#WATCHWITHCUSHING! 'The Blood Beast Terror' (1968) NOW LIVE at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FANPAGE WATCH PARTY! This is a film that for a long time had the sad reputation of being known as '#PeterCushing's
least favourite film'! A rep that was probably misunderstood, as time
has gone on to inform us, it was Cushing's 'on set' experience that
scored the 'no brownie points'. Like with a lot of tight budget movies
from this time, today we watch them with an 'understanding' maybe. Yup
the effects could be better, but I've seen much worse in
films that were produced with monster budgets, and no excuse! No one
looks good in a costume that is supposed to represent a 'real creature'
that is actually an inch to two inches in size, and every director
should have a note to themselves that reminds them, 'save some money for
the big finish' 😉Director, Vernon Sewell sadly did not.
BUT HE DID invest in a good cast, Robert Flemyng, replacing an ill #BasilRathbone
gives a great turn, Wanda Ventham is quite convincing and committed,
but I bet you she drew the line about wearing that costume, and Peter
Cushing as ever, gives good value with a cracking performance, relaxed,
charming and with some nice 'business' as Inspector Quennell. There's a
nod to #Frankenstein and body-snatches '#BukeandHare'
and the late Roy Hudd gets to make his first movie, with some well
timed black humour as the morgue attendant showing a knack that even
both #DonaldPleasence's Dr Seward in 'Dracula' and Cushing's Catflangue, in Legend of the Werewolf, would have been proud of!
