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Wednesday 22 August 2018

STAR WARS WITH MAGIC CARPETS ALONG WITH CHRISTOPHER LEE, EMMA SAMMS AND PC!


PETER CUSHING as the brief but interesting WAZIR AL WAZARA in ARABIAN ADVENTURE in 1979. Often see as another AMICUS film, the film was in fact produced in April 1978 EMI Films announced they would make the film as part of a series of films they wanted to produce with the newly formed Orion Pictures. Granted both the partnership of the Amicus Kevin Francis and John Dark were on board, and both Christopher Lee and Cushing were starring and almost, guest starring, but Amicus it aint. The budget was much more than what Dark and Connor ever had to tackle their Land that Time Forgot, At The Earth's Core or Warlords of Atlantis, but it wasn't as successful. The promo strap line of 'Star Wars with Magic Carpets!' promised much, but fell well short of anything close to the new benchmark of children and family entertainment on the big screen. 






OUR PCASUK FEATURE AND GALLERY ON ARABIAN ADVENTURE HERE!



WHEN CUSHING does finally arrive, his appearance as the cell trapped Wuzara, it is a bit of shock. Sporting what looks like 15 years over growth on the handle-bar moustache he wore as Dr Naramrov in Hammer films, The Gorgon, his character is dusty, grubby and broken. Cushing gave the role, however short, his full attention and commitment and the facial hair he grew and wore, for the role of  Commissioner Potts in the truly weird and way off, A Touch Of The Sun with Oliver Reed, remained. Work on TOUCH on location in Zamiba had only wrapped two weeks, so what little of Cushing's face we could see was, certainly sun kissed for the Arabian climate!



THE REASON WHY this film is being included in our usual COMIC TURNS and MAGAZINE themed WEDNESDAY, is because the press office for the movie managed to pull two quite interesting stunts in the drive for publicity. ONE was the fabulous FULL COLOUR photo that graced the cover of an EARLY issue of blood splat and gore effects screamarama, that is now FANGORIA magazine. Granted this was only issue three, and the magazine would soon being making off in a completely different direction, but brownie points to the press office. SECOND was the wave of alternative cinema and press design posters that were drawn up and produced on the release of the film. One poster carried a selection of COMIC STRIP panels on a full colour cinema quad poster. Rarely does this kind of artwork feature on a cinema poster, but the well intended move to capture the attention of the target audience kiddies, was still much more impressed and still dizzy from the hi tech visuals, of 'A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY'. Magic carpets were for this crowd, were seen as thread bare and dated. It would be a long time far far in the distance, before those impressive visuals would stop tinting any fantasy adventure on the big screen. . .




A FACE YOU WILL SURELY KNOW! Ever wondered whatever happened to ACTOR MILTON REID. FIND OUT : RIGHT HERE!


FIND MORE and DAILY with LOTS of opportunity to comment and share your opinions and thoughts at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE!

Sunday 23 July 2017

#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY! ALL SET FOR AUTOGRAPH PHOTO COMPETITION AND PART TWO OF AMICUS FILMS DOC!


#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY: Here's a great behind-the-scenes pic of #PeterCushing during the making of #HAMMERFILMS 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' .....you and this photograph are going to be great buddies over the next day or two 🙂 It's YOUR key to winning our #competition to win the prize of that superb #petercushing autographed photograph TODAY! MORE later today!


 OUR COMPETITION LAUNCHING TODAY! #GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY!


#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY! ALSO COMING UP next today.... PART TWO of The #AMICUS VAULT of HORRORS documentary! FIND IT HERE AT OUR  Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Youtube Channel and our FACEBOOK PCAS FAN PAGE!




IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll  love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.  Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA   

Tuesday 31 January 2017

#TOOCOOLTUESDAY THE PROFESSOR NEWS!


NEWS: A LIMITED EDITION COLLECTABLE FIGURE of the Peter Cushing influenced character that appears in the excellent #THEPROFESSOR comic is on its way! A press release came our way today!



. . .Davide Decina, Roberto De Meo and Andrea Corbetta (THE PROFESSOR) are proud to announce that they are preparing to release a resin bust model kit, about Corbetta's Comic character THE PROFESSOR! Kits will be limited AND numbered. A special Thanks to Erredi Grafiche Editoriali, Cristiana Astori and to the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society. Stay Tuned for more details!'


Ed ecco la prima news! Insieme a Roberto de Meo e Davide Decina il sottoscritto e Francesco Mobili stanno lavorando alla realizzazione di un MODEL KIT - BUSTO di The Professor che sará realizzato in un quantitativo limitato e numerato. Vi faremo presto vedere. Per ordini e info: infoprofessorbenjaminlove@gmail.com #comics #theprofessor  A special Thanks to Erredi Grafiche Editoriali, Cristiana Astori and to the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society!!!Stay tuned for others News!!! The Professor




THE PROFESSOR  comic strip story, is fast becoming a much sort after collectable magazine. Not since the Dez Skinn 'House of Hammer' magazine of the 1980's,  have we seen Cushing imaginatively placed in a 'gothic  Hammer style' comic story. Issue THREE goes on sale at newsstands on FEBRUARY 28TH 2017! 



Wednesday 27 July 2016

LEGENDARY CARTOONIST ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR JACK DAVIS DIES AGED 91


LEGENDARY CARTOONIST and EC comics artist JACK DAVIS died today. Davis stories from the VAULT OF HORROR comic, Drawn and Quartered and Bargain In Death were adapted for the Amicus film, Vault of Horror.

AS WELL AS his contribution to the US MAD magazine, he was responsible for drawing and designing the US poster for the Subotsky / Rosenberg Vulcan film, 'Horror Hotel / City of the Dead'.

DAVIS also contributed the ONE great thing about the Sammy Davis Jr film, 'One More Time, which guest starred both Cushing and Lee... he drew the cinema poster! Prolific, a role model and mentor to many cartoonist and artist today, rest in peace and take a rest, Jack. You earned it!
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