As I've posted previously, Mercendes McCambrige is completely unconvincing in the lead role of Carmilla just as she is in any other in which we're supposed to accept her as young, pretty, or underweight. Anyone who has seen her in much older TV and film productions (particularly when she guest starred on BONANZA in the early 1960s) know that she was middle-aged, average-looking, and a bit hefty. So I'm among those radio (or in this case Mp3) listeners not fooled by storylines trying to physically pass familiar-looking actors off in ways other than we know them to appear.

Mercedes had a raspy voice by the 1960s, and by the 70s when she did CBSRMT in several episodes it was even more ingratiating. Sorry if I'm coming off as harsh, but I think her friendship with Himan Brown is the only reason she appeared on the Mystery Theater so many times.

That's the main reason why I didn't like this particular episode. I just can't accept her in the role, and I didn't care much for the story either. But since I heard "Carmilla" like any other episode of this show, that's the reason I didn't listen to the remake that Sears Radio Theater presented early in 1979. 