THE MAN WHO MADE A MONSTER : WHO MOST HAVE MISSED!

#CHRISTOPHERLEE Saturday! Lee as Mr Blake in Amicus films, 'I Monster' . . . a Amicus Stephen Weeks film that has been sadly MISSED by most! A film you would purchase if it was remastered and on blu ray?? Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee's stuntman Eddie Powell pull off quite the fight, in the climax of the film!

 

 

PART ONE OF THIS EXTENDED AND EXCLUSIVE FEATURE AND

GALLERY can be found HERE! 

 

THERE IS A WHOLE TWO PART feature and PCAS gallery of RARE images from AMICUS FILMS 'I MONSTER' elsewhere on thius website. MANY of the photographs have never been seen before and along with the on set snaps, it gives a interesting peek on the making of the film and Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee working together...and enjoying it too! It is a great pity that director Stephen Weeks did not get the opportunity to work with them again together. THOUGH it wasn't for the lack of trying! Read about Stephen in our interview and GALLERY right HERE!

 

 

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PART TWO is a gallery of ON SET and BEHIND THE SCENES look during the making of Christopher Lee's and Peter Cushing's 'I MONSTER' HERE!

 

 

 

 

 

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FOUR CUSHING NETWORK PREMIERS ROLLING OUT IN NOVEMBER!

NEWS: From November 3rd, Horror Channel celebrates vintage 1950s home-grown fantasy and horror with a HAMMER CLASSICS SEASON on SATURDAY NIGHTS! This primetime Saturday night season, is rolling out FOUR network premieres, which star Peter Cushing, and kicks off with Val Guest’s atmospheric masterpiece, 'THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN', The other three, are all directed by Terence Fisher: Cushing and Lee's FIRST Hammer film, THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957), the hypnotically sensual and ground breaking DRACULA (1958), which launched Cushing and Christopher Lee into global stardom, and THE MUMMY (1959). All FOUR make for splendid Saturday Night shocks...and a wonderful introduction to anyone who wants to sample the amazing work of Hammer, Cushing and Lee. What a TRIO! AND WE AT PCAS will be watching them too. We'll be FLAGGING UP a post to remind you of the BROADCAST and invting you to watch too and join us for a chat on the movie after on our FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE! PLEASE come and JOIN US!

THE SEASON season kicks off first with : Sat 3 Nov @ 21:00 – 'THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN' (1957) – *Network Premiere : THEN Sat 10 Nov @ 21:00 – 'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN' (1957) * Network Premiere, Sat 17 Nov @ 21:00 – 'DRACULA' (1958) *Network Premiere and finally, Sat 24 Nov @ 21:00 – 'THE MUMMY' (1959) *Network Premiere. A GREAT line up! - Marcus

THE PCAS REVIEW AND GALLERY ON HAMMER FILMS, 'THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN'

THE PCAS FEATURE AND GALLERY ON HAMMER FILMS,  'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN'

THE PCAS FULL FEATURE AND GALLERY ON HAMMER FILMS 'DRACULA'

PCASUK INVITES TROY HOWARTH to travel through the HISTORY of the MUMMYfilms and Hammer films, classic THE MUMMY from 1959.JUST CLICK HERE!

FREE HAMMER CONTACT SHEETS : BATES AND LEE TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA AND A BIRTHDAY!

 

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! It's a great shame, that Ralph Bates lost his opportunity to play DRACULA. How do you think he would have played it??? #dracula #casting #hammerfilms #pulltheplug #vampires

FREE CONTACT SHEETS FROM HAMMER FILMS : HAMMER FILMS TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA : FEATURING LINDA HAYDEN, ANTHONY HIGGINS  . . . .

'I’VE SEEN THE LIKES TONIGHT that mortal eyes shouldn’t look at!’… say that line of dialogue and any Hammer film fan worth his or her salt, quick as a flash will reply, ‘Michael Ripper, as the poacher in 'The Mummy!’.. And it is Michael Ripper who we remember today on the day his birth, 27th January 1913. Ripper appeared in many productions for Hammer, seven with Peter Cushing, nine with Christopher Lee.  . . .

INN KEEPERS, coachmen, police officers, Ripper an accomplished stage and film actor it could be argued is as much part of the Hammer family as Cushing, Lee, Fisher and Francis. Christopher Lee once announced to a packed convention in Baltimore, with Ripper standing at his side.. 'This man IS Hammer!’ And for many of us, he always will be . . .

IF SOMETHING INTERESTING comes my way, I love to be able to share with you! Such is the case of this rarely seen candid photograph of Christopher Lee and Michael Ripper at a signing. The little I have leaned about this occasion, has come from the owner of this photograph, James Murray. 

JAMES WAS WORKING 'on the door' this day at a book shop in London and remembers it well. It was a book signing, attended by Christopher Lee, signing copies of his book, 'Tall, Dark and Gruesome' the Midnight Marquee edition. Being an admirer of Christopher Lee, he brought along his camera and posed for a pic...and managed to capture Michael too! . . .MORE ON THIS STORY: HERE!

REMEMBER! 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  

INTERVIEW: CHRISTOPHER LEE TALKS HORROR FILMS AND THEIR AUDIENCE!

#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 . . 

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  . .

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: HAND TINTED CURSE OF THE BANDAGES AND NEW FOR SATURDAYS!

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: Here's a request for Gail Bridgeman who has asked us to repost our tinted 10 x 8 publicity still of Peter Cushing from 'The Curse of Frankenstein' she wrote, 'I saw a lovely colour photograph of Peter on your page a few weeks ago, I should have copied it when I saw it, but I thought I would go back and find it later. Guess what? Finding things on facebook is HARD! Would you repost it please? Many thanks and keep up the great work, Gail'

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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.  

#HAMMERSATURDAY: CLOSE TO YOU. BUT NOT TOO CLOSE....

#HAMMERSATURDAY: ASK the academics, and they'll say, 'It's Art!' Ask the fan, and they'll say, 'It's Lee trying out, something different!'..... Me? I am not sure. I was with it until the line... 'That is why, all the boys in town, follow you, all around!' ... 'They long to be, close to you!' I am sure this wasn't what Burt Bacharach and Hal David had in mind, when they penned this love song ditty... or maybe they did???

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#HAMMERFILMSSATURDAY: VAMPIRE GIRLS THUMBNAILS AND MOTHERS OF DEATH

 

 

#HAMMERFILMSSATURDAY: Peter Cushing during his time with Hammer films, was known to be quite tough on the 'detail' of the scripts. It had to be right. Here is an example, of a Hammer Dracula film that didn't feature Cushing or Van Helsing . . . and maybe, a twist too far??? What do you think?

 

#CUSHINGGEEKOFTHEDAY : Here is TODAY'S CUSHING FACTOID! Hmmm. Sounds like something from Cushing's film, 'The Creeping Flesh'! AND it turns out that the story behind Peter Cushing's Mother's 'death faking' is TRUE! Well Done Marcis! You are our Cushing Geek of the Day! And, if MORE proof were needed about Peter Cushing's Mother...HERE BELOW is the good man, telling us all about it, in his own words. This clip is taken from the UK television programme 'THE HUMAN FACTOR' in an episode entitled, ''For The Love Of Helen'  . . .