#MONSTERMONDAY:
WHEN HAMMER FILMS released their one and only 'werewolf' themed film in 1961,
The Curse of the Werewolf, Oliver Reed's portrayal of the cursed 'Leon'
cast a very large and terrifying shadow over any attempt at that theme
for a long time. Maybe it was only in 1981, with the arrival of 'An
American Werewolf In London' did the 'go to' reference shift from Olly
and Hammer.
IT WASN'T AS IF there were no other lycanthropic releases until then,far from it, it's just that like
many 'Monster pictures'...the film flies or fails on the performance of
the actor and without doubt, the appearance and standard of the make up
job. Roy Ashton, the
artist behind the hammer make up on Curse, did such an amazing job, to
take what had been seen sometimes as, 'an actor with a LOT of YAK hair
glued to his face.... and make a convincing wolf-man creation, from
latex and hair.
#MONSTERMONDAY: Professor Paul (Peter Cushing) saying goodbye to his sliver cane from Tyburn's Legend Of The Werewolf (1975)
BOTH ASHTON and 'Legend' make up artist Graham Freeborn, favored the
'white timber-wolf' appearance...which somehow gave the man wolf a more
neater, groomed and realistic appearance..a far cry from what had
sometimes looked like the results of man caught in 'glue pot, freak
wind, sweepings from barber shop floor' incident! David Rintoul
played the unfortunate Etoile, the lycanthrope of the film's
title....who until that time, had never set foot or paw in a film
studio.
HOW DO YOU RATE Rintoul's werewolf appearance and
performance? BTW.....Back in 1978 we were the first to have interviewed
David Rintoul about this role and his time with Peter Cushing and
Tyburn..... I hope to share this video interview, in it's entirety when
we launch the PCAS POD CASTS and on our ever expanding youtube channel
later in the year...
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