Twins of Evil (1971) 480p Peter Cushing, The Collinson Twins - Hammer Horror

Horror | UK | English | 87min | Director: John Hough Cast: Peter Cushing, Madeleine Collinson, Mary Collinson, Kathleen Byron, Inigo Jackson, Judy Matheson, Harvey Hall, Alex Scott, Shelagh Wilcocks, Roy Stewart, Luan Peters, Damien Thomas, Dennis Price, Maggie Wright, Katya Wyeth 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. 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.