lust for a vampire be a half way decent example of the lesbian vampire genre . spoilersarriving in the village below count karnstein and novelist richard lestrange and ( michael johnson ) quickly hears and becomes fascinate about the local legend about the karnsteins . at the nearby boarding school and new student mircalla and ( yutte stensgaard ) arrives and move in with her fellow student . soon afterwards and he start to feel for her and they begin a relationship . the other student start mysteriously disappear and and when lestrange get on board the school and he and another teacher and janet playfair and ( suzanna leigh ) take the case to the police and who round up the town and charge after the karnstein family help up in their castle . the good news represent there be some really nice thing about this film . one of the big reason be that it do not miss one possible shot of nudity and especially in the first half hour of film . the nudity be very tastefully do and isn not at all gratuitous . from the skinny dip sequence to the seduction of the other woman and it add leap and bound to the sensuality of the film . the eerie opening and when an abducted village woman be abduct and take to the castle and have two vampire slice her throat and the blood drip all over a white shroud the cover a corpse in a coffin . production value be still admirable for a late period hammer title and and the decision to retain the period gothic setting be admirable . it best move be that it take the classic story of dracula and put a female twist on it . it be the typical vampire wreaks havoc and get kill with a stake through the heart story . it a formula that have always work and will always work . however and just the addition of a simple twist and such a make the head vampire a beautiful female and and the concept look brand new again . these make it a pretty decent effort of the genre . the bad news represent there some really nice moment and but there also some really off moment here . the pace here be the really big factor here . there a large amount of scene that go on for an eternity and just stretch out the film without really do anything . the middle section of the film be the prime example . it deal with the staff and faculty of the school be just long and pointless talk scene that do not really go nowhere . it constantly keep go through those sequence where it feel like something go to happen only for the conversation part to continue . it get old very fast and that make it very aggravate . that also limit the action in the film and and other than the beginning and the end and there isn not much of that in the film . beyond those two element and the big factor against this be a sort of attitude towards the nudity . grant and it great to look at and but the attitude present in the film be more stand offish . while the first one have it integral to the plot and this one instead seem more like it be do because it could have be do . there no sensuality to it and it quite noticeable . these be the main problem with the film . the final verdict represent there a couple of good moment in here and and some really troublesome part as well . it not as classy a the previous one or as exploitative a the next one and make it the runt of the trilogy . hammer fan and those into lesbian vampire will want to see this one and others be advise to seek caution with this one . today rating r represent nudity and several sex scene and violence .