Ingrid Pitt and Madeline Smith in Hammer Films’ classic lesbian vampire flick THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970), based on Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 novel “Carmilla” (which predates Dracula). In the story, Carmilla mysteriously arrives in town and is invited to stay with a wealthy widower and she befriends his daughter, Laura. Young women in the town start to get sick and pass away as the vampire makes her rounds. Carmilla seems to have a romantic interest in Laura and the girl begins to have