horror film, Scream of the Demon Lover. It has become a cult film. Box office Stephanie Rothman admitted the film's commercial reception was disappointing. She thought the problem may have been the movie: Fell between two stools. It's not a traditional horror film nor a hard-core exploitation movie. In some places it was booked into art theatres. In others it had one-week saturation release in drive-ins and hard-top theaters. There was no consistent distribution pattern for it because people responded differently to it and I think that may be part of the problem. Also it was an independent producer. There were a lot of other competing vampire movies at the time with star names. ... But the film has not been forgotten. It keeps popping up at festivals and retrospectives, even though it did not draw attention to itself at the box office. Critical The Los Angeles Times wrote "Miss Rothman is at her best in love scenes... handled with rare sensual beauty and taste. Unfortunately there's little else to be said for The Velvet Vampire." See also List of American films of 1971 References External links A review of the movie 1971 films American vampire films Vampire comedy films 1971 horror films American comedy horror films Films set in country houses Erotic fantasy films 1970s comedy horror films New World Pictures films 1971 comedy films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films