The picture is set in 1807 , Cajlice , Central Europe . The countess (Lucia Bose) masquerades the death her husband (Espartaco Santoni), as she needs blood to maintain facade of youth . The count abducts gorgeous girls from small village nearby the castle . Meanwhile , he falls in love with a countrywoman (Ewa Aulin) . The girls are killed and finally the countess can take her bath in their blood while being watched by the count .
Rather erotic Spanish-Italian co-production plenty of killings , suspense and horror . The story takes parts here and there from Sheridan LeFanu's Carmilla and the legend based on historical figure Elizabeth Bathory . Interesting casting , as an attractive and mature Lucia Bose who long time ago played for Antionini and an elegant noble well played by Espartaco Santoni who acted in various horror films , such as ¨Lisa and devil¨ , ¨Night of the demon¨ , ¨Exorcism's daughter¨. And Ewa Aulin who performed along with Marlon Brando in ¨Cindy¨. Colorful cinematography in Hammer style by Fernando Arribas . Creepy , eerie musical score by Carlo Savina . The motion picture was well directed by Jorge Grau who made a Zombie classic called ¨Living dead at Manchester Morgue¨ or ¨Sleeping corpses lie¨ . Other movies about this Bathory legend are the followings : ¨The countess vampire¨ (72) by Peter Sasdy with Ingrid Pitt and Nigel Green and episode of ¨Immoral tales¨ (1974) by Valerian Borowickz with Paloma Picasso . And referred to Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla are ¨The vampire lover¨ (70) by Roy Ward Baker with Ingrid Pitt and Peter Cushing and followed by ¨Lust for vampire¨ (71) by Jimmy Gangster with Ralph Bates and Barbara Jefford.
