FEMME FATALE FRIDAY AND QUESTION FOUR IN OUR CHRISTOPHER LEE COMPETITION!

SHERLOCK, LEE, CUSHING AND TERENCE FISHER? . . think about it 😊 Question FOUR of Five. Just ONE more tomorrow. Answer this question, keep your answer SAFE, because come Saturday, you'll be asked to send ALL five of your answers to us at PCAS by using the FACEBOOK Message / Contact Button or by EMAIL at our website. PLEASE do not post your answer to us today OR message them in the website message box. Question FIVE will be posted here and on the website TOMORROW 😀

THE PRIZE, as you probably know by now, is a rare and collectable colour autographed frame photograph of Christopher Lee from 'Dracula AD 1972'. It's in mint condition, one of two that I personally own. The framed photograph was donated by Hammer Art back in 2011. It was signed in 2012, along with another exact version of what was being signed. Today is the day, I am giving one away as a prize😮😀 The frame with the photograph is 20 x 14.5″ in size, printed on Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper 315gsm and was one of ONLY TEN in a limited edition. Have fun with this and GOOD LUCK Everyone! 😊 - Marcus

#FEMMEFATLE FRIDAY: Meanwhile out on the mooooor! Here's quite rare and very intresting behind the scenes snap of director Terence Fisher working with Christopher Lee and Marla Landi, during the making of Hammer films, one and only Sherlock Holmes film,'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' (1959) Landi certainly sizzled in her role of the very handsey but highly deceptive, Cecile. She also appeared with Lee in Hammer's 'Pirates Of Blood River' (1962). Quite a fiery and passionate personality off stage and camera Landi was allegally was quite attracted to Lee. Which frightened Lee more than any Hell Hound! Landi landed the role in Baskervilles, after Peter Cushing saw her in a theatre production, and suugested her for the role. She auditioned and nailed it! 😊

THE 1958 HAMMER DRACULA, Phantom of the Opera, Dr Terrors House of Horrors and..KONGA! Today marks the birthday of Michael Gough! Gough had quite an interesting film career, some hits and some misses, but all entertaining. Two films which starred Peter Cushing and packed career on stage and screen. Do YOU have a favourite Michael Gough film? Happy Birthday Michael Gough, you are remembered!

WHO IS THAT MAN? THE TUESDAY TOUGHY

HERE IS THIS WEEK'S TUESDAY TOUGHY plus the answer the to LAST WEEK'S TOUGHY, which appeared to be a little hard on the FACEBOOK PCASUK UK FAN PAGE! Maybe this week's may be a little kinder? The ANSWER will appear here and at our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE on FRIDAY! 

BELOW IS THE ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS TUESDAY TOUGHY!

ANSWER: THE STUDIO IN THE PHOTOGRAPH was BRAY STUDIOS, THE FILM Terence Fisher was working on was THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES for Hammer Films. The TRICYCLE was the CLUE. It is the TRICYCLE that actor MILES MALLESON rides when playing BISHOP FRANKLAND in the film . .

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WATCH BASKERVILLES, THE BRAVEST WOMAN IN SALEM AND TARKINS EMPIRE NEEDS YOU!

#MOMENTSOFTERRORMONDAY! : YOUR EMPIRE NEEDS YOU! A terrific call to arms from RALF SCHMITT! It's interesting, even a year on from Cushing's TARKIN re-emergence in ROGUE ONE, there us hardly a day when, something about this, probably now, the most famous of all Cushing's performances, doesn't appear on the 'Cushing Scanner!'..... and that is always a good thing!

TODAY'S #MOMENTOFTERROR is a scene from 1959’s Hound of the Baskervilles, surely a firm favourite of many of our readers. Coming at the climax of the film, this is the moment where Christopher Lee’s Sir Henry Baskerville comes face to face with the Hound. Hammer’s version of the tale is easily one of the creepiest of the many filmed, preformed or staged over the many year’s and this scene is a prime example. Of course it’s well known now that the titular hound is a Great Dane in a rubber mask, but Fisher’s skill at keeping the beast off screen until this crucial moment is what makes it all the more shocking.

NOT ONLY this but it follows it up with one of the more disturbing sequences in the entire film. As Cecile Stapleton attempts to escape across the more Holmes, Watson and Henry Baskerville, unable to see her in the darkness, listen to her pitiful cries as she is sucked under the mire. It’s a shame that Hammer never thought to draw on any of Doyle’s other Holmes stories as another Gothic thriller in the same vein with a returning Cushing and Morell would have been a real pleasure. A truly chilling moment and a worthy climax to another great from Hammer’s early years.

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HERE TODAY WIN EIGHT TWILIGHT TIME HAMMER BASKERVILLE LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY!

AS PROMISED Here is our SECOND HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES COMPETITION : It's simple to enter! ONE QUESTION and EIGHT copies of the TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY up for grabs. Just send your answer to via our email : petercushingpcas@gmail.com and YOU could be one of our LUCKY EIGHT WINNERS! You can purchase YOUR copy of this release NOW HERE! MANY thanks to Twilight Time who have sponsored this and several of our competitions! Make sure to get your entry in by NEXT SUNDAY JULY 17th MID DAY GMT. GOOD LUCK!

 

 

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WIN TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES BLU RAY HERE

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE to BAG yourself a copy of TWILIGHT TIME  LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY of Hammer Films, 'THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES' (1959). The lovely team at TWILIGHT TIME have sponsored this competition and given us FOUR copies as prizes!  Al you have to do is WATCH the TRAILER VIDEO CLIP BELOW, read the questions on that trailer and send YOUR ANSWER to our EMAIL: petercushingpcas@gmail.com It's as easy as that! The competition CLOSES next SUNDAY : #sherlocksunday 19TH JUNE 2016 midday gmt! So HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK!

THE FILM

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous story gets the gorgeously gothic Hammer treatment in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), starring Peter Cushing as a wry and brilliant Sherlock Holmes, André Morell as an unusually sensible Dr. Watson, and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville, seemingly threatened by a ghastly family curse. Horror stalwart Terence Fisher directs, and James Bernard provides the atmospheric music.

The cast includes,  Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell, Marla Landi, David Oxley, Miles Malleson, John LeMesurier.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Isolated Music & Effects Track / Audio Commentary with Film Historians David Del Valle and Steven Peros / Audio Commentary with Film Historians Paul Scrabo, Lee Pfeiffer, and Hank Reineke / Actor's Notebook: Christopher Lee / Hound Mask Creator Margaret Robinson on The Hound of the Baskervilles / Christopher Lee Reads Excerpts from The Hound of the Baskervilles / Original Theatrical Trailer

SPEC:

Directed By: Terence Fisher Written By: Peter Bryan Score By: James Bernard Language: English Video: 1080p High Definition / 1.66:1 / Color Audio: English 1.0 DTS-HD MA Subtitles: English SDH Theatrical Release: 1959 Runtime: 86 Minutes Rating: NR (Not Rated) Region Code: Region Free (A/B/C)

YOU CAN ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY OF 'THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES : HERE 
 

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TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BASKERVILLES BLU RAY : COMPETITION TOMORROW!

TOMORROW and part of our weekly #SHERLOCKSUNDAY. A COMPETITION! Hammer films 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee... FOUR COPIES of the TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY TO BE WON and WIN IT HERE TOMORROW!

OUR 'HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLE', Twilight Time Limited Edition BLU RAY COMPETITION will take place HERE at this WEBSITE AND our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE 

THE MAGICIAN WHO PAINTED WITH LIGHT : HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK ASHER

Yesterday at the PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE we celebrated

 the Birthday of JACK ASHER....

Find out MORE about JACK ASHER'S work on Hammer films

THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN in FULL COLOUR HERE:CLICK

Next time you sit down and watch your favourite early Peter Cushing Hammer film, and marvel at the beautiful gothic atmosphere, the rich colours, the frightening shadows... that 'Hammer Look and Style', remember this man, ace cinematographer Jack Asher BSC, a true magician! He did indeed paint with light! Best known for his work with Hammer, The Curse of Frankenstein, Hound of the Baskervilles, Dracula / Horror of Dracula, The Mummy and The Revenge of Frankenstein. Jack was born in London, on this very day in 1916. A REAL craftsman, who applied his skills along with Terence Fisher and the Hammer team, and gave us these rare feasts which live on, in living colour today! Jack left us in April 1991, aged 74. Happy Birthday Jack!

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TWILIGHT TIME BRINGS HAMMER BASKERVILLE CUSHING CLASSIC TO BLU RAY FOR USA

NEWS: Hammer films classic THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES, starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville... is coming to the US as a BLU RAY release set for JUNE 14th 2016...from Twilight Time. More details, with sleeve art and extras to come.....

 

 IT'S OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY PCAS 1956 -2016!

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