Predating Bram Stoker' "Dracula," Carmilla is the ultimate gothic
vampire tale stylish, menacing, sensual, and spellbinding
"You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever. "
When a mysterious carriage crashes outside their castle home in Styria,
Austria, Laura and her father agree to take in its injured passenger, a
young woman named Carmilla. Delighted to have some company of her own
age, Laura is instantly drawn to Carmilla. But as their friendship
grows, Carmilla's countenance changes and she becomes increasingly
secretive and volatile. As Carmilla's moods shift and change, Laura
starts to become ill, experiencing fiendish nightmares, her health
deteriorating night after night. It is not until she and her father,
increasingly concerned for Laura's well-being, set out on a trip to
discover more about the mysterious Carmilla that the terrifying truth
reveals itself."