 A tale of a female vampire, set in Styria, Austria.This story was to greatly influence Bram Stoker in writing "Dracula" (1897).It also served as the basis for several works in other media, such as Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's film "Vampyr" (1932), Hammer's film "The Vampire Lovers" (1970) and "Carmilla" a Canadian web series starring Natasha Negovanlis and Elise Bauman and directed by Spencer Maybee.