PCASUK CHRISTMAS COMPETITION NUMBER FOUR NOW LIVE WITH BUMPER PRIZE!

PCASUK CHRISTMAS COMPETITION 4#! IS NOW LIVE at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FACEBOOK PAGE HERE! You can ONLY enter the COMPETITION THERE! A reminder . .  these competitions are open to everyone... whoever, wherever you are! 

THIS PRIZE comprises of SEVEN DVD's... 1) Sherlock Holmes! A box set of FOUR episodes on dvd of #PeterCushing's BBC series from 1968. Included is 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', though by many to be the best tv adaption of the #Doyle story. Each episode comes in it's own case with sleeve. These are believed to be the only remaining episodes from the Cushing 16 episode series, as it was standard practice at the time for the #BBC to wipe tapes and reuse them. Win this competition, and they are yours!

2) 'The Amicus Vault of Horrors'! (region 0) Directed and produced by Donald Fearney, this 146 minute documentary has to be the most comprehensive doc on the history of Amicus films. Narrated by Roy Hudd and featuring interviews with Milton Subotsky, John Carson, #DavidWarner #LindaHayden and many others, you'll find masses of rare footage, rare stills and publicity material, with a script by John Hamilton and editing by Jim Groom, this fear feast leaves no Amicus stone, unturned! 

3) 'The Legend of Hammer Vampires' (region 0) Narrated by Edward (Kiss of the Vampire' & 'Phantom of the Opera' De Souza, directed and produced by Donald Fearney, this 96 minutes of exclusive interviews with many of the key personalities, along with unseen footage and rare stills, that cover the entire history of Hammer's Vampire films and the Dracula franchise. All sales stocks of this documentary are now gone . .. WIN your copy HERE!

WE HAVE TWO batches of this PRIZE for you to WIN. All you have to do is answer the COMPETITION FOUR QUESTION below, send your ANSWER to us, as usual VIA the #PCAS #Facebook MESSAGE BUTTON ONLY! If your answer is correct, it will be dropped into the hat and fingers crossed, pulled out as a WINNER on January 2nd 2020! Good Luck!

COMPETITION QUESTION: Peter Cushing first played the character of Van Helsing, in Hammer films first 'DRACULA' film in 1958... also known as 'The Horror of Dracula'. This was also Christopher Lee's first performance for Hammer as Dracula... for many the climax of the film, is the dramatic slaying of the Count, with Cushing's Van Helsing crossing TWO CANDLE STICKS, forcing Dracula into the light of the rising sun! Cushing is on record to have actually suggested the 'candle stick' idea on the set, during the filming . ..
but he has also given credit to ANOTHER feature film, where he believes he FIRST saw the 'crossed candle sticks' idea used.

YOUR TASK: NAME THAT FILM 😃😉

A) Laurel and Hardy meet Dracula? B) The A to Z of Vampire Killing? C) Home Hobbies: Making Candles? D) Berkley Square? E) Candle Square? F) Candle Shoe?

CHOOSE your answer and send it to us as your entry ONLY using the PCAS Facebook Message Button ONLY!

Have Fun and Good Luck 😉
Marcus

#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: UNBOXING HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES BLU RAY FROM TWILIGHT AND COMPETITON

UNBOXING: It's a handsome package! We have EIGHT copies of the TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION of Hammer films 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' to give away as PRIZES in our SECOND #SherlockSunday Competition!

THE COMPETITION was launched on SUNDAY 10th of JULY and will remain OPEN until JULY 17th MID DAY GMT! So, still plenty of time to get your entry in! Take a look at the panel below, and then send us YOUR ANSWER to our EMAIL quoted on the Competition Banner! GOOD LUCK!

TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF in our short UNBOXING CLIP, but HERE ARE A RUN DOWN OF THE EXTRAS:

CONTENTS AND TECH SPEC:
Blu Ray Video: 1080p High Definition / 1.66:1 / Color. Subtitles: English SDH. Runtime: 86 Minutes. It's good news for everyone because this release is REGION FREE! And here are those GREAT EXTRAS: 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. Limited Edition of just 3,000 Units.

MANY THANKS to TWILIGHT TIME for supplying our prizes and for sponsoring ANOTHER of our competitions: You can PURCHASE YOUR copy of the TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY : HERE 

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TWILIGHT TIME ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION BASKERVILLES BLU RAY FOR USA

#TOOCOOLTUESDAY : 

#toocooltuesday: Some very COOL news for today is the announcement of TWIGHT TIME release of Peter Cushing's Hammer film, The Hound of the Baskervilles BLU RAY as part of their Limited Edition series.

The artwork looks great and extras are expect to look something like this: 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 / Original Theatrical Trailer : any UPDATES expect them here smile emoticon Pre-order date: Wednesday, June 1st at 4 pm EST : Street Release Date: June 14th, 2016. You can expect a COMPETITION pretty soon!

THE TRAILER BELOW IS NOT FROM THE TWILIGHT TIME

 BLU RAY RELEASE

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GREAT BRITONS PETER CUSHING ROYAL MAIL POSTAGE STAMP COMPETITION!

COMPETITION OPEN NOW! 

Here's your chance to win a set of the limited issue, Royal Mail 'Great Briton's Postage Stamps' that were issued last year. We have THREE sets to give away as prizes!

THE QUESTIONS:

1) Director Terence Fisher shot test footage of the Hound with children performers in smaller versions of Christopher Lee's and Peter Cushing's costumes, to try and make the appearance of the 'Hound' look bigger! TRUE OR FALSE?

2) The 'HOUND' was played by a Great Dane. His name was:
a) Trooper
b) Colonel
c) Major
d) Bonzo

3) Complete this line of Sherlock Holmes dialogue from the film: ' My professional charges are on a fixed scale, I do not vary them, except.....

4) The 'HOUND' wore a prosthetic mask, to enlarge his head and make his appearance more frightening. WHO made that mask?

5) Location work for the climax of Hammer films, The Hound of the Baskervilles, was actually shot on the moors of Dartmoor. TRUE or FALSE?

6) Actress MARLA LANDI played Cecile Stapleton, and was recommended for the role by Peter Cushing, after he spotted her in a film. TRUE or FALSE?

7) Hammer films, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' was the second version of the film to be shot in colour.
TRUE or FALSE?

8) THE interior set of Baskerville Hall is actually the redressed set of Castle Dracula from 'Dracula , Prince of Darkness'. TRUE or FALSE?

9) According to uncredited producer Kenneth Hyman, from Warner Brothers, The Hound of the Baskervilles was made with a budget of approximately:
a) £35,000
b) £56,000
c) £92,000
d) £73,000

10) Andre Morell who played Dr Watson, appeared in how many feature films with Peter Cushing?

WHO CAN ENTER?:
As with ALL our PCASUK competitions, this competition is open to everyone! Even if you are not a 'follower' of this website.

YOUR ENTRY:
PLEASE SEND your answers to theblackboxclub@gmail.com ANY entries posted onto the comments feed will be deleted and not counted as an entry.

DEADLINE:
ALL entries must be in by the closing date of this competition: 9PM GMT TUESDAY JULY 22ND. The winners names will announced here on the pcasuk facebook page on WEDNESDAY JULY 23RD 10PM GMT.

Have Fun and Good Luck!

'SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW: PETER CUSHING? COMPETITION

So, we've had 'So You Think You Know: Dracula? Captain Clegg? Competitions, now as promised, here is your 'So You Think You Know: Peter Cushing? ' Competition. Lots here to test your Cushing Grey Matter!

THE PRIZES:

There are THREE copies of Wayne Kinsey's fabulous 'The Peter Cushing Scrapbook' up for grabs as prizes. It's a beautiful soft back book, with a  foreword by George Lucas and afterword by Janina Faye. What you get are 328 very nicely designed pages! A4 size landscape, with Full Colour throughout! What Wayne Kinsey has managed to show in his book, is what we all have always suspected.....Peter Cushing as perfectionist in his work and a talented artist in every sense of the word,  with a great sense of humour ....and always a boy at heart! 

The pages are lavishly illustrated with items from every part of Peter Cushing life and career, Annotated script pages, candid photographs, humorous cartoons drawn for his wife, Helen, personal correspondence and letters.Plus material from the estate of Roy Ward Baker, notations for photographs written by Peter Cushing, film props, an alternate script for Captain Clegg, and rare material from two unfilmed Hammer projects to have starred Cushing; Kali – Devil Bride of Dracula and The Savage Jackboot. 

The prizes featured in this competition will be awarded to THREE lucky winners, who answer ALL TEN questions correctly and are pulled out of the 'hat of good fortune' containing all correctly answered entries!

Many thanks to both Wayne Kinsey and Steve Kirkham for making this competition possible

WHO CAN ENTER?:

As with ALL our PCASUK competitions, this competition is open to everyone! Even if you are not a subscriber to this website....

YOUR ENTRY:

PLEASE ONLY SEND US your answers BY EMAIL to: theblackboxclub.com

DEADLINE:

ALL entries must be in by the closing date of this competition: 12 o'clock MID DAY GMT SUNDAY 13TH JULY 2014. The winners names will announced here on the pcasuk facebook page ONE HOUR LATER.

AND FINALLY...
Good Luck Everyone. Have Fun - marcus (admin)

HERE WE GO....

 

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for a super Deal price. Just CLICK  HERE

 

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STARLOG MAGAZINE: PETER CUSHING INTERVIEW PART TWO: ISSUE 100

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ANYTHING BUT ELEMENTARY: PETER CUSHING AS SHERLOCK HOLMES

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SHERLOCK HOLMES: HAMMER FILMS: PETER CUSHING PORTRAIT 1959

SHERLOCK HOLMES: PETER CUSHING : BBC TV 1968 : PHOTOGRAPH

Peter as Sherlock Holmes (BBC TV 1968. 16 eps) in a great big colour scan.