TWINS OF EVIL

Before BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA and Robert Eggers's NOSFERATU, there was TWINS OF EVIL. Gustav (Peter Cushing, THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN) is a witch-hunter at odds with his twin nieces (Mary and Madeleine Collinson). When the ladies arrive at Gustav’s home, they question his morality. But they never question the morality of falling in love with a vampire named Count Karnstein. Produced by Hammer Films (HORROR OF DRACULA, QUARTERMASS AND THE PIT) in the twilight days of their horror reign, TWINS OF EVIL explodes with gothic visuals, elegant erotica, and brutal violence. But it’s also an affecting cautionary tale about the dangers of repression, idealization, and ghost-conjuring.