MORE HALLOWEEN GOODIES TO WIN! THE SKULL BLU RAY & DVD COMBO FROM EUREKA AT PCAS

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED! SEE WINNERS AT BOTTOM OF THIS FEATURE!

We have LOADS MORE GREAT Prizes and Giveaways for you in the next two weeks leading up to Halloween!! AND SO... on to our next HALLOWEEN COMPETITION which launches TOMORROW.. 16th October 2015. We have THREE copies up for grabs, courtesy of EUREKA, a duo package that contains both the BLU RAY and DVD of Peter Cushing's SUPERB Amicus film, 'THE SKULL' also starring Christopher Lee. Look out for the COMPETITION TOMORROW. It's open to anyone, anywhere... and closes in five days time. So... who's up for a copy??

 THE TRAILER TO 'THE SKULL'

EUREKA'S THE SKULL isn't released until OCTOBER 26th...BUT hyou can place your ORDER HERE NOW:  Here's the spec of what both the DVD  and BLU RAY contains:

Exclusively restored 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
 
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

New video interview with film scholar Jonathan Rigby.

New video interview with critic & author Kim Newman
 
Reversible sleeve featuring original and new artwork
Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet.

It's a real smashing release. The film has excellent audio and visuals, plus includes a great LIMITED EDITION booklet keep sake too. 
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The Story Behind THE SKULL: 

After making a number of successful ‘Hammer Horrors’ in the early sixties, Director and Academy Award winning cinematographer Freddie Francis (Paranoiac, Tales From the Crypt, Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors) moved to the fledgling Amicus Productions and produced an incredible run of horror titles that would make them the only studio able to rival the ascendant Hammer Pictures during the peak years of British horror filmmaking. Of these films, the most chilling is The Skull.

Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Christopher Maitland, a writer and collector of occult items (with a preference for those with a somewhat macabre history), who is offered the chance to purchase a highly expensive and unusual item – the skull of the Marquis de Sade. Warned against obtaining the item by fellow collector (Christopher Lee in a rare non-villainous role), the skull’s influence draws Maitland in, madness and death soon follow…

Adapted from a short story by Robert Bloch (Psycho) and featuring a score by avant-garde composer Elisabeth Lutyens, The Skull is one of the most expertly crafted British horror movies of its era. Eureka Entertainment is proud to present The Skull in a special Dual Format edition.

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

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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MAYHEM FESTIVAL BRINGS UNFILMED DRACULA SCRIPT TO LIFE : THE UNQUENCHABLE THIRST OF DRACULA

Mayhem Film Festival are to present a live stage reading of an unfilmed Hammer script as part of their 11th edition this October. The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula was written by legendary Hammer writer/producer Anthony Hinds in the late 1960s but never adapted for the screen.

Actor and film historian, Jonathan Rigby, author of the indispensable guide to British horror English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015 and Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History, will act as the narrator and be accompanied by a group of actors to bring to life this never-seen-before Hammer Dracula story, in a unique immersive ‘screenless cinema’ experience. Lying firmly in the tradition of the classic Hammer Dracula films, The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula, sees Count Dracula escape to India where his evil influence is just as insidious and powerful.

Anthony Hinds who wrote the script was the son of Hammer Films co-founder, Will Hammer, and was famous for his work on The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), The Phantom of the Opera (1962) and The Evil of Frankenstein (1964). The script would have been written for Christopher Lee at the time.

We at PCAS are wondering if this could be the script for Hammer films unproduced India themed outing for the Count, entitled Kali Devil Bride of Dracula?? With a suggested cast, loking at the poster of both Lee and Peter Cushing. See pre production development artwork for proposed above and below.... 

“This is a completely unique event for Mayhem, explains festival Co-Director Chris Cooke, and a great pleasure to work with horror expert and film historian Jonathan Rigby. He’s also a talented actor and will be perfect as our narrator, taking a live audience by the hand and leading them into Gothic darkness. Hammer Films have never felt more important to the history of British cinema, so this is a great opportunity for an audience to imagine a piece of classic cinema that sees Count Dracula resurrected before their eyes.”

The one-of-a-kind event is made possible thanks to Hammer Films, CATH (Cinema and Television Research Centre) and the De Montfort University. Mayhem Film Festival takes place on 15-18 October at Broadway, Nottingham with the support of the BFI Film Festival Fund, awarding funds from The National Lottery.

Early Bird passes are available at discounted price of £55. For more information and to book your passes please visit: http://www.broadway.org.uk/mayhem 

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DR TERRORS HOUSE OF HORRORS STEEL BOOK SNEAK PREVIEW EXTRAS FROM OED

Here's a HEADS UP and a SNEAK PREVIEW of the extras coming our way in the LIMITED EDITION REGION FREE STEEL BOOK BLU RAY release of Amicus films 'DR TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS'. It's available now as a pre order from http://www.odeonent.co.uk with an official release date of September 21st 2015.

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Available on DVD from http://www.odeonent.co.uk
 

Scanned at 4k by Pinewood Post Production and with newly commissioned Steel Book art by the renowned Graham Humphreys, this collector's version is limited to 4,000 individually numbered Steel Books. Dr Terror (Peter Cushing) is a mysterious fortune teller who boards a train and offers to tell fellow passengers (Christopher Lee, Roy Castle, Donald Sutherland) their fortune with tarot cards. Five possible futures unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a huge flesh-eating vine takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand and a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire. But they all end in the same result…..death. A fascinating and fast paced example of portmanteau film-making with a deadly twist in the tale.

ARROW REVEALS ARTWORK AND EXTRAS FOR HAMMER BASKERVILLE BLU RELEASE

NEWS: Hammer films The Hound Of The Baskervilles starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Andre Morell arrives on Blu-ray from Arrow Film and Video. UK release available JUNE 1st 2015

Region: B
Format: Blu-ray
Starring: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee
Directed by: Terence Fisher
 

SPECIAL
EDITION CONTENTS:
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) feature presentation
- Original Mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- New audio Commentary with Hammer experts Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby
 

- Brand new interview with hound mask creator Margaret Robinson
- Brand new interview with assistant director Hugh Harlow
- Andre Morell: Best of British – A featurette looking at the late great actor Andre Morell and his work with Hammer films
 

- The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes – a 1986 documentary looking at the many incarnations of Conan Doyle’s celebrated character, narrated and presented by Christopher Lee
- Actor’s Notebook: Christopher Lee – an archive interview in the which the actor recalls his experiences of making The Hound of the Baskervilles
 

- The Hounds of the Baskervilles – Excerpts read by Christopher Lee
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
 

-Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Hammer archivist Robert J.E. Simpson, illustrated with original archive stills and posters

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