Carla Lynde

Carla Lynde is a vampire in "The Cloak" segment of the 1971 horror film "The House That Dripped Blood". The film consisted of four stories that each took place in the same old manor house at different times and when there were different people living in the house. The Cloak was first published as a short story in May, 1939. Paul decides to go shopping for a more realistic wardrobe than the cheap materials provided him by the set of the studio. In an antique costume shop he finds the perfect cloak. The problem is that the cloak does strange things when Paul puts it on. For example, he can't see himself in a mirror. Second, he has a strange cumpulsion to bite Carla in the neck. The last problem is that he has grown fangs and he can't seem to keep his feet on the ground. Paul had determined that when he wears the cloak at midnight, he has turned into a real life vampire.

When Paul tries to explain the cloak to Carla, she taunts him into wearing it in front of her in order to prove that there's nothing wrong with it. When the clock strikes midnight, Just as Carla predicted, nothing happens. However, Paul notices that he's only wearing the studio cape. Carla pulls out the real cape, drapes it around her shoulders, bares her own fangs, and goes after Paul. She tells him that she has been sent to turn Henderon into another vampire. Her comment is that the other vampires were so impressed with his work that they wanted him to be one of them. Carla flies toward a screaming Henderson and begins to turn him into a vampire. carla lynde is the supreme commander of the mighty female lords!