Incense for the Damned is a 1972 British horror film about friends searching for a missing Oxford student in Greece. They discover he’s under a sadistic vampire’s spell. They think they kill her but he’s now a vampire too, unbeknownst to them.
The movie stars Patrick Macnee, Patrick Mower and Peter Cushing. Based on Doctors Wear Scarlet by Simon Raven. Released in the USA as Bloodsuckers.
Director Robert Hartford-Davies (Corruption) disowned the film after post-production changes and the inclusion of a psychedelic orgy scene (featuring 
an uncredited appearance by Françoise Pascal). It wasn’t released in the UK until September 1972.
Plot:
A young university student has disappeared in Greece. When his friends search for him they notice that wherever he has been a number of murders have taken place.
They find their friend under the spell of a beautiful vampire, whose blood-sucking methods include the use of sex. Believing that they have killed her, the group return to England, unaware that their friend is now a vampire…
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Cast and characters:
Patrick Macnee … Derek Longbow
Peter Cushing … Doctor Walter Goodrich
Alexander Davion … Tony Seymore
Johnny Sekka … Bob Kirby
Madeleine Hinde … Penelope
Patrick Mower … Richard Fountain
Imogen Hassall … Chriseis
Edward Woodward … Doctor Holstrom
William Mervyn … Marc Honeydew
David Lodge … Colonel
John Barron … Diplomat
Filming locations:
Greece and Cyprus in Spring 1969.
Censorship:
British censors the BBCF demanded cuts to obtain an ‘X’ certificate (adults over eighteen years only) which was issued on the 2nd November 1971.
Opening credits:
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