TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE, the winners of the PCASUK Competition to win a copy of our#ScreamFactory blu ray prizes of #Hammerfilms Peter Cushing and Ingrid Pitt Vampire classic, 'THE VAMPIRE LOVERS' have been announced over at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page along with the ANSWERS to the competition! Just CLICK HERE!
WANT TO HAVE A PEEP onto the set of Hammer's 'The Vampire Lovers' and some candid stills of Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing and cast? Just click HERE!
TODAY WE REMEMBER the wonderful director and cinematographer Freddie Francis born on this day in 1917.
AS A CINEMATOGRAPHER his greatest successes include winning two Academy
Awards, for Sons and Lovers (1960) and Glory (1989) the horror film The
Innocents (1961), which he regarded as one of the best films he shot and
The Elephant Man (1980), directed by David Lynch, for which Francis
found himself gaining new-found industry and critical respect as a
cinematographer.
FULL PCASUK FEATURE AND STILLS GALLERY ON #FREDDIEFRANCIS 'THE SKULL' JUST CLICK HERE!
AS A DIRECTOR FRANCIS worked regularly for both Hammer and Amicus films
throughout the 60's and 70's starting with The Evil Of Frankenstein
(1964) for Hammer and Dr Terror's House of Horror's (1965) for Amicus
both which starred Peter Cushing who he directed in a total of 8 films.
PART THREE of 'A TALENT TO TERRIFY' featuring 'Dr Terror's House of Horror's', starring Cushing and Lee, directed by FREDDIE FRANCIS, can be found, RIGHT HERE!
FREDDIE FRANCIS 'The Evil of Frankenstein' Hammer films THIRD Frankenstein film and starring Peter Cushing, can be found in this PCASuk feature, with rare stills gallery too! Just CLICK RIGHT HERE!
OF THE 22 films that Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee appeared in together, EIGHT of these titles were directed by FREDDIE FRANCIS. Find out MORE about these films, their stories, the casts, reviews along with RARE STILLS and media, in the PCASUK feature series A TALENT TO TERRIFY, here at the website! PART STARTS HERE! FREDDIE FRANCIS stands at the back behind the camera, directing Peter Cushing in Amicus films 'THE SKULL' in 1965
OUT OF ALL THE FILMS THAT he directed, Francis often said that his favourite was
'Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly' (1970) a black comedy about an isolated
upper class family whose relationships and behaviours came equipped with
deadly consequences, while the film was not very well received by
mainstream critics, it has gone on to become a cult favourite. On his apparent typecasting as a director of these types of film, Francis said, "Horror films have liked me more than I have liked horror films". Sadly we lost Freddie in 2007 Aged 89 .
OVER AT THE FACEBOOK PCASuk FAN PAGE, we have 'slipped into our alternative pcasuk universe' and asked you to give us some suggestions to . .
#PeterCushing and #ChristopherLee appeared in 19 fantasy films
together... Again, in our 'perfect world' PCASuk alternative universe...
if you could choose just ONE of those titles, where a sequel film could
have been produced and released with Cushing and Lee repeating their
roles, WHICH FILM would you choose? - Marcus
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