Vampire Lovers, The (1970) Directed by Roy Ward Baker Writing credits: Sheridan Le Fanu (story) Harry Fine (adaptation) Cast: Ingrid Pitt .... Marcilla/Carmilla/Mircalla Karnstein George Cole .... Roger Morton Kate O'Mara .... The Governess (Mme. Perrodot) Peter Cushing .... General von Spielsdorf Ferdy Mayne .... Doctor Douglas Wilmer .... Baron Joachim von Hartog Madeline Smith .... Emma Morton Dawn Addams .... The Countess Jon Finch .... Carl Ebhardt Pippa Steel .... Laura (as Pippa Steele) Kirsten Betts .... 1st Vampire Janet Key .... Gretchin Harvey Hall .... Renton John Forbes-Robertson .... Man in Black Charles Farrell .... Landlord Synopsis: The Countess is called away to tend a sick friend and imposes on the General to accept her daughter Marcilla as a houseguest. Soon after some of the villagers begin dying, and the General's daughter Laura rapidly becomes weaker and paler by the day. Based on the story "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu.