Before Bram Stoker created Dracula there was Carmilla written by an author named Sheridan Lefanu.

=) No need to go out and find a copy to purchase; here's the complete story right here:

(EDIT: See my next post below)

A number of movies have been made of the story, but with different titles most notably The Vampire Lovers. This was one of the many Hammer Studios productions.

[ September 18, 2003, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: Ghostdancer ]

I couldn't get that link to work.

Wrong link; sorry, here's the correct one:

http://www.sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/l_carmil.htm[/URL]