GIFS GALORE! WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES OF THE BEST OF THE HAMMER DRACULA BLU RAY RELEASES! COLLECTING CUSHING WEDNESDAY

WITH THE ARRIVAL of THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES from SCREAM FACTORY in APRIL on BLU RAY, it signals the long awaited fact that, all of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing Hammer Dracula films, are now available on BLU RAY . . in some region and in most cases, REMASTERED. We will forever sadly, be hearing many clashing and some questionable opinions for from collectors, experts and fans, to the overall quality of some if not all of these releases. But personal tastes aside, it is great that all of these films have risen from the VHS quality of yesteryear, to a format that embellishes some of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee's best work. Over at the FACEBOOK PCAS FAN PAGEHow many of these titles do own on blu ray, how many on DVD and which stands out as your favorite release and why?

HOW MANY OF THE THESE GIFS from Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing DRACULA tittled Hammer Films can you identify?  

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TOO COOL TUESDAY TOUGHY QUESTION AND LAST WEEKS ANSWER

SINCE PETER CUSHING'S PASSING IN 1994, some interesting details about his career and life have surfaced, for sure. I suspect many in the industry knew about this, and this little fact has been several  published, but I suspect that this might get many you thinking. IF you do think you know the answer and want to added to the banner of 'those who cracked it' next week. Drop me a line : petercushingpcas@gmail.com . . . ANSWER NEXT WEEK. LAST WEEKS TOUGHY ANSWER BELOW . . .

THE ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S TUESDAY TOUGHY!
THIS CORRECT ANSWER COMES FROM MARCIA, who correctly identified the THREE following CUSHING SHERLOCK productions. But THERE IS we find, ANOTHER one TOO! MARCIA'S answers are:  

ANSWERS:
1) The Abbot's Cry, the follow-up to Masks of Death.
2) Peter was offered a part in Jeremy Brett's 'The Last Vampyre' as the clergyman Merrydew
3) Not positive about this one, but producer Kevin Francis wanted to remake 'Hound of the Baskervilles' with the Hound animated by Ray Harryhausen, with Peter as Sherlock.

THE ADDITIONAL entry is what was to have been a one man show with Cushing as Sherlock. Peter passed on the opportunity and another actor filled the role.

Worth noting is Marcia's kind message about the website too! "Thanks for the notice on the Zoo Gang bluray and the great Doctor Who article. As neat as Moffat's including Peter's Doctor is, I still think of Peter's Doctor as an actual part of the canon, not just as an actor playing a role. I love his two films as the Doctor. And finally, I love The Last Meeting clips!! I watch them repeatedly and enjoy every minute. Look forward to this page everyday!"
Best wishes! Marcia Loisel 

GIF WEDNESDAY! PACKED WITH PC ON THE FIDDLE: SHERLOCK : THE GHOUL AND A SLICED ROBIN HOOD : CLIPS AND WHOLE MOVIES

#CUSHINGGIFWEDNESDAY! LOTS OF COMMENTS and messages posted to me here and at our PCAS YOUTUBE CHANNEL these past few weeks on PETER CUSHING in THE GHOUL. EVEN interest in the music that Cushing's character DR LAWRENCE plays to Veronica Carlson's Daphne! Cushing did quite a convincing job, of faking playing, and there have been quite a few times where he has had to do the 'FIDDLE' visually, but I don't ever recall him doing so with a piano, which almost the most common musical fake up on screen ! HOW MANY can YOU THINK OF?

PETER CUSHING as SHERLOCK HOLMES in the BBC version of 'THE BLUE CARBUNCLE'

ABOVE THE ENTIRE CUSHING 'THE BLUE CARBUNCLE ' EPISODE 

from the BBC series in 1968

MUCH OF THE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR OUR WEEKLY GIFS, CAN BE FOUND IN THE ENTIRE UPLOADS OF THE PETER CUSHING FILMS AT OUR PCAS YOUTUBE CHANNEL!

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IT'S A GREAT PITY that both PETER CUSHING and DAVID WARNER only got to share such a short time together in a film, FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE. You can see in that scene, how they both had a chemistry, that complemented each other. IF they could have shared another film together, WHICH TITLE one would you choose?? Here nearing the end of  WARNER'S story in one of Amicus portmanteau movies, his poor character Edward Charlton in THE GATE CRASHER loses his will to find the 'figure' in the mirror, but sadly knows nothing of his own fate....   

CUSHING and WARNER in their very entertaining scene

together in FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

FIND OUT MORE about the Amicus film FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE and other films that PETER CUSHING made with the company through out his career, at THIS excellent EIGHT PART serial on THE AMICUS FILMS OF PETER CUSHING. PART SIX covers FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE and several others from the period of time, including MADHOUSE with VINCENT PRICE! AS usual it's just a click away, RIGHT HERE!

HERE IS SOMETHING EXTRA CONNECTED TO 'FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE' . . MANY THANKS TO ROBIN MCDONALD who provided us with two great items for our #TOOCOOLTUESDAY posts a little while ago, you may have missed.... This artwork was produced as a in joke among the crew of Amicus films 'From Beyond The Grave' with Peter Cushing..the artwork was pinned to the clapper-board during some of the shooting! Robin McDonald, was a clapper operator on many of Peter's films.

AGAIN, MANY THANKS to Robin McDonald . .  who sent us his much treasured cards from Peter Cushing, to share with you. Peter DID so very much love his cuppa tea!!!

BARBARA MURRAY who sadly only died quite recently in September 2014, was an actress who SHOULD have appeared in MORE work of the THRILLER AND SUSPENSE kind with AMICUS or Hammer films. Sadly, she never did. MURRAY was very famous for her TV work and few films. She looks like the kind of actress that BOTH film companies would have employed, but apart from a role as Enid Jason in segment 4 "Wish You Were Here" in AMICUS 'TALES FROM THE CRYPT' it all passed her by. 


RICHARD GREEN  who plays her VICTIM Husband, Ralph Jason, . . . a role that PETER CUSHING was originally going to play in the film, NOT ARTHUR GRIMSDYKE, for which he just about stole the whole film and won much respect and an award for... and the late Roy Dotrice, who sadly left us last year, as her lover. It's a bit of a GORY-STORY, this one for Amicus, considering producer's MILTON SUBOTSKY dislike of any inclusion of BLOOD or sex in his scripts and finished films. BUT Barbara does good and Richard Greene, who also worked with PETER CUSHING in Hammer films, SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST, in his famous Robin Hood role . .dies, wonderfully!

SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST, was one the CUSHING FILMS that made the GREAT list of TOP FIVE PETER CUSHING NON HORROR MOVIES... TO FIND OUT what titles made the OTHER FOUR  CLICK HERE! 

#DRACULAAD1972, is slowly starting to get the respect and interest it maybe should have received on it's release SOOO MANY years ago, by Hammer films. We have relentlessly posted about it in FEATURES and GALLERIES since we first arrived on the net back in 2010. There is ONE particular scene, that we have dug around in for a LONG time. The DEATH OF BOB. For those of you, those of you not so familiar with the character played by, PHILLIP MILLER, Bob was a bit of limp boyfriend of CAROLINE MUNRO"S character LAURA BELLOWS. Bob was a kind of hip but sensible version of  FRED from the epic children's cartoon series SCOOBY DOO, but unlike Fred...DIES! It's not long before he too, falls under the spell of Christopher Lee's DRACULA and those two pointy teeth, until he is found denim's creased and he lifeless in the cemetery of St Bartolph's Church, by PETER CUSHING'S,  Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing. BUT HOW he got there OR died was never explained in the film. It was only when studying some CONTACT SHEETS in the PCAS archive, that we came across the solution . . . READ BELOW! What FUN!

ABOVE: COME WITH US in a GREAT BEHIND THE SCENES DOCUMENTARY on the MAKING of DRACULA AD 1972, in this upload from our PCAS YOUTUBE CHANNEL!

 AND TO WRAP WITH FOR THIS WEEK: HERE is a GREAT PCAS CAROLINE MUNRO Dracula AD 1972 and EARTH'S CORE GALLERY! RIGHT HERE CLICK!

NEWS: AMICUS FILMS GEM COMES TO BLU RAY! MOMENTS OF TERROR CLIP TOO!

NEWS! SCREAM FACTORY have just announced the release of the arrival of THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD of BLU RAY. It's a FIRST. DUE IN MAY 2018. Here are are the details from SCREAM FACTORY: Region A Release date May 8th 2018. Newly Remastered Extras are in progress and will be announced at a later date.

#MOMENTOFTERRORMONDAY! This weeks clip, is a REAL TREAT! From 'The House Of The Long Shadows' which for the FIRST TIME featured all FOUR of our favorite actors in ONE MOVIE! Personally, I LOVE this scene. ATTICS in horror films are always a NO GO area, and in this case...it's no exception. Cushing is great in this scene. ENJOY

DON'T MISS THE HUGE feature we posted on PRUDENCE HYMAN who played THE GORGON for Hammer films back in the 60's. Most Hammer fans may think, that was all she did in her career. BUT there was more to this lady, than we ever knew! RARE CLIPS, IMAGES and MORE. YOU can find it : RIGHT HERE!

REMEMBER! IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll  love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.  Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA  

ON SET WITH CUSHING : GOLDEN VAMPIRE TRIP AND ON SET VAMPIRE LOVERS FOOTAGE!

#GETTHECUSHIONSATURDAY! ABOVE Derek Whitehurst, assistant director on some Peter Cushing films with Hammer films. remembers Peter on set . . .

#GETHECUSHIONSUNDAY! AMAZING behind the scenes footage of PETER CUSHING at Elstree studios, making Hammer films, 'THE VAMPIRE LOVERS' (1971)

#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY! Something a little different this week..a REAL fright! Here is the moment, we've uploaded it in slow mo . . . where poor Peter as Van Helsing, accidentally slips on his size twelves and lands almost face-down in the real camp-fire, on the set of Hammer films, 'Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires'. It's a 'stunt' that I am sure wasn't scripted or expected , and probably frightened director Roy Ward Baker and the insurance company to death! Typical Cushing, he would have given his consent for the shot to be used, to help the drama along!

IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll  love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.  Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA  . 

ACTING ADVICE CUSHING LEE PRICE PERTWEE. . .AND SHERLOCK! : GET THE CUSHION SUNDAY!

#GETTHECUSHION! SOUND advice from Peter Cushing on acting . . .it certainly worked for him! What would you say is Peter Cushing's most convincing role...one where for you, he really did make you....believe?

#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY!: VINCENT PRICE takes five on the set of Amicus films 'MADHOUSE' and talks about acting and working on the film,  'THEATRE OF BLOOD' (1973)

CHRISTOPHER LEE it seems, never had any intention of retiring from acting . . and certainly worked until just a few days, before he passed away in 2015. . .

ABOVE ACTOR, JON PERTWEE shares his thoughts on acting and working on the Amicus films, 'THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD' (1972) 

#PETERCUSHINGSUNDAY! How well do you know your Cushing Sherlock???? Do you have a favourite story, performance? There are a LOT to choose from if you consider the BBC tv series too plus two movies, The Hound of the Baskervilles for Hammer and The Masks of Death for Tyburn films.....

 

IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll  love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.  Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA  .