I'm sure Gothic horror can be wonderful if it's done well, but I really prefer the psychological approach. I think that The Vampire Lovers was very close to what I wanted it to be. I liked that film, and still like it today - which is amazing. There are just one or two scenes which I wish I could do again. But I think the film comes off as very, very subtle.
Some people consider it an historical drama or melodrama, rather than a horror story.
She lived for four years in this sort of square of air in a little keep with a little opening through which they passed food to her. That was the way her life ended, in a little 4' by 4' hole in the ground. But there are so many remakes coming out now. Well that really doesn't affect me. That's what I said to Michael Carreras once, about how much untapped literature there is that has yet to be filmed.