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Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu.It is one of the earliest works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. . First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), [1] [2] the story is narrated by a young woman who is preyed upon by a female vampire named "Carmil
The story is narrated by a young woman who is preyed upon by a female vampire named "Carmilla". The lead character is the original prototypical example of the lesbian vampire, expressing romantic desires toward the protagonist.
But lesbian vampires, in particular, have enjoyed a certain popularity. Beginning with early film adaptations of 19th-century novels to a present-day small-screen resurgence, the subgenre has ...
The Vampire Lovers (1970), set in 1794 Styria, starred Polish-born Ingrid Pitt as lesbian vampire Countess Mircalla Karnstein (born 1522, died 1546). The film was based on the famous 1872 novella "Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; [1] the name Mircalla being an anagram of Carmilla, which is an alias Mircalla uses throughout the story.
The genre has its roots in Sheridan le Fanu's novella Carmilla about the love of a female vampire for a young woman: . Sometimes after an hour of apathy, my strange and beautiful companion would take my hand and hold it with a fond pressure, renewed again and again; blushing softly, gazing in my face with languid and burning eyes, and breathing so fast that her dress rose and fell with the ...
Female Vampire (a.k.a. The Bare-Breasted Countess) is a horror film written, directed, and co-edited by Jesús Franco. [1] It was produced in 1973, but was only theatrically distributed in 1975. [2] The film is set in Madeira and stars actress Lina Romay as Irina von Karlstein
The Blow Vampire (1706 Kadam, Bohemia) Blutsauger (Germany) – Variant: Blutsäuger; Boo Hag (America) Boraro – Colombian folklore; Brahmaparush (India) Breslan Vampire (17th Century Breslau, Poland) Bruja (Spain and Central America) Bruxa (Portugal) – Males being called Bruxo; the Buckinghamshire Vampire (1196 Buckinghamshire, England)
In Styria, 1794, a female vampire in a diaphanous gown materialises from a misty graveyard and kills a man she lures out of a tavern. While going back to her grave, she finds her shroud missing. She is thus forced to face Baron Hartog, a vampire hunter who was stalking her in order to avenge the death of his sister. He decapitates her.