Something to sink your teeth into

Everyone should own at least one of Peter Cushing's vampire outings. In this 1970 offering from Hammer, the studio had woken up to the fact that the only films anyone was going out to see had naked ladies in them. The only British films anyway. So here's their effort.

Ingrid Pitt - who set many a manly heart aflame with her decadent looks and husky guttural accent - plays the lesbian vampire with a very loose nightie. Madeline Smith plays her rose-like victim. And even Kate O'Mara turns up, as a governess driven to the edge of sanity after becoming one of the ladies who munch. Another stake in the heart of the British movie industry, undead ever since.

Verdict: Toothsome.