Well what can I say, after reading so many positive reviews on this film, I finally sat down and watched "Twins of Evil"! Highly recommend the Network Blu Ray and probably one of the best looking films I've seen. The titular duo are great, as is Damien Thomas, who is right up there with Lee and David Peel as the evil Count Karnstein. Peter Cushing is phenomenal in this, and at first I was expecting him to be the villain, you forget he is actually on the good side. Dennis Price I thought was decent as the hero character, just glad Cushing interrupted his musical number! As someone who admires cinematography, the sets and colour palette in the film is stunning, enhanced even more by the HD transfer, particularly the scenes in Karnstein's castle! The special effects are great too, especially the reflection shots, which I guess were accomplished with a fake mirror. Great soundtrack too. Just wish the Blu Ray had more extras or a commentary, though I understand a US release does so. Safe to say it is definitely going amongst my Hammer favourites! British Horror at its finest!

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

The third movie of the Karnstein Trilogy. Now this is a GOOD vampire film. LOVE the story. This one has much less focus on the lustful Countess Mircalla - in fact, not hardly any attention to her in this film. This movie has its focus on the twins Frieda and Maria instead.Twins of Evil will easily grab your attention right at the beginning of the film and hold it until the very end. This film has a Gothic setting, puritans on witch-hunts, black arts, Satanism, vampires, and a good vs evil theme - all of which are the makings for a good horror film - and this film has a good story surrounding these things.Yes this is can be a stand alone film - really you do not need to watch the first two films to know what is going on in this third because it has very little to do with them. The only thing that connects this third film is Countess Mircalla and she is in the film very little.This third film is worth watching! 9/10

The Austrian town of Karnstein isn't a very safe place for well-endowed, pretty young women: puritanical witch-hunter Gustav Weil (Peter Cushing) and his Brotherhood of religious fanatics like to burn them at the stake, while thrill-seeking nobleman Count Karnstein (Damien Thomas) prefers to use them as sacrifices in his Satanic games.Gustav's sexy twin teenage nieces, saintly Maria and wayward Frieda (Mary and Madeleine Collinson), might be free from persecution by The Brotherhood, but they are not safe from the count, who has recently been turned into a vampire, having accidentally revived his ancient undead ancestor Mircalla.The first two films in Hammer's Karnstein Trilogy, The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Lust For A Vampire (also 1970), featured plenty of nudity from its bevy of buxom starlets, making them great fun for those who enjoy the studio's more provocative efforts. For the final movie in the series, Twins of Evil, Hammer clearly decided to go one better in the sexy stakes—by casting real-life twin Playboy Playmates Mary and Madeleine Collinson.Somewhat surprisingly, there is little genuine nudity from the gorgeous twins (plenty of tempting cleavage, but only one topless scene from Madeleine), but regardless of this fact, Twins of Evil is arguably the best of the Karnstein series. The stunning Collinson sisters make for excellent eye-candy, but the film also benefits from elegant direction by John Hough, a wonderfully chilling performance from Peter Cushing, opulent sets and superb cinematography, and some shocking bright red gore in the film's closing moments, including a juicy impalement, a machete in the head, and a cool decapitation.