I must say, Ian Matin did a terrific job on writing an adaptation of Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's classic vampire tale. I've read the story before, all 16 chapters of the Novella, and he stayed true to the story. In fact, I liked this version by CBSRMT way better than the version that the radio series of NIGHTFALL did. The NIGHTFALL series tried to rush the story along, changed names of characters, overdid the music, and tried to squeeze everything in 30 minutes. But this version on CBSMRT, there was more characterization and more development to enjoy. Our Host in the CBSRMT episode was enjoyable as well. E.G. Marshall explained the story clearly and explained the habits of human nature, understand that a nightmare can lose its terror, nothing is permanent, and how a vampire corpse is disposed of. The sound effects made the story more believable, felt like you were there hearing the sounds of nature by the drawbridge, the horses galloping and neighing, the door being knocked and opened, the howling wind by the drawbridge at night, the elephant gun being fired, the classical music at the ball, and the shoveling by the grave. The music, however, needed more frightful chills. Don't get me wrong, it was great to hear the music from the TWILIGHT ZONE in this, but there were other music tunes that made this Fantasy-Mystery feel more like a Drama-Mystery. When Laura & Carmilla are happy together, CBSRMT should've used the serene music from the 18-minute 50-second mark of Ep. #0508-THE GOLDEN PEOPLE. When the mystery begins to unfold as to who or what Carmilla really is, they should've used the bone-chilling tunes from the 37-minute 28-mark of Ep. #1245-THE JUDGE'S HOUSE. And as for the horrifying scenes of Carmilla's vampiric ways and/or her death, they should've used the ghastly music from the 43-minute 56-minute mark of Ep. #0034-THE DEADLY HOUR. And as for our cast, the best way to describe their acting, WICKEDLY ENTERTAINING! Martha Greenhouse was an ace as Contessa, Court Benson as Dr. Zulig & General Spielsdorf was on his game for playing 2 roles, Staats Cotsworth as George Stanton was wonderful, and I'd give a round of applause to our leading actresses: Mercedes McCambridge & Marian Seldes! Mercedes McCambridge pulled it off for playing Laura Statton at age 19 & 90. And Marian Seldes as Carmilla AKA Millarca AKA Mircalla Karnstein was another role she was destined to play. She played the dhampir in Ep. #0081-SUNSET TO SUNRISE and now she's the vampire in this bloody classic! Every vampire fan should listen to this and must go read Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's classic. 