THE TUESDAY TOUGHY! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN AND IN WHICH FILM WAS IT USED??

THIS WEEK'S TUESDAY TOUGHY, might be an EASY one for some, but a challenge for others! IF you think you have it, DO post your suggestion or in the thread below! Sadly, no prizes for this one, it's our weekly bit of fun! BELOW is LAST  WEEK'S ANSWER. ONLY COLLEEN CROUCH got the answer correct, at the FACEBOOK PETER CUSHING APPRECIATION SOCIETY FAN PAGE! Well Done Colleen!

OUR WARNER BROTHERS 'DRACULA' remastered Blu Ray COMPETITION is now LIVE at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE ! PLEASE feel free to CLICK the LINK and bag yourself a copy of Warner's superb REGION FREE PRIZE NOW! As woth ALL PCAS competitions, this comp is OPEN TO EVERYONE! Whoever, wherever YOU are!

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY! : NEWORK UNVEILS BLU RAY COVER AND CUSHING ON CHRISTOPHER LEE'S LIFE

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY!: Just a reminder that NETWORK releases their much awaited blu ray box set of the popular Hammer house of Horror tv series next month. They have just released details of the release along with the cover and slip case design. What do you think? I am sure you know that Peter Cushing is included in the series, in weird little tale called, 'Silent Scream'  . ..  you'll never see your local pet shop in in the same way ever again!

'This star-studded anthology from Hammer Films presents thirteen unforgettable tales of spine-chilling terror. Reimagining classic Hammer themes in a contemporary British setting and signalling a new direction for the legendary film studio under the aegis of producer Roy Skeggs, the series blends the supernatural with a very modern horror – from hauntings and demonic possessions to sinister incarcerations and cannibalism... 

REVIEW AND GALLERY : HERE!

A huge hit on its first ITV transmission, Hammer House of Horror boasts a consistently high-calibre cast including Peter Cushing, Diana Dors, Denholm Elliott, Brian Cox and Sian Phillips. The complete series is featured here for the first time in a stunning new High Definition restoration from the original film elements in its as-transmitted fullscreen aspect ratio.'

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY! Here's a treat, Peter Cushing's guest appearance on Christopher Lee's 'This Is Your Life' show, in 1974. Peter is charming, Lee is shocked! A BIG thank you is in order as this clip comes courtesy of the Christopher Lee Facebook Fan Page 🙂 You didn't know there was one??? Well, I've include a link here, for you to pop along, show your support and say hi! It's the only regularly updated facebook page on Lee, and their admin, is the most charming and obliging young lady...plus she posts some quite rare and excellent stuff! They have a youtube channel too! CHRISTOPHERLEEFANPAGE HERE! 

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ON LAST FRIDAY'S #FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY we had a 'Monster From Hell' theme and shared this gif of Baron Frankenstien (Peter Cushing) examining a new set of eyes from Hammer's Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974) This shot of Peter looking through a magnifying glass has been used in many of his films and was even spoofed in Top Secret (1984)

WE FOLLOWED ON with another gif featuring the Baron going to any lengths for his work in this well known and quite gruesome scene from Hammer's Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974) This scene was censored during the films original release, recently restored for the blu-ray.



OUR FINAL GIF from Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974)… featured the touching moment between Sarah (Madeline Smith) and The Monster (Dave Prowse) before he is destroyed by the inmates of the asylum. Again, this is another of the restored shots that were included in the blu ray release, that had been removed from the US theatrical release of the film back in 1974.

OUR NEW #HAMMERFILMSSATURDAY brought us some interesting posts and comments too! This often requested contact print photograph of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (below) meeting the press during the making of THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA Hammer films.

SUNDAY'S #GETTHECUSHINGITSCUSHING we also marked the passing of John Carradine, who we sadly lost on this day in 1988. A highly prolific actor who career covered nearly all genres of film from horror to dramas to westerns. He co starred with Peter Cushing in Shockwaves (1977) and House of the Long Shadows (1983)

 
#GETTHECUSHIONITSCUSHING:This week, our Cushing Clip was a big fav among 'Cushing-Van-Helsing-Fans'.During its final years Hammer was trying different experiments with films in an attempt to find new angles on old stories, one of them was their final vampire film The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires (1974) a co-production with the Shaw Brothers, was a hybrid of the Kung-Fu and Horror.Christopher Lee did not return as Dracula and instated was played by John Forbes Robinson. However Peter Cushing once again returned as Van Helsing and really gets involved in the action of the film. While the film was not a success at the time, it reputation has grown over the years as it features plenty of memorable scenes including this one, the final battle with The Seven Golden Vampires. What are some of your favourite moments from the film?

#GETTHECUSHIONITSCUSHING: Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) to the rescue as he stakes the final golden vampire from Hammer's 'The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires' (1974)

ON MONDAY we remembered the life and career of actor ANDRE MORELL and his passing in 1978.Today we remember Andre Morell, who we sadly lost on this day in 1978. A celebrated actor whose career had more than a few teamings with Peter Cushing and the fantasy genre.In 1938, Morell joined the Old Vic theatre company, and appeared in several of their high-profile productions both at their home theatre and on tour throughout Britain and across the rest of the world, appearing with both Alec Guinness and John Gielgud.'

HE KICK STARTED his association with 'creepy cinema' with Cushing as Sherlock Holmes, and playing Arthur Conan Doyle's character Doctor John H. Watson, in Hammer Film Productions' version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). In 1960. He played Captain Edward Manningham in 'Cone of Silence' in 1960 also starring Cushing, Michael Craig and Bernard Lee. His wonderful portrayal as the 'bounder' Colonel Gore-Hepburn in Hammer's 'Cash on Demand' in 1961 makes very entertaining viewing, as he piles the pressure on Cushing's tormented bank manger, Harry Fordyce and 65 as Haumeid in Hammer's 'She'..with rather odd dubbing.

THERE WERE OTHER VERY GOOD HORRORS and thrillers too, Hammer's 'Plague of the Zombies' in 66 and the rather limp 'The Mummy's Shroud' again for Hammer in 1967, along with Michael Ripper's Longbarrow, one of the few times where supporting actors are more interesting then the central 'monster'. But, his stand out performance with Cushing, for me has to be in the BBC live televised production of George Orwell's '1984', as the chillingly good O'Brien. It's interesting that Morell played a very good Prof Quatermass in the BBC Quatermass tv series (1958-59) but when offered the role of the Prof in Hammer's 'Quatermass and the Pit' in 1967, turned it down.

MORELL ALWAYS LOOKED very at home in Hammer's early horrors, but inside personally felt a little more than embarrassed by the subject matter of some of the films, and often forbid his family to actually see them at the local cinema. By all accounts, a rather private man, but very generous on screen and made an outstanding contribution to some of Hammer and Cushing's best work.

FINALLY AS IT WAS ALSO #MONSTERMONDAY yesterday, Christopher Lee got the #MONSTERMONDAY treatment: Today our candidate for Monster Monday is Franklyn Marsh a snobbish art critic played by Christopher Lee from Amicus's Dr Terror's House Of Horrors (1965)

PAINTER ERIC LANDOR (Michael Gough) bears the brunt of one of Marsh's tirades, but gets even by humiliating the critic publicly, but when he takes it to far, Marsh gets revenge by running over Landor, casing him to lose his hand, unable to paint again he commits suicide. 

NOW THE QUESTION IS, Franklyn a true monster or just someone who got caught up in a situation that got out of control? You Decide  . . .

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FULLY RESTORED DRACULA / HORROR OF DRACULA DEATH SCENE CUSHING AND LEE

 

REQUESTED: Count Dracula's Death Scene...fully restored with extra 'disintegration make up footage'..from Hammer films 1958 'DRACULA' starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee..... Lionsgate / Icon/ Hammer film combo blu ray / dvd release UK 2013.

BIGGLES : CUSHING'S LAST THEATRICAL FEATURE GETS BLU RAY RELEASE DATE

BIGGLES: Adventures In Time,  Peter Cushing's last theatrical released film from 1986 at last comes to blu ray with a brand new & restored HD master and available in its original screen ratio of 1.85:1 for the first time! Directed by John (Twins of Evil) Hough and also starring Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison, and Marcus Gilbert... This REGION B/2 blu ray release from Odeon Entertainment is available right now to pre order with a release date of MONDAY JUNE 15th 2015. Can't wait!

MINA THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY! MELISSA STRIBLING REMEMBERED

REMEMBERING: Melissa Stribling who was born today November 7th 1927. Stribling appeared in just the one film with Peter Cushing...but boy did she pick the right one! She also got to play in one of Hammer films most iconic scenes in their 1958 'Dracula', where Christopher Lee's Count, in the dead of night, visits her home and..without a word.. seduces her. The scene is so super charged with sexual tension, it almost crackles off the screen and as a result got the scissors treatment from the censors at the time.

In 2013, in Hammer's restored print the exorcised footage was replaced, giving us the full picture of what Director Terence Fisher, Stribling and Lee had originally intended and created.

NEWS: SNEAK PEEP OF 'ISLAND OF TERROR' BLU RAY PACK FROM ODEON ENTERTAINMENT : #petercushing

NEWS: Here's SNEAK PEEP of the #ODEONENTERTAINMENT blu ray pack for their release of 'ISLAND OF TERROR' starring #Petercushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray, Eddie Byrne and Niall MacGinnis. Directed by Terence Fisher. Release is expected soon!