HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GORGON : 51 YEARS OLD TODAY!

A GREAT reason to celebrate today.... Hammer Films THE GORGON IS 51 YEARS OLD TODAY! And he is our friend, JOSHUA KENNEDY, -The Gorgon Super Fan,- having just watched his favorite film, aged NINE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Megaera, Professor Heitz, Dr. Namaroff, Prof. Karl Meister ...and ALL!

It's true... Barbara Shelley, DIDN'T actually play her character's alter-ego, Megaera, THE Gorgon. That role was filled by actress and dancer, Prudence Hyman. A very interesting actress and person. If you'd like to find out more, just click this link, which will fast track you to the feature elsewhere on our website: HERE

 

 

Plus there are more images and press stills AND you can sample the artwork of Brian Lewis, Goring and Cuyas in the HOUSE OF HAMMER magazine issue 11 and their telling in comic strip of THE GORGON Hammer horror! You'll find that HERE 

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DEZ SKINN'S MONSTER MAG IS BACK!

Long before video nasties, multiple TV channels. DVDs, downloads and the like, MONSTER MAG ruled! The original horror films poster mag, it was launched in 1973 by prolific Dr Who scriptwriter Roger Noel Cook and ran for 14 issues. Following a short absence it was revived by Dez Skinn in 1976 for a further three issues before morphing into The House of Hammer.

Outside of its high profile for gore making it highly collectable, with back issues regularly selling for £20/$30, it has a far greater claim to fame... By accident, its second issue has become the world's most scarce film magazine.

While French and German editions can sometimes be found on eBay - where they sell for as high as $1250 - there are no copies in existence of the English language number 2, having all been destroyed by HM Customs on arrival from its Italian printer, deemed unsuitable for an all-age market (a For Adults Only band was added to covers from issue 3 and stickered for a rereleased issue 1).

Another frustration for collectors is that in vol 2 #3 (issue 17) editor Dez Skinn promised that the next issue would be a "Double X" Special. But it never happened. Instead the legendary House of Hammer was launched.

With Roger Cook and Dez Skinn both working together again, there's some long-overdue tidying up they're promising to prioritise...

'THE HOUSE OF HAMMER' NUMBER 11: HAMMER FILMS: THE GORGON TOLD IN COMIC STRIP

Cover Art: Brian Lewis. Script: Scott Goodall. Artwork: Goring and Cuyas.

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Read our feature on PRUDENCE HYMAN, 'The Gorgon'  HERE

HALLS OF HAMMER: 'THE MUMMY' COMIC STRIP ISSUE 22

HAVE YOURSELF A FANTASTIQ FANTASY WEEKEND

The Fantastiq Festival of fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror which takes place in Derby this weekend starting Friday 9th August! With the BBC having just announced the casting of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor the Fantastiq festival celebrates Peter Cushing's portrayal as 'Dr Who' in the sixties movies Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)! Alongside these and many more classic horror and sci-fi film screenings, there will be screening of  Peter Cushing's  'Hammer house of Horror' episode, 'The Silent Scream', 'The Beast Must Die' with an interview with director Paul Annett and a screening of Hammer Films 58' 'Dracula'. There's a great guest list also  including Dez Skinn, the legendary creator of iconic seventies monster magazines House of Hammer and Starburst.

Here is a run down of the THREE DAY event:

FANTASTIQ – THE FESTIVAL OF FANTASY, SCI-FI AND HORROR AUGUST 9-11 2013
 
Friday 9th August
1pm Hammer House Of Horror Double Bill
2pm From The Vault: Heavy Metal (15)
3pm Bug (15)
4pm Orson Welles’ The War Of The Worlds
5:30pm Ghostwatch (adv 15)
6:00pm Preview – Upstream Color (15)
7:15pm Stephen Volk In Conversation
8:00pm From The Vault – Heavy Metal (15)
8:40pm Book Signing Whitstable
9:30pm Spectral Press Presents…Dracula (12A)
10:00pm House (Hausu) (15)

Saturday 10th August
10:45am From The Vault: Silver Bullet (15)
11:00am The AckerMonster Chronicles
1:00pm Dez Skinn In Conversation
1:15pm Corruption (adv 12A)
3:00pm Jason And The Argonauts (U)
3:15pm The Sorcerers (15)
4:45pm Johnny Mains On John Burke & The Sorcerers
6:00pm The Beast Must Die (15)
6:30pm Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (U)
8pm Paul Annett In Conversation
8:30pm From The Vault: Silver Bullet (15)
9:30pm Preview – Kiss Of The Damned (cert tbc)
 
Sunday 11th August
11:00am From The Vault: The Black Belly Of The Tarantula (15)
11:30am Horror Tour Of Derby with Darrell Buxton
1:30pm Dr Who And The Daleks / Daleks: Invasion Earth Double
Bill
2:00pm Filmmaker’s Forum Panel Discussion
4:00pm Zombie: The New Undead (adv 18)
5:30pm Cinema Retro Presents…Vampire Circus
6:00pm Orson Welles’ The War Of The Worlds
7:15pm Robert Young In Conversation
8pm From The Vault: The Black Belly Of The Tarantula (15)
8:45pm Closing Night Preview – John Dies At The End (15)