In the province of Styria in the circle of Austria, General Spielsdorf is holding a party. The exoctic Countess leaves her beautiful daughter Marcilla with the General while she travels across Europe.
Marcilla befriends Spielsdorf 's niece, Laura, but the girl is troubled with recurring nightmares of an attack by a giant cat, and falls ill.
Marcilla devotes herself to Laura but the girl dies, after wich Marcilla mysteriously disappears. Grieving deeply, the General sets off to find his friend Baron Hartog.Meanwhile, Marcilla (now calling herself Carmilla) appears at the household of an Englishman called Morton, who lives near to the General. Morton's daughter Emma is seduced by Carmilla.
Spielsdorf returns with Baron Hartog, who tells of the legend of the Karnsteins, a family of Vampires whom he attempted to wipe out some years before.He was unable to destroy one Vampire, a woman called Mircalla, revealed in a portrait to be Marcilla - Carmilla.
At Morton hall, Emma has fallen ill, drained of blood by Carmilla. Carl Ebhardt, Laura Spielsdorf 's beau, rides off to rescue Emma, and reaches her just in time.Carmilla disappears and transports herself back to Karnstein Castle, where Spielsdorf and Hartog are waiting to behead her.
With Carmilla dies the last of the Karnsteins.The End
Cast
Ingrid Pitt - Mircalla / Marcilla / Carmilla
Peter Cushing - The General
Pippa Steele - Laura
Madeline Smith - Emma
George Cole - Morton
Dawn Addams - The Countess
Kate O'Mara - Governess
Douglas Wilmer - Baron Hartog
Jon Finch - Carl
John Forbes Robertson - Man in Black
Ferdy Mayne - Doctor
Director - Roy Ward Baker
Producer - Harry Fine and Michael Style
Screenplay - Harry Fine / Tudor Gates / Michael Style - Adapted from J. Sheridan le Fanu's story " Carmilla "
Music - Harry Robinson
Special Effects - ?
Make-Up Supervisor - Tom Smith
91 Minutes - Colour - 1970
