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Long before Count Dracula sucked blood, there was “Carmilla”, the eerie 1872 Gothic novella

A quarter century before Bram Stoker put the super supernatural and horror tale of Count Dracula on the page, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu wrote Carmilla, the 1872 novella that greatly influenced Stoker.
The seductive vampire Carmilla attacks the sleeping Bertha Rheinfeldt.
Now there’s the film, courtesy of Film Movement, in which fifteen-year-old Lara (played by Hannah Rae) lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine (Jessica Raine). Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl (Devrim Lignau) into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.

Read the novella and see the flick, or see the flick and read the novella. Halloweed in right around the corner.