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Before Dracula, there was Carmilla — Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 Gothic novella that paved the way for Hammer’s first lesbian vampire on screen. This clip from Deep Cuts explores how The Vampire Lovers was able to pass British censors in the 1970s by leaning on Carmilla’s literary legitimacy rather than shock value.
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