☆ ☆ ½
Twins
of Evil (1971) – J. Hough
70’s Hammer film that sees Peter Cushing
still chasing vampires – only this time he is a puritanical witchfinder who
burns poor women at the stake when they are suspected of evil. Unfortunately for him, he is soon visited by
twin nieces who attract the attention of the wicked Count Karnstein. Naturally, before long, one of them is a
vampire and Cushing must defeat the correct twin without getting confused. Although decked out in the usual Hammer
atmospherics, the film plods a bit, leers a lot, and doesn’t really seem
exciting or even scary until the final minutes when the vampires are
dispatched. Kathleen Byron (a favorite
of Powell and Pressburger’s) is here in a support role as Cushing’s wife, doing
her best to maintain her dignity. Probably not worth your time when there is
much better Hammer horror out there.
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