Sunday 15 October 2017

WHEN SIGNINGS GO WRONG! IT'S NOT ME IT'S SIR IAN MCKELLEN PLUS THE EROTIC AND TERRIFYING!




#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! 'That's NOT me...It's Sir Ian McKellen!' I am sure this must have happened many time, but at this kerbside signing at a public event, Sir Christopher Lee keeps his composure, as his wife Gitte 'bristles'..as from within the anxious crowd of fans and autograph hunters, a hand thrusts out a glossy 10 x 8 photograph for Christopher's signature . . . . Let the ground open up and swallow me! I would have , died...




#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! Above Christopher Lee on the role that made him an international actor on the big and small screen, Count Dracula.




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Saturday 14 October 2017

NEWS: BBC FRIGHTNIGHT AIRS UNFILMED HAMMER DRACULA


Mark Gatiss directs Hammer Horror’s 'Unquenchable Thirst Of Dracula,' an unmade Hammer Horror script set in 1930s India. Lewis MacLeod (Dead Ringers) channels Christopher Lee as Dracula, whilst Michael Sheen narrates. The cast includes Nikesh Patel (Indian Summers, Midnight’s Children), Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir, Anna Madeley, Ayesha Dharker and Raj Ghatek and is adapted for radio by Mark Gatiss and Laurence Bowen.


Hammer Films is synonymous with horror, after defining the genre in Britain with classics including Dracula, The Curse Of Frankenstein and The Mummy. This new Radio 4 dramatisation is the first new Hammer Dracula production in 43 years and is part of Radio 4’s ongoing Unmade Movie series.



Mark Gatiss says: “What better way to celebrate Hallowe’en than with a lost Hammer movie? And not just any Hammer movie! Anthony Hind's thrillingly titled The Unquenchable Thirst Of Dracula is a wonderful, rich and atmospheric script and way ahead of its time - set in the 30s, a sort of 'Heat and Dust and Fangs'! It was nearly made in the early 70s on location in India and I was thrilled to assemble a fantastic cast headed by Nikesh Patel, Michael Sheen, Meera Syal and Anna Madeley to bring this forgotten gem to gory life.”


Michael Sheen says: "The prospect of a long lost Dracula script offering itself to me like a succulent pale neck was just too tempting. I devoured it in one sitting and cannot promise I won't strike again.”



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FRIDAY 13TH : BE LUCKY! #GIFS #GIFS #GIFS!


#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY! No walking under ladders, making special plans or superstition says, your plans will be thwarted today, #Friday13th .. Bad Luck, supposingly rules the fates today..and within the realms of THESE TWO GUYS...they couldn't be MORE unlucky, no matter what day it was!. Cushing's Baron Frankenstein and Christopher Lee's Count Dracula, sadly no matter the plot, HAD to fail come the roll of the end credits.








ABOVE: In no particular order, cinematically some of the deaths, mishaps and worst luck of Christopher Lee's Hammer film Dracula!

MAYBE THEY should have 'always carried two silver coins in their pockets?' 'Kiss a toad?' 'Tipped their hats to a Raven?'...all things that according to superstition, protect you, on this Curse Day of the year. DO YOU have any special rituals or routines, good luck talisman or carry a lucky rabbit foot on this day?? DO tell and share..I could do with some good luck, any day!



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Thursday 12 October 2017

'RARE LESSER SEEN PETER CUSHING SEASON': SOME MAY LIVE (1967)



SPOILERS: Here's a little PCAS exclusive, to start our 'Lesser Seen Peter Cushing Season'. 'SOME MAY LIVE' isn't a film you will see mentioned in many books on Cushing, if it is it will be a short synopsis, cast and distributor. It's a title that has out foxed most researchers, and has sadly been largely forgotten since it's short release by UK distributors Butchers in August 1967. Unlike many Vietnam War dramas, 'Some May Live' was produced while the War was still very much rolling on.



PRODUCED AT A TIME when GB was starting to feel the economic pinch and studios were looking for cheaper pot-boilers to bring in much needed work and finance, Foundation Pictures Krasne Entertainments, were looking for a film that could package Hollywood actors for the US market and secure a name for the home shores too, they offered Peter Cushing the leading role of John Meredith, shortly after he had wrapped work on Hammer films , 'Frankenstein Created Woman' at Bray studios and 'Night of the Big Heat' both with director Terence Fisher. Here Cushing is directed by Vernon Sewell, who in a just few weeks after completing this film, would go on to direct Cushing in 'Tigon films 'The Blood Beast Terror'.


'SOME MAY LIVE' tells the story of Kate Meredith, a decoder for American intelligence, who is compelled by her foreign correspondent husband, to give him classified information, which is then passed on to the Viet Cong. She is plagued with guilt, especially after her activities lead to an attempted assassination of a U. S. senator. In addition, she becomes disillusioned by her marriage and has an affair with the assistant to a high level army intelligence official. She becomes persuaded to relay false information to her husband even though she knows that it will likely result in his execution by the Communists. 


IT'S A GOOD WATCH, an entertaining film, with Hollywood actors Joseph Cotten and Martha Hyer adding name value, weight and drama, Cushing gets to flex some character muscles we don't see that often, which makes some scenes worth the watch in itself . .. MORE titles to come and another 'Lesser Seen' Peter Cushing film, next Wednesday...HERE! MANY thanks to film collector and archivist JEAN LAYETTE for helping us bring this little gem to your attention..You'll be hearing much about Jean in the coming weeks! MERCI JEAN!


ABOVE: One of the RARE airings of #SOMEMAYLIVE 
on television in 1993

TRIVIA: What is the connection between THS FILM and the BBC tv series, 'MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS'? 




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Tuesday 10 October 2017

PETER CUSHING: THE RARE THE BIZARRE AND THE WONDERFUL : THE LESSER SEEN!


#TOOCOOLTUESDAY! Every THURSDAY, your chance to watch the unreleased, the lost, the wonderful and the bizarre... 'The Lesser Seen Roles of Peter Cushing', starting this Thursday with the 1967 film, SOME MY LIVE.... here and at our PCAS You Tube Channel, with a supplement feature and stills and media gallery posted at the PCAS website. We'll have fun!



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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: CALLING MOFFAT AND GATISS: CAPALDI DRACULA MASH UP


#TOOCOOLTUESDAY! GOODNESS!! What do you think???? #petercapaldi #dracula #petercushing #greatidea #casting #doctorwho


NO STRANGER TO the story or character, Peter Capaldi appeared in a production DRACULA, at the half Moon Theatre (1985-85) in the role of Jonathan Harker, with actor Daniel Day Lewis playing, Dracula . . . 

 




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MR SMITH'S SON IS BACK FROM THE DEAD! HE IS VERY ANGRY AND NO DUMMY!



#MONSTERMONDAY! Asylum as most of you will know is a British Horror film, made in 1972, starring among many others, Peter Cushing, and Barry Morse. It is a horror anthology film, one of several produced by Amicus during the 1960's and 1970's.


Here Cushing and Morse star in a story entitled, 'THE WEIRD TAILOR' Here it is for your enjoyment! TRAVIA: Cushing Morse and their wives, Helen and Sydney were once traveling across London together in a double decker bus during the end of WW2...and were almost killed by a flying bomb....!






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Monday 9 October 2017

THE OLD ACID BATH TRICK! VINCENT PRICE TAKES A DIP!



#GETTHECUSHIONITSCUSHING: Scream and Scream Again (1970) has the honor of being the first film to star Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, though Price and Lee only share screen time in the film's climax, and Cushing, in his brief scene, shares no screen time with either Price or Lee.


A somewhat confusing film, in fact Price said he never understood the script at all. It was based on the novel "The Disoriented Man" by Peter Saxon. The film was a co-production between Amcius and AIP with Milton Subotsky getting the rites to the novel and financing from AIP.


If anyone out there has read the book, would be curious to know how closely the film follows it? Here is the weird scene in which Vincent Price as Dr. Browning is fighting with Konratz played by Marshall Jones.




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Saturday 7 October 2017

FREE HAMMER HORROR CONTACT SHEET AND CHRISTOPHER LEE COLOUR SHOTS FROM DRACULA CLASSIC!


#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY: TWO RARE set shots from a proof sheet of Christopher Lee during the making of hammer films, 'Dracula Has Risen From The Grave' (1968) . . . I love the one where he is trapped on that cross. Such a clever idea. BELOW, a great RARE COLOUR SHOT of Lee  and Barbara Ewing, another RARE colour contact proof publicity shot of Christopher Lee from 'RISEN' a SINGLE RARE publicity shot of Veronica from 'RISEN' AND A whole 12 shot FREE CONTACT SHEET of rare pics for you to print off, sample, restore...as you like . .. Is VERONICA your favorite actress in a Lee Hammer Dracula film? If not, WHO is?
 






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