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THAT FEMALE TOUCH : WOMEN IN GOTHIC: EUNICE GAYSON : BRUCE G HALLENBECK

August 8, 2015, 4:31 am
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When the Baron returned in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958),he had another woman to contend with. This time, her name was Margaret Conrad, and she was portrayed by London-born Eunice Gayson, a veteran of television who had also worked for Hammer in To Have and to Hold (1951) and who had appeared in Val Guest's comedy Carry on Admiral (1957), which despite its title, was not a part of Peter Rogers'Carry on series, which would not commence until the following year`



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The character of Margaret Conrad was a nurse to the mysterious 'Dr Stein' (Guess who?) in his hospital for 'the poor and needy.' Gayson, of course, would achieve even more everlasting fame in 1962's Dr No when she provided a tuxedoed Sean Connery one of the most famous cues in screen history: 'I admire your luck, Mr…?' she inquiresat a card table. Connery's reply, for the first time, is: 'Bond…James Bond.' She became one of the few actresses to appear in two Bond movies, returning for the following year's From Russia With Love in the same role.


In this case, the Baron's new creation is a far more human and sympathetic one, beautifully played by the expressive Michael Gwynn. As Margaret, Gayson has even less to do than Court had in Curse, but she does serve to advance the narrative when she inadvertently releases the 'creature' from his bonds. She also serves as 'Beauty' to Gwynn's 'Beast,' as the creature Karl finds himself in love with her from afar.

DEADLY SYMPATHY FOR KARL
EUNICE GAYSON AND MICHAEL GWYNN 



The self-confessed romantic Terence Fisher is afforded every opportunity by Jimmy Sangster's screenplay to play up the unrequited love element for all it's worth, and he makes the most of it The Revenge of Frankenstein - is one part horror, one part black comedy, one part love story - is high water mark of Hammer's Frankenstein series.


Written by Bruce G Hallenbeck
Artwork and Design: Marcus Brooks Jamie Sumerville
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NEWS: ROGUE WARS TO FEATURE DIGITALLY RECREATED CUSHING GRAND MOFF TARKIN

August 22, 2015, 5:12 pm
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NEWS: AS REPORTED IN MAIL ON SUNDAY TODAY : AUGUST 23RD 2015

As the grim-faced star of countless horror films including Dracula and Dr Frankenstein, Peter Cushing raised life from beyond the grave, But now the British actor, who died in 1994, will be raised from the dead himself.

 
Cushing, star of many Hammer House of Horror movies, will be digitally recreated in the new Star Wars spin-off Rogue One, which is being filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire and is due to be released late next year.

In the original 1977 Star Wars, Cushing played evil Grand Moff Tarkin, commander of the Death Star and 'boss' of Darth Vader. In the new film Cushing, who died of prostate cancer aged 81, will be painstakingly brought back to life using the latest Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) techniques.


A source told The Mail on Sunday: 'This is one of the most complex and costly CGI re-creations ever. Cushing is a pivotal plot line as he was the one to create Darth Vader and there's a whole back story that will come out.'

But the film-makers face one particularly tough task – creating Cushing's legs and feet.


When director George Lucas filmed the original Star Wars, he gave Cushing and other Galactic Imperial officers ill-fitting leather riding boots. Cushing complained so bitterly that Lucas let him wear slippers, forcing cameramen to shoot from the knees up or have him stand behind the Death Star conference table.


'They are going through hours and hours of old footage from the horror movies to recreate his legs and feet to produce realistic movements,' said the source. 'It is eerie to see someone who has been dead for so long come to life on a screen.'


CGI has been used before to complete movies when actors have died during production, including when Oliver Reed suffered a fatal heart attack while filming Russell Crowe's Gladiator in 1999.


 Story: Caroline Graham for The Mail on Sunday
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DR WHO AND THE DALEKS : RELEASED 50 YEARS AGO TODAY

August 23, 2015, 10:09 am
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the release of AARU Productions of 'DR WHO AND THE DALEKS' starring Peter Cushing as Dr Who, supported by Roy Castle, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey. The film is based on the second serial of the British science fiction Doctor Who television programme, The Daleks, produced by the BBC. Shot in Technicolor, it is the first Doctor Who story to be made in colour and in a widescreen format.


Peter Cushing's portrayal of Dr Who was never intended to form part of the ongoing storylines of the television series. His role in neither this film or sequel, Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD are not considered canon. Elements from the programme were used, however, such as various characters, the Daleks and a police box time machine, albeit in re-imagined forms.


Produced by Milton Subotsky and his partner, Max Rosenberg who formed Amicus Productions in the early 1960's, Dr Who and the Daleks production was managed by an off shoot company AARU, specifically form for the two Dr Who enterprises.The film was at the time, the twentieth biggest British box office moneymaker in 1965.


Good old fashioned family entertainment, from a more innocent time, Dr Who and the Daleks celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the day of it's cinema release in the UK today!


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SUSAN DENBERG: THAT FEMININE TOUCH : WOMEN IN GOTHIC : PART FOUR FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN

August 27, 2015, 4:32 pm
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The Baron's most physically perfect creation was undoubtedly Christina, played by the enchanting Susan Denberg, in Fisher's return to the series, Frankenstein Created Woman (1967). Born Deitlinde Zsechner in Bad Polzin, Germany - which is now Polczyn-Zdroj in Poland - Denberg was a gorgeous blonde who had been a chorus girl in both London and Las Vegas.


She was the daughter of Austrian and German parents, having been raised in Klagenfurt, Austria, before making her decision to go into show business. Having adopted the name Susan Denberg, she became the centrepiece of a nationwide contest in America during the production of a film called See You in Hell, Darling, (AKA An American Dream)  in which Warner Bros had offered a $500 prize in a publicity campaign to come up with a new name for the actress.


There were 5,000 entries in the contest, including the bizarre 'Norma Mailer,' but they were all rejected and she remained Susan Denberg.


Acting against such veterans as Cushing, Thorley Walters, Peter Blythe, Barry Warren and Peter Madden, Denberg held her own. Given her relative lack of acting experience - the only other performance she is remembered for is as one of Mudd's Women in a Star Trek episode - she is, in fact, something of a revelation.



FRANKENSTEIN CREATED
WOMAN ORIGINAL THEATRICAL
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Although her voice was ultimately dubbed in the film by another actress, Denberg's natural talent shines through. She is just as convincing as the 'crippled' Christina as she is portraying the 'created' one, who receives not a brain transplant, but a 'soul transplant' from her dead boyfriend.

THE UNRAVELING



This was not an easy role for an ingenue, and indeed would have taxed a more experienced actress, but she brings it off with passion and grace. Of course, what made playing the dual roles even more difficult was that Christina, once 'reborn,' was possessed by the soul of a man! In a genuinely disturbing scene, and one which the censor objected to, Christina has the severed head of her lover Hans (Robert Morris) skewered on her bedpost so that she can commune with her - his? - former self.

HEAD IN A BOX!


Later in the film, she carries the head around in a hatbox, and after her final murder - in which she avenges herself upon the last of Hans' three killers - she pulls it from the hatbox andspeaks to it in Hans'voice in a scene reminiscent of the classic ventriloquist sequence in Dead of Night (1945).

 

CHRISTINA AND HANS

Although publicity photographs for Frankenstein Created Woman featured Denberg in a kind of 'bikini bandage' outfit with Peter Cushing nearby, seemingly proud of his 'creation,' no such scene was in the film. Those who wanted to see 'more' of Denberg had to settle for her Playboy layout, which had already been published in August, 1966.


Unfortunately, the postscript to Denberg's life story after Frankenstein Created Woman was not a happy one. Her drug use caused her to have a nervous breakdown and she made only two more appearances, both on American television, before returning home to Klagenfort. Broadcast interviews of the time show an obviously depressed Denberg alongside her mother. Eventually, fans began to circulate rumours that the actress had taken her own life, but in fact, she still lives in Austria as of this date.


The reputation of Frankenstein Created Woman continues to grow, perhaps in part because of Denberg's 'mysterious' disappearance from public life. The highest praise for the film has come from none other than Martin Scorsese, the Oscar-winning director who chose Frankenstein Created Woman to show as part of a National Film Theatre series of his favourite films. Introducing the movie, Scorsese (who had once considered becoming a priest before he was a filmmaker) said: 'If I single this one out, it's because here they actually isolate the soul, a bright blue shining translucent ball. The implied metaphysics is close to something sublime.' 


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FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN
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More About SUSAN DENBERG in our Special Feature
'The Girl From Pomerania'
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Did You Miss PART THREE of That Feminine Touch : Women In Gothic 
 The Evil Of Frankenstein: Featuring Katy Wild And Carol Gardner?
You Can QUICK LINK To It Right HERE 


Feature Written by: Bruce G Hallenbeck
Stills: Stephen Jones and Marcus Brooks
Feature Design: Jamie Somerville and Marcus Brooks


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TRUMPS! A GREAT DEAL ON THE CARDS FOR FANS OF DR TERRORS HOUSE OF HORRORS ON BLU RAY

August 29, 2015, 11:38 am
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Amicus films classic DR TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS is soon to enjoy a blu ray release on BOTH sides of the Atlantic. In Europe and the UK O.E.G. (Odeon Entertainment Group) are releasing their LIMITED EDITION of just 4,000 STEEL BOOK blu ray on OCTOBER 26th 2015. The STEEL BOOK commissioned artwork is by Graham Humphreys and extras include along with a new documentary on the film, directed by Jake West (Razor Blade Smile, Doghouse, Video Nasties) called House of Cards, and a recently filmed appreciation of the life and career of the late Sir Christopher Lee. This release is also is REGION FREE.

ODEON ENTERTAINMENT DR TERRORS
HOUSE OF HORRORS PROMO FOR EXTRAS
DOCUMENTARY 'HOUSE OF CARDS'


 

Also it is good news for our friends in the US, as Dr Terror's House Of Horror's gets a REGION A BLU RAY AND REGION 1 DVD  release from Olive Films. No word yet on special features, but we'll keep you posted. Olive Films is currently scheduled to released their Dr Terror's House of Horrors DVD/ BLU RAY package on October 27th 2015.

 


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CLASSIC AMICUS COMES TO BLU RAY IN UK : TALES FROM THE CRYPT FROM FINAL CUT ENTERTAINMENT

September 2, 2015, 12:25 pm
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UK based FINAL CUT have announced the release of their blu ray of TALES FROM THE CRYPT for 19th October 2015. Starring Peter Cushing in his superb 'Poetic Justice' story as Arthur Grimsdyke, Joan Collins and Ralph Richardson.. the extra feature on this FIRST TIME RELEASE IN UK ON BLU RAY package includes, a new 36-minute documentary featuring Reece Shearsmith, Jonathan Rigby, Steve Chibnall and others.


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SOMETIMES THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE COME IN THREES : PRICE CUSHING AND LEE

September 2, 2015, 1:45 pm
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WHEN VIOLET HELENE BECK MET PETER CUSHING FOR THE FIRST TIME

September 2, 2015, 6:15 pm
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When Violet Helene Beck...Met Peter Cushing. Mrs Helen Cushing was born, Violet Helene Beck on February the 8th 1905 in St. Petersburg, now Leningrad in the USSR. She was the daughter of a wealthy cotton mill owner and lived a life of luxury with her three sisters and two brothers. When the Russian revolution began in 1917, Helen and her family fled from Russia, settling into England. Fortunately for Helen, she fluently spoke several languages... English, French, Russian, and German,and took a job as a tutor. It was later when taking a job as a chorus girl and an actress, that by chance, in May 1942, she met Peter Cushing, as she was the replacement actress in an ENSA tour of Noel Coward's play, Private Lives.... Upon entering the stage door, she looked up and noticed a man which she described in the fashion:

“From the stage door stepped a vision, and my heart skipped a beat. I had never met him, yet I knew, deep in my deepest heart, we had been together before. Tall and lean, a pale, almost haggard face, with astonishing large, blue eyes: on his head an old grey velvet hat, with a hole between the dents of its crown, a jacket beyond description and repair, spotless white shirt badly frayed at the cuffs and collar, a pair of once dark blue corduroy trousers, most of the nap long since worn away through constant wear, down-at heel shoes of grey suede. Later, I was to discover the soles were as worn down as the heels, and had holes as large as half crowns in their centres, also woollen stockings that have never known the comfort of a darning needle.He walked with a slight limp, using an ash walking-stick, the ferrule now a mere useless ring of metal around its tip, on his back a huge and obviously heavy kit-bag, such as sailors use.

There was an aura about this ‘beloved vagabond’. His hands told me he was either a musician or an artist – they reminded me of those drawn by Albrecht Durer – and when he bent over one of mine to kiss it, a faint and quite delightful waft of tobacco and lavender-water hung upon the air. I knew I would love him for the rest of my days – and beyond.”.... Peter Cushing and Violet Helene Beck married and became Mr and Mrs Cushing on Saturday, April 10th 1943.


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RAISING HAIR PROBLEMS: THE CHANGING FACE OF COUNT DRACULA : CHRISTOPHER LEE :

September 4, 2015, 7:45 am
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Hair and actors, for men particularly, can be a sensitive subject. Thinning hairlines for some like, signaled the beginning of a life tied to hiding their thinning locks, with endless spraying and careful combing or gluing down hair pieces and relying on were sometimes not the most convincing of toupees. Yul Brynner celebrated, his head minus hair, it was never a problem. Telly Savalas too, when he got fed up with combing-over the last strands, took to the shaver, and whipped, what he had been holding onto, off ...and never looked back. But for many actors, they believed not having a full head of hair, lessened your chances in casting....


For the majority of his film roles, with the exception of Mycroft Holmes in 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes' (1970) It also explains why he had such a weird hair line and bouffant top in 'Risen From the Grave'...and a really good wig in AD 1972 and Satanic Rites...and I think more than one in Dracula 58, in the first close up shot where he welcomes Harker, the hairpiece looks a lot smaller, than in the rest of the film...and in Darkness it had less widows peak. Taste the Blood was maybe too full and his own hair sometimes flopped over his ears, Scars of... was a good one!


With many actors, it's 'the advancement of the years', very few with long careers, ever get away without any some help from a weave or wig. Think Humphrey Bogart, David Niven, John Wayne, all piece wearers on and off screen. To be fair, I don't think this is only or just about vanity. In Christopher Lee's case, early hair thinning, caused a problem and throughout his career, he had to present himself as the person / actor that his audiences recognised. Without his hair, he wasn't the Christopher Lee the public knew. He was Christopher Lee without hair.


Peter Cushing and Vincent Price, were lucky to have 'some' there. In later years, Cushing would whip his into, what could be quite a complicated quiff, that must have been held together with a lot of hairspray... but at least he didn't have to sit for an extra hour while they glued the webbing and pinned a 'rug' down. I think when he first appeared without it, around 1974 and the time of the productions of Shatter, The Uncanny, Earth's Core, The New Avengers... he must have been reviled to be finished with it, having worn toupee and weaves since around 1967...
 

If you look at some of Cushing's jottings and requests on his scripts, you see his recommendations for particular hair pieces that he had worn in previous productions. Film production companies rarely stocked wigs, depending on the budget, make up men or hairdressers/ wig makers would make pieces to order or from stock, they would be hired. For many years, Cushing had his own personal hair piece, which he might wear in a film and in public. You might remember, when Cushing was pounced on by Michael Aspel for his appearance on This Is Your Life in 1990, he is heard to say, 'It's just as well, I wore my toupee today, isn't?'

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SHERLOCK BOX SETS COMPETITION KICKS OFF TOMORROW

September 5, 2015, 1:29 pm
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We have THREE BOX SETS of Peter Cushing's 'Sherlock Holmes' BBC series to giveaway in our competition TOMORROW. All you need is your powers if DETECTION and a MAGNIFYING GLASS... wearing your deer stalker hat, is optional! The competition will run for SEVEN DAYS, ending on AUGUST 12th 2015. Below are  our reviews complete with galleries of each episode in the box set.

Our 'Hound of the Baskervilles' FULL REVIEW AND GALLERY: HERE
Our 'A Study In Scarlet' FULL REVIEW AND GALLERY: HERE 
Our 'Sign Of Four' FULL REVIEW AND GALLERY: HERE 
Our The blue Carbuncle' FULL REVIEW AND GALLERY: HERE
Our The Boscombe Valley Mystery FULL REVIEW AND GALLERY: HERE 

Each BOX SET contains FIVE classic episodes from the 1968 TV series based on the famous stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, starring Peter Cushing as Holmes and Nigel Stock as Dr Watson. In THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Parts 1 and 2)', based on the most well-known Sherlock Holmes story of them all, Holmes travels to Dartmoor to unravel the murder mystery that has haunted the Baskerville family for generations. 'A STUDY IN SCARLET' is based on the very first Sherlock Holmes story, in which Holmes must track down a relentless killer when the dead bodies of a string of victims are discovered, all with the word 'Rache' (German for 'revenge') written in blood next to where they are lying. In 'THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY', Holmes must prove that a young man found next to the dying, brutally beaten body of his tyrannous bully of a father is not guilty of his murder. In 'THE SIGN OF FOUR', Holmes and Watson are intrigued by the case of Mary Morstan, whose father disappeared ten years previously. Every year since, Mary has received a pearl from a mystery benefactor, and she now requires the Baker Street detective to act as her escort in a meeting with the unknown patron. In 'THE BLUE CARBUNCLE', a priceless jewel with a sinister history has been stolen from its owner, the Countess of Morcar. When it is found in a goose's crop, the events surrounding how it got there and who the true thief is are puzzles only a genius such as Sherlock Holmes can unravel. This was the last episode in this series (which was one of the first TV series ever to be shot in colour), and was originally screened on 23rd December 1968.

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COMPETITION: THREE PETER CUSHING BBC SHERLOCK HOLMES BOX SETS UP FOR GRABS : COMPETITION POSTED AND NOW OPEN

September 6, 2015, 3:31 am
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All episodes star Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel stock as Dr Watson and were originally broadcast as the BBC television series 'Sherlock Holmes' in 1968. All programmes are in colour. The discs are region 2.

THE PRIZES:
We have THREE DVD BOX SETS up for grabs. Each box set contains the following episodes: The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Blue Carbuncle, The Sign of Four and The Boscombe Valley Mystery.... and here's YOUR chance to bag your own BOX SET!


ALL YOU HAVE TO DO:
Take a look at PHOTOGRAPH ONE and PHOTOGRAPH TWO above.... No. A CLOSE look. Several CLOSE looks. On closer inspection, you will notice there are some differences between the two pics. They are not identical. Some differences are easier to spot than others. We have hosted 'Spot The Differences In The Photographs' competitions in the past, and they have proven very popular. We post the pics, tell you how many differences there are, and you try and spot em! Where THIS 'Spot The Differences' competition is fiendishly different is, this time, we aren't going to reveal HOW MANY DIFFERENCES Photograph Two actually contains... it could be three, six, five, two or seven? It's your job to use your powers of detection and spot them ALL! There are NO trick differences. It's either THERE or it ISN'T !

WHAT YOU DO NEXT, WHEN YOU'RE FEELING QUITE NAUSEOUS, CAN'T LOOK AT THE PICS FOR A MOMENT LONGER, BUT THINK YOU HAVE SPOTTED ALL OF THEM :
When you think you have spotted all of the differences between Photograph One and Photograph Two...send your answers, telling us where the differences are and how many there are in total. You do this by sending us an email at theblackboxclub@gmail.com. You MUST include ALL the differences to qualify as a correct entry.

YOU HAVE SEVEN DAYS. JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO BE QUITE SURE, YOU HAVE SPOTTED ALL OF THEM:
The competition is open until SUNDAY 13th (Oh Dear!) SEPTEMBER MID DAY GMT. THREE correct entries will be chosen at random and declared the winners, one hour later at 1pm GMT and announced on the page and contacted through your personal message button on your account! So, DO check your personal messages on Sunday.

Good luck everyone. HAVE FUN!


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CHRISTOPHER LEE AND THE STEAMING BANDAGES

September 7, 2015, 6:29 am
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NEWS: TWILIGHT TIME RELEASES SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN BLU RAY IN U.S.

September 8, 2015, 8:23 am
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NEWS: TWILIGHT TIME RELEASES SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN ON BLU RAY IN U.S : Amicus' only film to feature Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and Christopher Lee gets a Pre-order date of Wednesday, September 30th at 4 pm EST. Release Date: October 13th, 2015.


Some very nice Special Features include: Isolated Score Track / Audio Commentary with Film Historians David Del Valle and Tim Sullivan / Gentleman Gothic: Gordon Hessler at AIP / An Interview with Uta Levka / Still Gallery / Radio Spot / Original Theatrical Trailer.


SYNOPSIS AND QUICK CRITIQUE: A killer is stalking women in London nightclubs and drinking their blood; a jogger wakes up in a hospital bed to find his limbs amputated one by one; and a ruthless psychopath seizes power in a totalitarian Eastern European state. Bewildering and exhilarating by turns, Hessler's adaptation of Peter Saxon's novel The Disorientated Man is an ambitious attempt to drag classic horror stars (Price, Lee, Cushing) and themes (Frankenstein, vampires) into a modern Swinging London of grooving dolly-birds, mauve silk shirts and political paranoia.


It's not entirely successful: the film's obsession with human partition, seen in the limb-lopped jogger, the vampiric Keith's torn-off hand and a freezer full of body parts, has its parallels in a narrative that is so fragmented as to be a near-incoherent patchwork of scenes that fail to make the most of their horror stars (Cushing's role is a cameo, and Lee and Price only meet for a brief confrontation at the climax) or the collision of styles ranging from generation-gap movie through mad science to '60s super-sleuth - as though John le Carré, his mind buzzing with topical events (Gary Powers's spy plane) and ambient fears (organ transplants, cyborg technology), had rewritten Frankenstein as a tribute to Bava's Diabolik (1968). 


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But, as Hessler avoids static camera set-ups in favour of hand-held cameras and rapid edits, even if the film is finally little more than a collection of dissociated set pieces, they're so bizarre and Adrenalin-charged that Scream remains enormously entertaining, trading on such extraordinary sequences as cyborg vampire Keith (Michael Gothard in a wonderful Austin Powers turn - "lovely mover", one of the habitués of the Busted Pot observes as Gothard shimmies to the sound of the Amen Corner) being chased around south London by police and tearing off his hand to escape, all fueled by a jazz score that kicks into high gear at the slightest provocation.


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MEMORIES OF THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN: CUSHING AND LEE ON SET

September 12, 2015, 7:33 pm
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THE CREEPING FLESH: LORNA HEILBRON AND PETER CUSHING'S PLAYING OF PROF HILDREN

September 13, 2015, 11:08 am
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Peter Cushing commitment to the role of Emmanuel Hildren was as strong as ever, and his professionalism absolute.He still concerned himself with not only his performance, but every aspect of filming. His copy of of the script is enthusiastically annotated with character details and instructions to himself.


'Don't gabble. Don't over act. Don't be conventional absent minded professor' And there, mixed up with notes about hairpieces and how to prepare lab slides are the words, 'Bois''Helen''Us'.


Peter related to me as a father and was tremendously caring and supportive' co star, Lorna Heilbron remembers today.'I played his daughter. He felt that I resembled his wife, Helen, so we had a rather intense relationship where I felt he really lived his part in the film.'


To play the deranged Hildren in the prologue and epilogue, Cushing again sacrifices any shred of vanity - without the toupee, which he wore in practically every film now, his hair is whitend and disarrayed and his cheekbones are strongly emphasisedf with make up. A quavering voice, insisting 'I alone can save the world', completes the impression of the character's tragic mental collapse.



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WARNER BROTHERS: HAMMER HORROR CLASSIC BLU RAY BOX SET COMPETITIONS COMING SOON

September 18, 2015, 7:28 am
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PCAS GIVEAWAYS AND COMPETITIONS COMING SOON! HAMMER HORROR CLASSICS VOLUME ONE blu ray release. FOUR Hammer classics, TWO starring Peter Cushing the fantastic 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' starring Veronica Carlson and Freddie Jones and 'The Mummy' starring both Cushing and the late Sir Christopher Lee. PLUS there's 'Taste The Blood of Dracula' with you know who as Dracula....AND 'Dracula Has Risen From the Grave' ..again with Christopher Lee as Dracula supported by Veronica Carlson, Michael Ripper and Rupert Davies. LOOK OUT FOR DETAILS.



Warner Brothers Entertainment 'HORROR CLASSICS : Vol One contains FOUR terrific titles THREE available on blu ray for the very first time. The discs will be available on Region A/1 NTSC and will be officially released on October 6, 2015. They are available for PRE-ORDER from Amazon right now!


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY VERONICA CARLSON TODAY

September 18, 2015, 9:13 am
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BRAD AND CHARLIE HARMER-BARNES : UBER CUSHING FANS

September 19, 2015, 11:58 am
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Brad and Charlie wrote to us this week to tell us about a very special event that happened last weekend...' We went to Whitstable for the first time when it was Peter's centenary in 2013 and fell in love with the place.....


 Charlie and Brad hanging out at the market, by the harbour in Whitstable..


'We love The Peter Cushing Wetherspoon's pub and restaurant ,The Old Neptune pub, we love wandering around the small shops on the high street...'


'We knew if we were ever going to get married it would be there...and it WAS...and we DID... LAST WEEKEND... in Whitstable! In fact, we had a Peter Cushing kinda themed reception too!


'All of our tables at the wedding reception were named after characters that Peter played throughout the span of his career!...


A Special Gift, that no Uber Cushing Fan should ever be without....'One of my closest friends made us this amazing pillow!' Yes, now there is a Peter Cushing Cushion....


'This was the name of the Top Table at the reception....'
 

'We had an amazing day, the sun was shining, everyone was helping themselves to 99 ice creams from the van that we hired. We laughed and we danced the night away. The table names proved to be popular, prompting lots of questions. The thing I love most about Peter was his devotion to his wife. I hope we can have a marriage like theirs' 

Our VERY special thanks to both Charlie and Brad...Mr and Mrs Harmer-Barnes, for sharing these lovely photographs and the story of their special day with us all. To love and be loved Is the pinnacle of happiness and riches. May you never lose sight of this precious treasure in all your days together. smile emoticon Our very best wishes to you both and your future together...and yes, you ARE indeed Uber Cushing Fans!


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DAME DIANA RIGG GUESTS AT BFI SCREENING OF CUSHING AVENGERS CYBERNAUT SCREENING

September 20, 2015, 7:08 am
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NEWS: Karate-chopping, killer robots, Peter Cushing – this episode of the classic tv series THE AVENGERS has it all! The Avengers: Return of The Cybernauts starring Diana Rigg, Patrick Macnee...and guest starring Peter Cushing is to be screened at the BFI London on Sunday 25 October 2015. The screening will be followed by a compilation of oddities and rarities from the world of Emma Peel and The Avengers.



Joint ticket available with The Avengers: The House That Jack Built + discussion with Dame Diana Rigg. Tickets go on sale, 06-10-2015 11:30 am 


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HOW TO TELL IF YOU ARE A UBER CUSHING FAN: ALICE LOPES TRAVELS TO WHITSTABLE

September 20, 2015, 11:10 am
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Some of you may remember last weekend I shared with you the lovely story and images of Charlie and Brad's amazing Peter Cushing Themed Wedding in Whitstable...and how we crowned them Uber Cushing Fans! Well, here's another friend and member of our Cushing Community... Alice Lopes from Brazil! Illustraited with her own photographs and in her own words, here is Alice's story. Again we ask the question, Uber Fan? You decide.


'My name's Alice Lopes, I'm nineteen years old and I'm from Brazil. I live in Sao Paulo, where I study Economics. I, like Vincent Price I believe that, "A man who limits his interests, limits his life" so, despite my area of study being so different, I do enjoy literature, films, arts, classical music and so on.'



'I first became acquainted with Peter Cushing in the film "Madhouse" when I was twelve years old. Since then I've been watching his films and interviews, and reading about his life and his career at the wonderful PCASUK facebook page. Madhouse is also my favourite Peter Cushing film, there is something that touches me profoundly. Maybe because it was the first film in which I saw Peter. Maybe due to the whole gothic and mysterious atmosphere, Vincent Price as a tormented character, I love the breathtaking photography, in scene of the murdered girl being carried off into the mists by an unknown man...'


'The Peter Cushing restaurant and Inn was very special. I loved the Peter Cushing items around. The photographs and his watercolours on the walls too. The photograph of Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes! 'A Scandal in Bohemia' is my favourite story. I love the way Watson describes Holmes' thoughts about love. But every single Sherlock story has something special. I also appreciate tv Sherlock series, specially those ones of Peter Cushing's BBC programmes, later Jeremy Brett's too. Basil Rathbone I like very much too.'


'To sit at Peter Cushing's table at the Tudor Tea Rooms, was a strange experience, in a public place, yet to me very personal and touching. Peter's photograph on plaque over the table, looking down. The staff were very friendly. I was able to sit and reflect, this was was my first time to travel abroad, and I definitely loved every single detail about Whitstable. The UK is quite different from Brazil, full of bookshops, museums, parks... And there's much to be explored.'


'Another very special moment. It was very peaceful sitting on the 'Lovers Bench' that was donated by Peter Cushing, on behalf of him and his wife, Helen. This little area is named after Peter Cushing too, 'Cushing's View' and well worth a visit'


'And so, we come to 'the magic place'. I had traveled almost 10,000km, to see it for myself. The home where once Peter and Helen Cushing had once lived. I was so surprised to see outside, it had not really changed, since they had lived there. All of the photographs I had seen. His studio, with the large sloping windows, to let in light when he did his painting. The little white gate, I had seen him stand here in photographs. Now, I was here. And very happy to be. The local people there told me, lots of people come here to visit, to see. And I can see and feel why. It is very peaceful. He physically is not here,... but would you think me crazy if if I said, his smile is! No. 9,000 km is not too far. And will come again. Peter Cushing plus Whitstable equals, Magic !' 


Alice Lopes Chats To Geoff Laurens
Antique Shop Owner in Whitstable


 St Alphege Church, Whitstable Exterior and Interior, A copy of Peter Cushing's book, 'The Bois Saga' at the local library and Whitstable train station. 

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