CAN YOU SOLVE THIS TOUGH QUESTION? PLUS 'THE BEAST MUST DIE' RARE PRESS STILLS

A REVAMP to our usual 'Cushing Tuesday Toughy' Banner.. but the questions are of course, just as tricky and maybe tough.DO have a go! Answer will be here on Friday. BUT if you want to join in the fun and think you have CRACKED IT, why not skip over to our FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE where this has just been posted too, and post your ANSWER in the post thread!? Good Luck!

'A PHOTOGRAPH FROM CUSHING'S 'THE BEAST MUST DIE' PLEASE!' is the request from ARTY FACE at the THE FACEBOOK PACS FAN PAGE! YUP! YOUR REQUEST AND WISH is granted, Arty! A RARELY seen press publicity photograph of Peter Cushing as Dr. Christopher Lundgren, in Amicus films, 'The Beast Must Die' from 1974. Interestingly, Around 1972, Robert (Jaws) Shaw expressed an interest in playing the lead role of Tom Newcliffe in this film. Shaw's career had turned a little quiet and the bills had not! Calvin Lockhart got the lead instead! Hammer films, Don (Kiss of the Vampire) Sharp was the first approached to be director. 

'THE BEAST MUST DIE' was eventually directed by Paul Annett, who seriously objected to producer Milton Subotsky's idea of the 'Werewolf Break' gimmick, where the audience were invited to guess 'who the werewolf is!' Subotsky actually hated the script and the film, and 'Beast' was the last horror film produced by Amicus, in which co-founder Subotsky had the involvement of producer...and it all went sadly pear shaped and sour. IS BEAST one of your FAV Cushing Amicus films? Me? I wish it was, but sadly not...

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE MYSTERY WOMEN : RARE PHOTOGRAH FROM 1989 : WITH A LEE CONNECTION?

PETER CUSHING POSES for the camera on the eve of his birthday in 1989. BUT who are the two ladies at his side? Don't forget our weekly Tuesday Toughy, makes his appearance here tomorrow!

ABOVE AND BELOW: A REMINDER of the glue that helped make two great actors stay friends and also provide us with TWENTY TWO amazing films! You can find out more about their friendship and those films, in our SERIES HERE!  A TALENT TO TERRIFY : The Twenty Two Films of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. 

CUSHING AND LEE: A TALENT TO TERRIFY :  JUST CLICK HERE!

OCTOBER IS PETER CUSHING DRACULA MONTH! OUR CELEBRATION COMPETITION, MARKING THE WARNER BROTHERS RELEASE OF THE REMASTERED BLU RAYS OF 'DRACULA AD 1972' AND 'THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA' THIS MONTH! WIN BLU RAYS, SIGNED AND RARE FRAMED CHRISTOPHER LEE AD 72 PORTRAIT , PLUS MORE! DON'T MISS IT AND MISS OUT!

NEWS: ANOTHER HAMMER FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE DUE FOR OCTOBER 2018!

NEWS : IT'S A GOOD TIME for any Peter Cushing and Hammer film fan looking to update their dvd collection some BLU RAY gems! Twilight Time has just revealed details of their new release of SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST (1960) Personally, my fav of the Hammer Robin Hood films, with Peter Cushing as The Sheriff of Nottingham, Richard Greene THE Robin Hood, Nigel Green as Little John and Oliver Reed As Lord Melton! Niall MacGinnis plays the best Friar Tuck, Richard Pascoas Edward Earl of Newark and Sarah Branch as Maid Marion. Directed by Terence Fisher, it makes for excellent Sunday afternoon viewing 🙂 Special Features include Alun Hoddinott's isolated Music track plus an effects Track too and the Original Theatrical Trailer! 

IT WILL BE INTERESTING to see if this print too will be like all the others, where Oliver Reed's voice is not heard; he's dubbed throughout by another (anonymous) actor attempting to sound like Reed's normal voice. Reed's own voice is heard in the film's trailer, where he adopts a very camp lisping French accent!

HAMMER FILMS producer Michael Carareas and #PeterCushing on set during the making of 'The Sword Of Sherwood Forest' (1960)

ONE SUSPECTS as with most Twilight Time releases, this will be a REGION FREE release which comes out on OCTOBER 16th, 2018 🙂 Another one for your shopping list 😉

 

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER TWILIGHT TIME BLU RAY!

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! Available OCTOBER 17th October 2017 from Twlight Time... The Pirates of Blood River LIMITED EDITION Blu Ray! Special Features include: Isolated Music & Effects Track / Audio Commentary with Writer Jimmy Sangster, Art Director Don Mingaye, and Film Historian Marcus Hearn / Original Theatrical Trailer.

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      

TURN TO TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES FOR YOUR HALLOWEEN HAMMER FILM MOVIE FEST!

Hammer Horror on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES US during OCTOBER 2015: Tomorrow THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN Saturday 24th October 4am et. 1am pt. 

FRIDAY 30th October 2015 'Hammer Horror All Through The Wee Small Hours' beginning with THE MUMMY, DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS, followed by FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN , DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED and Crescendo. Wrapping up with DRACULA AD 1972! A great way to spend your Halloween, if on your own or with friends...bowls of snacks, on the sofa and a cushion to hide behind! A TV HALLOWEEN TREAT!

Marcus Brooks

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