Countess Dracula

An ageing countess (Ingrid Pitt) discovers she can temporarily regain her youth by bathing in the blood of young women. She hatches a plan to pose as her own daughter and marry a younger man.

A slightly dull Hammer horror that is more medieval royal court period piece than gory exploitation, and definitely not a Dracula film.

It does have a pleasingly saucy streak which is quite amusing. There is a pretty strong commitment to capturing the look and feel of medieval Hungary which is perhaps thanks to the Hungarian director, but it does come as a surprise in an otherwise pretty campy film.

Worth the price of admission for a striking and shameless blood bath scene. Ingrid Pitt? More like Ingrid Fitt.