Baroness Meinster

Baroness Meinster  (Martita Hunt) was the 19th century Transylvanian noblewoman and mother of Baron Meinster.    According to Hammer vampire by Bruce G Hallenbeck,  the original script by Jimmy Sangster described "monstrous, tainted matriarch"; rewrite by Peter Bryan changed this for more complicated characterization.  In the beginning of the film Baroness appears as the haughty and elegant aristocrat  but she soon shows remorse for the things she has done: indulging her  young son´s  cruelty and  "wicked games" and finding the victims to feed his blood lust. After Baron changes her as the vampire, she is the only Hammer vampire who willingly chooses euthanasia over more murders, and Van Helsing stakes her when the sun rises and Baroness falls asleep. 
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