The aged Countess Elisabeth, (Ingred Pitt), with the help of her steward, and would be suiter, Captain Dobi (Nigel Green), is an old and brutal ruler of a medieval principality. She discovers that washing in the blood of young girls restores her youthful looks, and presses Dobi to provide the raw material for her remarkable make overs. The Countess, now a young beauty begins an affair with a dashing young man by pretending to be her own daughter, much to Dobi's annoyance. But all these young woman going missing is bound to be noticed sooner or later.The story is based on the Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Barthory, who killed many women. But that is as close to Dracula as it gets, the film is less of a gothic horror than most Hammer films, rather its a study in the lengths women will go to to retain or regain youth. A well made film, but its leisurely pace is rather slow for me, a stand out Hammer, just not one of my favourites.
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