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Simply A Masterpiece

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

The first must-see film of the year.

this lesser known hammer vampire flick is actually an official part of the hammer Dracula 10 film series and I really wonder why IMDb is not including it as a sequel to horror of Dracula and brides of Dracula hammer first 2 Dracula films released in 1958 and 1960 respectively.After the refusal of sir lee to appear as the count from 1958 to 1966 hammer released two films without sir lee in 1960 and 1963 loose sequels to the 1958 Dracula film which continued and expanded the vampirism story further.the first was brides of Dracula 1960 in which even peter cushing reprised the role he had in the first Dracula film from 1958 and the 2nd one is this movie which continued to explore the Dracula related stories and it should have marked at IMDb as a sequel to the hammer official Dracula films.A beautiful film with all the hammer elements u loved and it's only flaw is that Sir lee and peter cushing are not in the movie.not great like the rest of the Dracula hammer films but still a worthy addition to the series AND NOT TO MISS.GRADE B - = 7 out of 10

Edward de Souza and Jennifer Daniel play the Harcourts, a honeymooning couple who strand themselves in the Southern European wilderness. They graciously accept the hospitality of a castle dwelling local family called the Ravnas, led by a pleasant patriarch (Noel Willman). Unbeknownst to Gerald Harcourt, this aristocratic family has sinister plans for his wife, so he must call upon a vampire expert named Professor Zimmer (Clifford Evans).A little more mystery may have added to the overall impact; as it is, we're all pretty sure of where this is headed. But that doesn't mean that this isn't good, under rated Hammer. It looks positively gorgeous (especially on Blu-ray), just like the majority of Hammer product, and is intoxicatingly atmospheric during its uneasiest moments. One does feel that they are in the presence of true Evil. James Bernard is again an essential element to this formula, adding another eerie score to his resume. The costume ball that plays into the story allows for one good twist. The film is directed by Australian born Don Sharp, definitely an under rated genre director during this era (he deserves to be just as well known as frequent Hammer director Terence Fisher). Screenwriter Anthony Hinds updates the action a bit; this takes place in a slightly more "modern" period than many Hammer stories, since the Harcourts are getting around in a car. His resolution offers another interesting twist that this viewer hasn't seen in any vampire film before.The cast is excellent. Evans is no Peter Cushing, but he's a reasonably engaging vampire hunter. Daniel and de Souza are very likable. Willman is an effective villain, and Barry Warren is likewise solid as his son. Peter Madden and Vera Cook are appealing as the innkeepers, and John Harvey impresses in his brief turn as a police sergeant. The young ladies present are often sumptuously lovely."The Kiss of the Vampire" entertains in deliberately paced, ominous fashion; it's a Hammer film that deserves to be better known.Seven out of 10.

This has got to be the most boring and unscary vampire film I have ever seen. The only scene worth watching is the opening scene which lasts maybe 5 minutes after that it is all down hill. Nothing happens after the opening scene except one part where a man is bitten by a vampire and then the ending. The movie is 88 minutes long and out of that only 10 minutes of it is worth watching - if that long. I'm all for subtle horror but this movie really does not have it - it's just a bunch of dressed up people standing around talking about nothing throughout most of the film. I was bored to tears with this movie.The ONLY thing this movie has going for it is the theme music - and that is it! The music is the only reason to rate this film besides the fact that it is a Hammer and Universal film.Update: I've rewatched this one again, and I will raise my rating up 2 points. It's a little better the second time around but I'm still finding I'm bored with it generally speaking. I really want to like this film but I'm still finding it just *meh*. 4/10

There is so much that is good about this film that it is such a shame that it is brought down from what might have been an excellent movie, by poor leads and a slowness after the good opening. Edward de Souza and Jennifer Daniel as the newlyweds in peril sleepwalk the first half hour and their lack of charisma, not helped by crass writing, is almost enough to crash this venture before halfway through. However, this is beautifully shot, with fantastic sets and costumes and there are excellent scenes. The opening is effective, the masked ball entrancing and the final denouement is sensational even though the bats aren't particularly well executed. Well worth seeing, but it could have been so much more. I'm not sure I buy the story about the film's release being delayed because of the similarity of the bat attack and a similar scene in Hitchcock's, The Birds. It makes no sense to me for this to have been made first then have it's release delayed till after that for the Hitch film. Maybe I'm missing something but I reckon this might have been thought to be too horrific but then released after The Birds had got away with it.