#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAYS! RELAXED and yet sharp, Christopher Lee interviewed back in 1968. The question of, do horror films, influence the vulnerable in society, and Lee's answer, is a blinder...which cramps any return, even from someone as cool and as accomplished as the late, Alan Whicker . .
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WE REMEMBERING VINCENT PRICE who we lost on this day in 1993. Feel free to share your memories of Vincent in the comments thread at our FEATURED POSTS at the PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE
For#SILENTBUTDEADLY! today, we will posting a selection of #gifs from Our
Five Vincent Price Films. No order of preference, but everyone a GEM!
NUMBER 1#: ANY LIST OF PRICE'S work MUST consider the 1959 'HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL'...you agree? Price's Frederick Loren, is a delight. Full of that
1950's spooky drive in feeling. This zoom in intro in the film, on it's
own REALLY spooked me as a kid... and WOW Elisha Cook jr.... also REALLY
unnerved me. Is THIS film in YOUR top Five? I have never been to a US
Drive-IN before, but I am going tomorrow, so wish me luck!
NUMBER 2# : Comedy of Terrors (1963) . . .I was very late coming to this
film. My first viewing was during a UK BBC2 double bill season, with my
parents and grandparents, so for me, maybe like many here..I have an
emotional attachment, to this film. My grandfather in particular LOVED
it. I can not remember a time when he laughed that much! Karloff in this
film, has more than a fleeting resemblance, to my grandfather's brother
. . . and I might say, was just as batty! Personally I love EVERYTHING
about this film. I could, but I won't ramble about it, the film speaks
for itself. Price, Karloff, Lorre, Rathbone...wow! Does anyone know if,
the obvious title connection to a play by the Bard... was this story
ever performed as a theatrical production??? I think it would work
extremely well on stage...! No? One of YOUR favs maybe too??
PERSONALLY, I love EVERYTHING about this film. I could, but I won't
ramble about it, the film speaks for itself. Price, Karloff, Lorre,
Rathbone...wow! Does anyone know if, apart from the obvious title
connection to a play by the Bard... was this story ever performed as a
theatrical production??? I think it would work extremely well on
stage...! No? One of YOUR favs maybe too??
YOU CAN FIND A FULL FEATURE WITH SUPPORTING GALLERY ON COMEDY OF TERRORS AT OUR SISTER WEBSITE HERE!
NUMBER 4# 'Theatre Of Blood' So many good things about this film. A huge
favorite! and THIS SCENE is one of many that stay with you a long time
after the closing credits. So MANY deaths, and each one, so well done:)
Do you have a favorite death scene maybe???
In marking the anniversary of Vincent Price's passing today, I hope our
little top five has whetted your appetite to revisit some of your
favorite Vincent Price movies this weekend and at Halloween too!
Full feature and gallery at our sister website THEBLACKBOXCLUB.COM HERE!
ABOVE:From our PCAS YOUTUBE Channel RARE VINCENT PRICE TALKS ABOUT Theatre Of Blood (1973)
NUMBER 5# Amicus films, MADHOUSE (1974) stars both Vincent Price AND Peter Cushing, in a rare opportunity to see them working together. We have several clips scattered around the website site, and watching them in the movie, gives us just a taste of what opportunities were probably missed. MADHOUSE with it's twists and turns, moments of camp and black humor seems in recent times, to be receiving some late but well deserved, praise. Price plays Paul Toombes as very much the victim of circumstances for much of the film, but come to the time for revenge... the film was shot under the title of 'The Revenge of Doctor Death'... all stops are out for a thrilling confrontation . . .
PART SIX of The Amicus Films of Peter Cushing, includes a MADHOUSE FEATURE and GALLERY, JUST CLICK HERE!
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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY! At the San Diego International Comic-Con 2017, interviewed along side, #StevenMoffat and #MarkGatiss, #PeterCapaldi reveals his all-time favorite DRACULA film . . .with talk of a Gatiss / Moffat DRACULA production in the next two years, lets hope the guys have been taking notes, from Capaldi's pick of the bunch...!
#TOOCOOLTUESDAY:
#PeterCushing returns once again to fight the Lord Of The Undead, Count
Dracula, #ChristopherLee in this trippy feature from #Hammerfilms. At
the time of the film's release, he hip talk and fashion was already out
of date by the time the film was released, but over the past ten years
the film has at last found a following. We have pushed and pushed this film at #PCAS at every opportunity, since we arrived on the web in 2010... it's great to finally see this film, getting some #LOVE!
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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY
: FROM THE 92 feature films that Peter Cushing appeared in during his
long career in television, theatre and cinema, there only about five
titles, whatever your person taste, that could be deemed as 'almost
unwatchable'. Sometimes it's because of bad production values, (Hitler's
Son) technical ineptness (The Devils Men) of the director and his team
(Tender Dracula) Sometimes the fault lies with botched scripting or
editing (Touch of the Sun) where the film was fiddled with so badly,
what remains of the story is a mess...and here we place Incense For The
Damned 1970.
I THINK I CAN CONFIDENTLY say, there aren't any films, that I know of,
that suffer because of Peter Cushing's contribution, it's often stated
that many productions were saved, through Cushing's performance!
'Incense for the Damned' has been distributed under three titles over
the years, Bloodsuckers, Incense for the Damned and Doctors Wear
Scarlet, the title of the novel by author Simon Raven, that this film is
'loosely' based on.
THANKFULLY, CUSHING has but a guest
appearance. His shooting was extended after the wrap, to try and bring a
satisfying ending to the story...you'll notice his hairpiece has
vanished in the addition footage in the films closing moments,
presumably it had been sent back to the hire company. Director
Robert Hartford-Davis, disowned the film, and had his name taken off the
credits.The film was credited to Michael Burrowes... another name use
by Davis. As for plot, it is very hard to keep track, and some long
additional scenes of 'orgies' are played by a completely different group
of actors that were added to a 'continental' version of the
film.Although completed in 1969, Bloodsuckers did not get a general
cinema release until 1971. Filming took place April-May 1969. Shooting
took place in part in Greece and Cyprus.
SO, TO SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE of trawling through the 90 minutes of dross, are all of Peter
Cushing's scenes from the film....don't worry that because the scenes
are presented in isolation here, they will make little sense.... even
when presented in the feature, they contribute little to the chaos . . . .
#THROWBACKTHURSDAY:
David Chiang Da-wei was born on the 29th June 1947 in Shanghai,
(Republic of China) Chiang is a very famous actor and director, producer
in Hong Kong. Chiang was very much a martial arts superstar in the
1970s, working under the Shaw Brothers Studio. He has appeared in over
130 films and over 30 television series.
DAVID CHIANG IN ACTION IN
LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES
IN 1974, Chiang starred along side Peter Cushing in Hammer films first
of two co-partner feature films with Hong Kong based studio, Shaw
Brothers. 'The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires' Peter for the last
time resurrected his character of Van Helsing, and together with Chiang,
Julie Ege and Robin Stewart, took on an oriental Dracula played by
actor John Forbes Robertson and a hoard of Kung Fu zombie vampires! Join
us today in wishing DAVID CHIANG a VERY Happy Birthday!
#THROWBACKTHURSDAY:
NOT THAT LONG AGO in on a planet, not that far away, actor GUY HENRY
took on a role that many would have thought impossible, the playing of
Peter Cushing's GRAND MOFF TARKIN from Star Wars in 'Rogue One'... but
what does Henry think of Cushing, and how did he prepare... here Henry
tells all!
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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.
#GETTHECUSHION:
A behind the scenes snap of Peter Cushing and the producers of the
film, 'TOP SECRET' (1984) ... and the pose subject matter? I have no
idea...! It's film you either love or hate, but most seem to remember Cushing's 'Giant Eye' skit, more than the impressive skills he displayed in making the 'reverse action' and dialogue seamless and convincing!
#GETTHECUSHION! A requested repost for Samantha Eyddes, of Peter Cushing and Vincent Price recording, 'Aliens in the Mind', a radio serial recorded and broadcast by the BBC. Samantha brought up the question, as to why Cushing and Price never got to appear in more work together...? It's a tough one to answer, and probably lies somewhere with, 'Not enough opportunities' and 'Some of films of that particular genre, had small budgets, that wouldn't stretch to hiring both!'. along with, 'We could never find a window of time where they were both free!'...
HMM, I AM NOT SURE. One would have thought with the amount of time Price spent every year during the late 1960's and 70's in the UK, there should have been something where the two could have worked together. I always thought the lost opportunity in casting Cushing as one of Lionheart's critics, was one of many. To slip Cushing in as the 'Ship Captain' in the second Phibes film, was a tease and more than a bit mean. Cushing's fee per day was around £750 to £1,200 a day, at this time. At those prices, I wonder why he wasn't used more in Phibes, and appear in Theatre of Blood, Cry of the Banshee, and The Oblong Box?
TO BE FAIR, Cushing was pretty busy in 1971 through to 72... he appeared in over a dozen feature films. So maybe it was about timing? Then, thank havens they had time for 'Madhouse', 'Price of Fear', 'Aliens of the Mind' and 'House of the Long Shadows'...!
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