The Vampire Lovers an approval rating of 56%, based on nine reviews, and is certified "rotten". "The Vampire Lovers" was released on 26 August 2003 on DVD by MGM Home Video (Fox Video) as a double-sided "Midnite Movies Double Feature" DVD consisting of both "The Vampire Lovers" and "Countess Dracula" (1971). Scream Factory released the film on Blu-ray on 30 April 2013. The Vampire Lovers The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British-American gothic horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith, Kate O'Mara and Jon Finch. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions. It is based
Blood of the Vampire (1958). The producers hired Jimmy Sangster, writer of both those movies, to do the screenplay. Shooting took four weeks. "Blood of the Vampire" was distributed in the UK by Eros Films and in the USA by Universal International. Posters for "Blood of the Vampire" indicate that it was considered an adults-only film in France and the UK at the time of its release. French posters note that viewing by people under age 16 was prohibited and UK posters show that the film carried an X Certificate from the British Board of Film Censors, which prohibited the exhibition of the movie