If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Absolutely the worst movie.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Blistering performances.

viewing in glorious black and white will make all the difference. The story is pretty straight forward as far as vampire/devil worship/witch hunt movies go, but the execution of this simple tale is outstanding on every other level..the acting, the wardrobe, cinema photography were all top notch. Warning! This film has sinful devil worshiping, bloodletting, human sacrifices, young nubile witch burnings, head decapitation, and plenty of heaving bosoms.

Anyone who thinks the current (2015) ISIS crisis is extraordinary might watch this great movie and reflect that things come round, and sometimes we don't like that.There are fundamentalist idiots who do extreme awfulness, in the name of their 'god', there are idle, arrogant, privileged wealthy who try to pleasure themselves at the expense of anyone else, and then, there are the ordinary folk, some of whom are prepared to act and change things for the better. Much like today?Peter Cushing is the evil Gustav who burns beautiful girls for fun, hey, didn't people deal to girls they thought were witches in Salem and numerous other places a relatively few years ago? Kathleen Bryon his suffering wife, hey, did he ever get his trousers off? Maybe not? Then there are his nieces, the beautiful but willful Collinson twins. Oh, so cute. David Warbeck and Isobel Black are brother and sister, perhaps teachers and good people.In the realm of horror, this is a good example, and one with a twist or two. I rate it a 7

TWINS OF EVIL is the third and final of Hammer's Karnstein trilogy and it has the most interesting storyline of all three. That's because the film combines two successful sub-genres of horror, the witch-burning film and the vampire movie. The two subjects don't necessarily go hand in hand so it's remarkable at just how successfully they combine here.The movie is headlined by Peter Cushing in one of his most villainous performances as a witch hunter who'd give Matthew Hopkins a run for his money. Cushing spends half the movie burning innocent girls alive and the other half being a general fiend and antagonist, and what's really special is that Cushing still finds the spark of humanity deep within his character. You hate him, but a small part of you admires him despite his actions.The Karnstein plodding is familiar stuff, with Damien Thomas an acceptable if unremarkable villain; the stuff with the twins, Mary and Madeleine Collinson, is less interesting (they weren't cast for their acting talents, after all) but they don't have an overwhelming amount of screen time. David Warbeck has a nice role as a youthful hero. As usual, TWINS OF EVIL wins out thanks to the sumptuous production values, even at this late stage of the Hammer game; the film is a visual treat of cobwebby castles, ruined graveyards, and haunted crypts, contrasting with the general bucolic charm of the period.

The last of Hammer's Karnstein trilogy, based loosely on the 19th Century Sheridan Le Fanu novel "Carmilla", TWINS OF EVIL followed THE VAMPIRE LOVERS and LUST FOR A VAMPIRE, both of which were released in 1970. Noted primarily for the appearance of Mary and Madeleine Collinson, 19-year old twins (and former Playboy Playmates, having appeared together in the October, 1970 Centerfold…) this movie is really so much more than just a vehicle for two lovely young women with dubious acting talent.Twin girls, Frieda and Maria, have recently lost their parents, and are sent to live with their uncle Gustav, (played to perfection by the always-great Peter Cushing…) the head of a sect of witch-hunters called 'The Brotherhood.' Gustav is embroiled in conflict with the local Baron, a descendant of the original Mircalla Karnstein, the Vampiress. Soon, Karnstein decides that his usual debaucheries have grown wearisome. He sacrifices a virgin to Satan, and is visited by the ghost of Mircalla, who transforms him into a Vampire. He turns his attentions to the beautiful nieces of his hated enemy, intending to corrupt the girls.While I can't deny that the Collinson twins are the best thing about this film, Cushing's performance as the Witchfinder is certainly a close second. Contrasted with Vincent Price's over-the-top portrayal of Matthew Hopkins in THE CONQUEROR WORM, Cushing plays Gustav as a real, three-dimensional character. Yes, he does horrible things… but he feels that they are necessary, and sanctioned by God. He's not a sadist, but a zealot. The differences in the two may be minute, but Cushing gets the most out of them.This one's probably not for everyone, certainly not the young. But fans of Hammer, and especially of Peter Cushing, need to see this one.