BONHAMS AUCTIONS CUSHING SMOKING JACKET : HOMES AND ANTIQUES

Object lesson: Peter Cushing's smoking jacket: You may remember we've been following this one for the past few weeks? The sale of the original and vintage smoking jacket as worn by Peter Cushing in the film, The House That Dripped Blood in 1971. Well, HOMES AND ANTIQUES magazine and website have jumped on the story, we supplied some background info to Bonhams about the jacket and some photographic evidence... HOMES and ANTIQUES have published a feature and been jolly nice in giving PCAS a credit too. You'll find the feature RIGHT HERE 

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALICE HANCOCK AND LUKE HONEY!

Now with over 19,000 followers world wide on our facebook fan page (See Banner Above)  and here our very active website (petercushing.org) The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society was founded on Peter Cushing's request, by Gladys Fletcher in 1956. The club then became a newsletter and audio cassette society, and was then managed by Marcus Brooks. For several years it ticked along, until the arrival of the internet and our petercushing.org website and it's supplement fan page on facebook. We welcome new followers, requests, questions and support the publishing of artwork, reviews and features from anyone who would like to submit their work to the sites. This is YOUR site, you drive it's posts, dedications, images and features. A very warm welcome to you! Marcus Brooks (admin)

JUST HOURS TO GO: PETER CUSHING CENTENARY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT PCASUK

Rare photographs, memorabilia and all things Peter Cushing are being shared and posted at

https://www.facebook.com/petercushingblog and http://petercushingblog.blogspot.co.uk/ tomorrow which marks what would have been Cushing's 100th birthday!

DUFFELL AND PETER CUSHING: ON SET PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 'THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD' (1971)

THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD:

CAST:

Linking Story:– John Bennett (Inspector Holloway), John Bryans (Stoker), John Malcolm (Sergeant). Method for Murder:– Denholm Elliott (Charles Hillyer), Joanna Dunham (Alice Hillyer), Tom Adams (Dominick), Robert Lang (Psychiatrist). Waxworks:– Peter Cushing (Philip Grayson), Joss Ackland (Neville Rogers), Wolfe Morris (Proprietor). Sweets to the Sweet:– Chloe Franks (Jane Reid), Christopher Lee (John Reid), Nyree Dawn Porter (Ann Norton). The Cloak: Jon Pertwee (Paul Henderson), Ingrid Pitt (Carla), Geoffrey Bayldon (Count Von Hartmann)
 

PRODUCTION:

Director – Peter Duffell, Screenplay – Robert Bloch, Based on his Short Stories, Producers – Max J. Rosenberg & Milton Subotsky, Photography – Ray Parslow, Music – Michael Dress, Art Direction – Tony Curtis. Production Company – Amicus. UK. 1970.

SYNOPSIS:

A police inspector, searching for a missing horror film star, visits the house that the actor rented. There the realtor and a local police sergeant tell a series of stories about the house and the strange effect it has on the inhabitants. Method for Murder:– Horror writer Charles Hillyer creates the character of the strangler Dominick for his next book. However, Dominick then turns up for real and tries to strangle Hillyer’s wife – but she insists that it was Hillyer acting under subconscious compulsion. Waxworks:– Retired stockbroker Philip Grayson becomes obsessed with the exhibit of a beautiful woman in a wax museum and comes to realise that it may be the owner’s wife. Sweets to the Sweet:– John Reid hires Ann Norton as anew tutor by for his daughter Jane. Ann then discovers that Jane, who is harshly closeted by Reid, is taking revenge against her father using a voodoo doll. The Cloak:– The missing horror film actor Paul Henderson rents the house. Seeking authenticity in his next film, Henderson is given a cloak that was purportedly worn by a real vampire. However, when Henderson puts the cloak on it makes him fly, develop fangs and a thirst for blood.

BEHIND THE SCENES ON 'THE SKULL: AMICUS 1965 PETER CUSHING

Ever wondered how director Freddie Francis achieved that POV of looking at Peter Cushing through the eye sockets of the skull in Amicus films THE SKULL? Well here's a great behind the scenes shot of the camera man in action. You'll notice he is wearing a rig where the skull is fitted into a harness so he can shoot through the sockets. And that gliding movement of the camera? Easy, the camera operator is wearing roller skates!!

AMICUS FILMS: ASYLUM: PETER CUSHING AS MR SMITH (1972)

Peter Cushing as Mr Smith in 'Asylum' (1972)