TODAY is #International / #WorldBookDay2020 😐What a great opportunity to share and take of the best of books, that feature #PeterCushing
and his work, his autobiographies, their contents, repackaging, YOUR
favourite books that include PC and what maybe the rarest of books that
covers a specific time and studio he for who he may have produced some
for his best fantasy genre work. PLUS there's a chance to WIN a nice
bundle of Peter Cushing books too 😊 So, which are YOUR favourites and how do they compare to other Cushing books??? 😉- Marcus
#WORLDBOOKDAY2020
: IF A BOOK is considered to be rare, because of it's limited edition
run .. . then this one I think ticks the box . .. BUT there's more! 😉
'Amicus : The Vault of Horror' was published back in 2014. Its author
Donald Fearney was at that time, raising funds to support the budget of
his planned 2 and a half hour long dvd documentary, of the same name.
Over three years, a vast bank of
material was brought together, a small fortune spent in order to support
the needs of the documentary visuals. Contact sheets, rare photographs,
posters, scripts, correspondence and more is used in the subject
matter... every theatrical released film, that the company Amicus
produced!
ABOVE: FRIENDS SENT IN AND POSTED PICS OF THEIR FAV CUSHING BOOKS TO ON THE FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE
IT WAS QUITE THE HAUL and much of the material, due to time restrictions,
was not included in the edited documentary. This plus the visuals that
made the final edit and included in doc make up the contents of this
book! The hardback glossy cover with sepia tint, features Peter Cushing
in one of his most loved and sad performances, Arthur Grimsdyke from the
Amicus 1972 'Tales from the Crypt' ... there after a forward by
director of Amicus films, 'I,Monster' Stephen Weeks, rolls out a pretty
impressive huge collection of full page, minus boarders behind the
scenes photographs, studio photographers contact sheets back / white and
colour too, set drawings and set designer plans .. and more. The matt
finish to the pages, is a nice touch. What is more, after Week's intro
page... there isn't a word of text! Not a titter! The visuals say it
all. A brave move, an even more interesting point is, this book only had
a VERY limited run of ONE DOZEN COPIES. No more. It's asking price was
reachable and certainly worth it.The book was promoted in a whisper, on
the release of Fearney's Amicus documentary . . and before you knew it,
gone! Many of the contents I have shared here for you on the Facebook
PCASUK Fan page and website over the last few years. Yup it's a go to
book for material alright . . I think both Milton and Max would have
liked it too! -
AT THE TIME OF THE release of the AMICUS : VAULT OF HORROR dvd documentary and the BOOK, we gave away many copies of the Doc as PRIZES in PCASUK Competitions too... BUT understandably, NOT the book 😀😊
UPDATE: EVEN THOUGH ALL DOZEN COPIES vanished very quickly. . .with one copy being given away as a prize, connected to the release of the DVD, where a 'Torture Garden' packet of seeds inside the DVD case contained an exclusive 'prize entry draw number'. That gave book owners the chance of winning a copy of the book . . BUT following a comment by follower Ann Keil on the PCAS Facebook Page last night, it appears there is the chance of buying just one copy NOW.... The copy THAT was won by the lucky seed packet winner, yesterday decided to part with their copy! Maybe they saw the post on the PCAS Facebook Fan Page post??? It's currently on EBAY and sitting with a bid of £899.00. This copy also contains 18 signatures and autographs of actors and people connected with Amicus films, including Amicus producer, Milton Subosky's actual past-port photograph, attached to the inside of the cover!!! 😮😀... We'll keep you posted on the progress of the bidding 😉😀
UPDATE: EVEN THOUGH ALL DOZEN COPIES vanished very quickly. . .with one copy being given away as a prize, connected to the release of the DVD, where a 'Torture Garden' packet of seeds inside the DVD case contained an exclusive 'prize entry draw number'. That gave book owners the chance of winning a copy of the book . . BUT following a comment by follower Ann Keil on the PCAS Facebook Page last night, it appears there is the chance of buying just one copy NOW.... The copy THAT was won by the lucky seed packet winner, yesterday decided to part with their copy! Maybe they saw the post on the PCAS Facebook Fan Page post??? It's currently on EBAY and sitting with a bid of £899.00. This copy also contains 18 signatures and autographs of actors and people connected with Amicus films, including Amicus producer, Milton Subosky's actual past-port photograph, attached to the inside of the cover!!! 😮😀... We'll keep you posted on the progress of the bidding 😉😀
ONE LAST WORD ON THIS BOOK... as if a low publishing number wasn't tempting enough,
there was also just TWO copies that had an extra supplement of a further
60 pages... One thing for sure, Fearney published his books like his
documentaries, packed and full of rare material - Marcus (PCASUK)
#WORLDBOOKDAY2020
: ANOTHER BOOK OF NOTE... and probably one of the strangest books I
have ever read, certainly on the subject of Peter Cushing is ..... 'Peter
Cushing: Spending Time with #Frankenstein' written by Nicolas Gadd, published also in a limited run by it seems #PeterCushing's
own little label 'Sea Way Publishing' .. priced £15.00, soft cover,
held together with like a binder! This appeared in the last few years of
Peter's life, had his full support and supplied endless hours of access
to him personally... Gadd, his wife and Cushing were close friends.. for
a while. No doubt it reads as weird, it also reveals some very odd and
private details, which has for years has had me more than scratching my
head. It was around for about a year.. then puff, vanished! 😳😯 I would love to chat with ANYONE who also holds or owns a copy of this, as in my experience of the last ten years NO ONE wants to discuss this book, but I would love to hear what they make of it too..Message me at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE OR email me @ theblackboxclub@gmail.com. If you are missing some pages, I will gladly supply them for you, as this book is not only strange, it's fragile too!
