Thursday, August 5, 2021

Twins of Evil (1971)

An excellent Hammer horror. Twins Freida (Madeleine Collinson) and Maria (Mary Collinson) are sent to live with their Uncle Gustav (Peter Cushing) in the countryside. Unfortunately their uncle is the leader of a fanatical Puritan sect who hunt for witches and burn them alive. The girls also live in the shadow of the castle of Count Karnstein (Damien Thomas), who really is a servant of Satan.

Despite the pleadings of the teacher Anton (David Warbeck) that their methods are flawed, Gustav's Puritans continue to pursue and burn young girls. Meanwhile the Count inducts Freida into the dark path of the vampire. Her insatiable lust for blood really does turn the village upside down...

Although nothing too original, this is a fun Hammer horror and vampire film which takes advantage of real identical twins for some big bosomed identity switching. The film has plenty of fake blood, dubious "Satanic" rituals and a big slice of cheese. All you really want from an early 1970s Hammer horror.