#MONSTERMONDAY : THE CREATURE : MONSTER OR VICTIM?

#MonsterMonday: Christopher Lee as The CREATURE in the first Hammer film to both star him and Peter Cushing, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Well...we posed the question, as we do every Monday...was he a monster or a victim?

Lots of interest over at our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE. BELOW ARE SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS AND REACTIONS:

S.GREEN: 'The creature is a victim of things that man should best leave alone.'

J.PLAYER: '100% victim - in a way he was like Hazel Court, caught between the conflict with Peter Cushing and Robert Urguhart'.

L.CONROY? 'The look on his face when Frankenstein commands him to stand up, walk over, sit down, etc...he's like a beaten child. Total victim, I agree.'

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#GIMMETHEGIFWEDNESDAY : THE BARONS BEDROOM EXIT AND LIGHTNING EXIT FROM THE COUNT

THREE GREAT GIFS MAKING OUR REQUEST LIST for this week's #GIMMETHEGIFWEDNESDAY. 'The FIRST..!' as Christopher Lee once grimly announced in a Dracula film long ago....is from #BruceCrichton. He requested, the moment where Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) is struck by lightning in Hammer's Scars Of Dracula (1970). See Above. 

WHEN THE GIF WAS POSTED on the PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE today, it set off a thread of it's own, when in the description of the GIF also mentioned the connection with Christopher Lee's, 'To The Devil A Daughter' for Hammer in 1976. We said, ' TRIVIA am sure some of you know, that this scene and it's ending, went on to trip up the climax of Christopher Lee role in Hammer films, 'To The Devil A Daughter'... the idea was for Lee's role to be struck by lightening, and everything was et to go on the day, until someone piped up...hey, didn't you get struck by lightening in one of your Dracula films?' Oops... so Lee's Father Michael, was struck by a rock instead... in a very weak ending....' Many of us remembered the ending and the confusion. We followed it up with a post of these two shots, from the Lightening Bolt sequence shots that were filmed, but changed for a different ending...

NEXT CAME ...'GOODNIGHT!' says the Baron…! There are quite a few things people find not to their tastes in Peter Cushing's #theeviloffrankenstein but the are quite a few things that are refreshing and spot on...one of those is the 'black humour ' in the script...this gif captures that perfectly! The GIF was requested by Mat Harrison

OUR NEXT REQUESTED GIF made the website just a few days ago too.  Creature (Christopher Lee) encountering the old blind man (Fred Johnson) in the woods in this classic sequence from Hammer's The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) was accompanied by the question, 'There is a Cushing's 'The Abominable Snowman' (1957) connection here...can you guess it? '. This was answered by Summer Rhiannon-Elizabeth Miller Vining : 'He was one of the Yeti in the film!'.. which also started a thread on who the eyes of the SNOWMAN featured in the close up in the film, actually belong to?

We had always believed, Jack  Johnson was THE snowman whose eyes we see in the film, ....but INMB credits John Rae, so a pic was provided, so we could chew it over. Stewart Green thought Johnson looked very much like, Michael Gough! So we pinned that theory with a pic too!

AND SO ENDED another entertaining and satisfying couple of GIFS for  another #GIMMETHEGIFWEDNESDAY.

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#FRANKENSTEIN FRIDAY WITH A COLLECTION OF TINTED STILLS FROM HAMMER'S CURSE

Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein in Hammer films, 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957) This and the other colour tinted portrait, were originally black and white vintage publicity photographs.

In the make up chair, Christopher Lee lends a hand to make up man, Phil Leakey in drying his make up for his Creature from Hammer films, 'The Curse of Frankenstein' starrin Ptere Cushing, Hazel Court and Robert Urqhart, directed by Terence Fisher.

 

Henry Montsash , hairdresser on 'The Curse of Frankenstein', didn't just do the pretty stuff!

Phil Leakey working on Christopher Lee in preparation for The Creature in Hammer films, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) at Bray studios.

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#TBT : THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN: BOX OFFICE TRADE PAPER AND PRESSBOOK

#TBT Box Office and Press Book Material: 'The Curse of Frankenstein' was a world wide hit at the box office both in the UK and USA. Critics in the UK were horrified and generally unkind. Peter Cushing very wisely, took no notice, and his faith in the film was borne out very soon after the initial release with by spectacular box office returns. In the US critics were much kinder, many highlighting Cushing's performance for particular praise, '....Cushing enacts the role of Frankenstein without overacting,' wrote Jim O'Connor in the New York Journal 7th August. 'You could almost hear the nerves snapping in the audience!'

#ONSETSATURDAY: CHRISTOPHER LEE GETS THE CREATURE COMFORT AT #HAMMERFILMS BRAY STUDIOS

PCASUK: #ONSETSATURDAY Large scanned photograph: Christopher Lee in the make up chair being attended by make up artist Phil Leakey during the making of #hammerfilms 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957 Dir Terence Fisher) The whole make up job would take up to an uncomfortable three hours. Lee would listen to the cricket scores and sometime sing opera or occasionally, something from a G and S Musical with Peter Cushing in the dressing room next-door joining in! The Curse of Frankenstein Starred Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein, Robert Urquhart as Paul Krempe, Hazel Court as Elizabeth and Valerie Gaunt as Justine.

CANDID PETER CUSHING AND HUGH HARLOW AT BRAY STUDIOS: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)

A young Hugh Harlow production manager at Hammer Films, with Peter Cushing at Bray Studios during the production of THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)

HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN FRIDAYS: THE RETURN TO UK PETER CUSHING FB FAN PAGE.

HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN FRIDAY : Returns tomorrow for just six weeks : 7pm until 11pm gmt. All posts Cushing, Hammer, Frankenstein at The UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page..