TODAY is National Surveillance Camera day is the UK. When I first read that, I thought it was a joke! But no. So I have created a little tribute to the all seeing eyes along with and including Orwell's and Cushing's own historical statement on the practice of 'all seeing' for good or bad intentions . .. what is your thoughts on today's National Marking of the governments service, that LOOKS after us all?
#ONSETSATURDAY
This week we visit that Amicus favourite, THE BEAST MUST DIE, with a
rare shot of ANTON DIFFRING in the make up chair of Paul Rabiger. An
interesting film in the Cushing portfolio, is a horror film, a thriller,
a who done it??? The answer is probably, it's all three! With it's excellent
'WEREWOLF BREAK' a quite eclectic cast, headed by Peter Cushing, Charles
Gray and werewolf hunter, Calvin
Lockhart, who sounds like he's just popped over during a tea break from
the Royal Shakespeare company's production of 'As You Like it'. It's not
one of my favourites, and the music score I find so bad, I have been
known to watch the entire film with the volume down. Amicus films,
didn't have those memorable scores, like many of the Hammer films, and
went down the route of employing Douglas Gamley (1924–1998) to score
this one, and many of the portmanteau films. Just my opinion, but I am
not a fan.
Mind you, he's not quite as bad as Elisabeth Lutyens ...who
scored Dr Terrors House of Horrors. Her avant-garde blackboard
scrapings, set me on edge. Maybe, that was what they were meant to do???
What is YOUR favourite AMICUS film score??
