Monday 30 September 2013

'THE DEVIL HAS SENT ME TWINS OF EVIL' HAMMER FILMS VAMPIRE CLASSIC IN SEVENTEEN PAGES

CAST:
Peter Cushing (Gustav Weil), Madeline Collinson (Frieda Gelhorn), Mary Collinson (Maria Gelhorn), Damien Thomas (Count Karnstein), David Warbeck (Anton Hoffer), Kathleen Byron (Katy Weil), Dennis Price (Dietrich), Isobel Black (Ingrid Hoffer)

PRODUCTION:
Director – John Hough, Screenplay – Tudor Gates, Producer – Harry Fine, Photography – Dick Bush, Music – Harry Robinson, Special Effects – Bert Luxford, Makeup – George Blackler & John Webber, Art Direction – Roy Stannard. Production Company – Hammer Films. UK. 1972.

SYNOPSIS:
After the death of their parents, the Gelhorn twins, the sensual and cunning Frieda and the timid, conservative Maria, go to live in the village of Karnstein with their puritanical uncle Gustav Weil. Gustav is head of the witch-hunting Brotherhood and opposes the current Count Karnstein. The Count, bored of petty Satanic rituals, offers his soul to the Devil in return for greater pleasures. The blood of a woman he has just killed drops down into the crypt of his ancestor Mircalla and she appears to him as a wraith, putting the bite of vampirism on him as they make love. Karnstein then seduces and makes a vampire of Frieda. 

DOCTOR WHO: MAKING THE FACE FIT


We see that BBC Dr Who producer / writer Steven Moffat and his his predecessor Russell T Davies... in their quest to make sure that all things 'Who' continuity wise and within the vast story context of the tv series tie up nicely... have been busy coming up with a credible answer as to how the Twelfth Doctor's face has already popped up twice in the Who universe... That's quite a feat, some mental gymnastics. Just goes to prove, if you really want to, you can make anything fit. And yet, they still can't justify the existence of Peter Cushing as a canon Dr / Doctor.. Who? http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-09-30/doctor-who-steven-moffat-has-an-explanation-for-peter-capaldis-earlier-appearances

Friday 27 September 2013

RADIO TIMES 90TH ANNIVERSARY: PETER CUSHING CUTTINGS PT 1


Tomorrow, Saturday 28th of September, the UK television listing magazine Radio Times is a whopping 90 years old. During those years Peter Cushing has appeared with it's pages many, many times. He was so ubiquitous on live television in Britain in the early 1950s that one popular comedian joked: "You know what television is, don't you? It's Peter Cushing with knobs on." Here is a small selection of covers that have featured Peter Cushing. There will be some rarer clippings on Sunday.

HOUSE OF HAMMER MAGAZINE: THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES COMIC STRIP



Sunday 22 September 2013

GRINDHOUSE RELEASING: WIN A COPY OF PETER CUSHING'S 'CORRUPTION' IN SIX HOURS!

The clock is ticking over at the UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page! There's a pair of Peter Cushing's 'CORRUPTION' blu rays up for grabs with just SIX HOURS  to enter the competition. Winners names to be announced tonight at MIDNIGHT. Fiendish question and worth a try!

Saturday 21 September 2013

CINEMA RETRO ISSUE 27 : UNPUBLISHED PETER CUSHING INTERVIEW AND AMICUS FEATURE


Heads Up! The very classy magazine, CINEMA RETRO current issue 27, features John Exshaw's UNPUBLISHED interview with Peter Cushing plus a very nice in-depth feature of the Amicus Edgar Rice Burroughs film adaptations The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core and The People That Time Forgot. If you've never purchased a copy of Cinema Retro, it's well worth every cent of your hard earned lolly. Every issue is packed with well researched features and illustrated with more often than not, with photographs of the 'not-often-seen' kind. They are shipping the issue now! http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php

Friday 20 September 2013

DR WHO AND THE DALEKS ON FILM: DOCTOR WHO WEEKLY ISSUE EIGHT


'DR WHO AND THE DALEKS' PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPHS: CANNES, SHEPPERTON AND KERBSIDE.


DR WHO AND THE DALEKS:
CAST:
Peter Cushing (Doctor Who), Roy Castle (Ian Chesterton), Jennie Linden (Barbara), Roberta Tovey (Susan), Barrie Ingham (Alydon), Michael Coles (Ganatus), John Brown (Antodus), Geoffrey Toone (Temmosus), Mark Peterson (Elyon)

PRODUCTION:
Director – Gordon Flemyng, Screenplay – Milton Subotsky, Based on the Episode The Daleks Written by Terry Nation from the tv series Doctor Who, Producers – Max J. Rosenberg & Milton Subotsky, Photography – John Wilcox, Music – Barry Gray, Special Effects – Ted Samuels, Art Direction – Bill Carpenter. UK. 1965.

DALEKS INVASION EARTH 2150 AD:
CAST:
Peter Cushing (Dr Who), Bernard Cribbins (Tom Campbell), Roberta Tovey (Susan), Jill Curzon (Louise), Andrew Keir (Wyler), Ray Brooks (David), Godfrey Quigley (Dortmun), Philip Madoc (Brockley), Roger Avon (Wells)
PRODUCTION:
Director – Gordon Flemyng, Screenplay – Milton Subotsky, Additional Writing – David Whitaker, Based on the Episode The Dalek Invasion of Earth Written by Terry Nation from the TV Series Doctor Who, Producers – Max J. Rosenberg & Milton Subotsky, Photography – John Wilcox, Music – Bill McGuffie, Electronic Music – Barry Gray, Special Effects/Production Design – Ted Samuels, Makeup – Bunty Phillips. 1966. UK
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