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Ralph Bates was cast at very short notice: Peter Cushing was originally intended to play the lead but asked to bow out shortly before filming so that he could continue to look after his ailing wife. Bates later described this as "one of the worst films ever made."
It was preceded by The Vampire Lovers (1970) and followed by Twins of Evil (1971). The three films do not form a chronological development, but use the Karnstein family as the source of the vampiric threat and were somewhat daring for the time in explicitly depicting lesbian themes.
Ingrid Pitt turned down the lead because she thought the script was terrible. She starred in Countess Dracula instead.
Director Jimmy Sangster and star Ralph Bates disowned the film when they saw the finished product, including its Harry Fine inspired song 'Strange Love' with lyrics by independent producer Frank Godwin. Bates considered it "to be one of the worst films ever made."
Bernard Robinson was asked to be production designer but died hours after the offer was made.
"Mircalla: [to Le Strange] What else do you want to know? If I'm a vampire?"
"Richard Lestrange: I spent the whole of last night going through Giles's researches, and believe me they are powerful evidence. Mircalla: Evidence! Of what? Richard Lestrange: That you are a vampire."
