Ep741: Son of Hammerland: THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970)
Just when you thought it was safe to leave "Hammerland", Ian and Aaron return to the murky meadows of gothic greatness with "Son of Hammerland"!
In 2021 the guys examined all of the Dracula and Frankenstein movies from Hammer Films. This year they'll explore the "off-brand" eerieness of the studio's other fright flicks...beginning with Roy Ward Baker's transformative exploitation thriller, The Vampire Lovers!
Ingrid Pitt stars as a centuries-old lesbian vampiress whose thirst for blood is curtailed when she meets the beautiful and virginal Emma (Madeline Smith). Though filled with familiar genre conventions, this movie kicks open the coffin to more explicit violence and nudity, which Hammer hoped would make it competitive in the new decade.
Watch as Ian and Aaron debate the effectiveness of this move, and one of them reveals a surprising (if inconsistent) stance on lurid displays of flesh!
Show Links:
Watch the Vampire Lovers trailer.
Buy the new Vampire Lovers Collector's Edition Blu-ray from Shout! Factory.
Watch the latest episode of "Featured Extras", in which Ian and Aaron dig into Shout! Factor's new Vampire Lovers Blu-ray!
Check out Aaron's written review of the Vampire Lovers Blu-ray.
Listen to Ian and Aaron discuss 1974's Vampyres (mentioned in the show).
Catch up with the guys' original journey into darkness with our "Hammerland" playlist!
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