BACK IN THE EARLY 1970's mankind made some very interesting and surprising break throughs, technical and domestic... In 1972, interactive games with vastly more primitive graphics only existed in laboratories, until the invention of PONG! Remember that? 1970 brought pocket calculators to students, engineers, and scientists the world over! 1971 brought us something that was huge in terms of its impact, the Intel 4004 Microprocessor! 1973 gave us the first cell phone, the XEROX ALTO, also TCP, Ethernet and fibre optics!
ALL THIS . . but for some reason Hammer films just couldn't NAIL a new and
entertaining idea, that worked on the big screen. My opinion, but
something I never understood! But that was until... John Hough's 'Twins
of Evil' which cast not only Peter Cushing in a new spin on the Vampire
Killer, but also someone who wasn't even trying to copy or replace
Christopher Lee as a the head and evil 'toothful-one', Damien Thomas
made a great Count Karnstein. Denis Price added some casting clout
briefly and two sweet, though not innocent Maltese actresses / models
Mary and Madeleine Collinson shapely slipped into the shoes of the title
twins with ease. It was director John Hough, who brought the whole lot
together in a very refreshing way. With Tudor Gates twist on some
Sheridan Le Fanu influences, Harry Robertson's outstanding music score
and Dick Bush and his beautiful cinematography, Hammer had an original
tale that looked great, sounded wonderful and still impresses.
