There are a lot of great things in this Italian movie that looks like something from Universal in the 30's which does give it uninteresting love especially with a 1960's sexual sensibility to it and more evil than Bela Lugosi's Dracula was allowed to show. Christopher Lee plays the patriarch of a wealthy family consumed by a vampire's curse which seems to turn their women into demonic creatures. There's a very dour housekeeper who seems to be the gatekeeper she's getting the evil release. She's basically a variation of Mrs. Danvers with Rebecca the demonic succubus, and that does add an interesting element to the film.
A damned vampiress seeks revenge on the family that destroyed her by making herself able to take over other women in the family. This leads to some very chilling moments, but there really aren't a lot of frights even though the atmosphere suggests that something evil is happening. It's like the script got vampire teeth marks in its neck which drained out the necessary plasma that would have made this better. Unfortunately, Lee is totally wasted (in his favor, he did a lot of films each year so this is more likely a quickly made appearance where he was allowed to do his few scenes in a matter of days and get out of there), but of course, any film that he's in has a bit of class added to it.
A damned vampiress seeks revenge on the family that destroyed her by making herself able to take over other women in the family. This leads to some very chilling moments, but there really aren't a lot of frights even though the atmosphere suggests that something evil is happening. It's like the script got vampire teeth marks in its neck which drained out the necessary plasma that would have made this better. Unfortunately, Lee is totally wasted (in his favor, he did a lot of films each year so this is more likely a quickly made appearance where he was allowed to do his few scenes in a matter of days and get out of there), but of course, any film that he's in has a bit of class added to it.