The Kiss of the Vampire
The Kiss of the Vampire also known as Kiss of Evil is a 1963 British vampire film made by the film studio Hammer Film Productions. The film was directed by Don Sharp and was written by producer Anthony Hinds, credited under his writing pseudonym John Elder.
Originally intended to be the third movie in Hammers Dracula series which began with 1958s Dracula with Christopher Lee, and was followed by 1960s The Brides of Dracula with Peter Cushing, it was another attempt by Hammer to make a Dracula sequel without Christopher Lee. The final script, by Anthony Hinds, makes no reference to Dracula, and expands further on the directions taken in Brides by portraying vampirism as a social disease afflicting those who choose a decadent lifestyle. The film went into production onSeptember 1962 at Bray Studios.The films climax, involving black magic and swarms of bats, was originally intended to be the ending of The Brides of Dracula, but the star of that film, Peter Cushing, objected that Van Helsing would never resort to black sorcery. In fact, the paperback novelization of Brides does use this ending. ........
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