest, if not its best - a perfect mix of class, cheese and sheer nonsense. The class element is of course Peter Cushing who anchors the film as the scariest witch-hunter this side of Vincent Price (what was it with all these witch obsessed movies of the early 70s? Conservative backlash against 60s promiscuity? - there was something in the air for sure) Anyway it turns out that Cushings character, Gustav Weill, actually has a point - amidst the heaving bosoms and bouffant hairdos there are devilish vampire ladies abroad, his own niece for one, who has fallen under the spell of the resident evil Count. Absurdities include a mute, pec flexing black manservant (why?), the same witch burning scene repeated again and again until its power has gone, cheapo looking sets, bad dubbed acting - I could go on, but the fact is, for all its faults this is a highly entertaining piece of schlock, if light years from Hammers peak (imo the Brides of Dracula/Revenge of Frankenstein period). In short, well worth a look but don't expect the power and verisimilitude of its contemporaries, Witchfinder General or Blood On Satans Claw
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