UNIVERSAL BLU RAY BOX SET IS A MONSTER SUCESS!

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY : This weeks first Thursday nostalgia post is not Peter Cushing themed..but boy how I wish it was! Birthdays are wonderful things, well wishes and gifts are wonderful too... and even though my Birthday is a few weeks away yet, my sister treated me to an 'advance' on a gift 🙂 🙂 The Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection [Blu-ray] box set, is a VERY fine thing indeed.

IN MY TEENS I watched and read everything I could on these classic films, and watching them again is a thrill! I also love 3D films, and snap up anything I can find.. the Creature from the Black Lagoon 3D disc in this box set is worth the price alone! It's ALL here Karloff Frankenstein, Chaney Wolfman, Rains Phantom...and ALL remastered and looking and sounding superb on blu rays. Which leads me to ask..why couldn't the BEST of Hammer films be presented in this way?

THE EXTRAS, the booklet, even the lovely packaging is excellent. Is it because Lionsgate and co are cheap??? Hammer licensing distributors don't have the budget? They won't sell enough to make their money back on making a quality release...remastering is expensive??? Well, maybe it's all of those things. But over the years, we have had many re-releases of Cushing's Hammer films, and only WARNERS Horror Classics, Volume One has met anywhere near this Universal release, it's an outstanding presentation. I was very pleased that the remasters were well over what I expected, and they didn't cheap out on packaging either. So, both Universal and Warner, certainly show us how it could and should be done. So, let's stop with the cheapo releases, fans will always buy what's done well 🙂 Do you have this Universal box set? What do you think? How about the Warner Hammer set too?

THIS I ALSO RECOMMEND if you are a fan of the show. I know, Peter Cushing did himself enjoy the humor of Charles Addams... not sure if he saw the shows, but he did have a few of the Addams illustrations, in his scrapbooks! This box set kept me laughing all last weekend. Recommended.

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GIFS: THE VAMPIRE GIRLS FROM HAMMER FILMS 1#

WE ARE RESTING #FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY for the next TWO WEEKS to bring you a series of GIFS of Vampires from Cushing films...TODAY it's the Cushing Hammer Vampires and we kick off with Hammer's Twins Of Evil (1972) with Madeleine Collinson as Frieda, taking a bite, before Cushing as Uncle Gustav gives her the fright and fight of her life!

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ACTRESS JULIE EGE as Ms Vanessa Buren in Hammer films, 'The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires' (1974) stands as Hammer films fastest transformation of vamp, from BIT to BITING! No sooner is she bitten, than... TARRAH..she is a vampire. Still, everything thing I suppose, whips along in that particular movie at a fair ol speed!

AND TOMORROW WE ARE WATCHING THIS CLASSIC! WATCHING TOMORROW! Here's an idea we started THREE WEEKS ago, that you might want to be a part of. Nothing new, but an experience worth sharing... the opportunity to watch a film, on the same day, as US and many others here! It doesn't matter what time, but be sure to share your thoughts and views on the film, we'll all watch tomorrow. TOMORROW WILL BE...Hammer films DRACULA /HORROR OF DRACULA (1958)..How fitting for HALLOWEEN....and you can pop in anytime, and share you thoughts....

AND HERE IS OUR LAST gif for this Friday, and it ties in quite nicely with tomorrow's Cushing movie we'll be sharing together, DRACULA / HORROR OF DRACULA. Maybe, Valerie Gaunt wasn't only Hammer's FIRST vampire, but the BEST too??  What do you think?

 

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'ONE LAST TIME' PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE PHOTO COMPETITION

PCASUK 'ONE LAST TIME' COMPETITION: Following on from our 'ONE LAST TIME' feature yesterday, here's our second competition of the week!

Here's YOUR chance to be one of THREE lucky winners who could win themselves A HI RES COPY OF THE PHOTOGRAPH OF PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE as seen above!. All you have to do is correctly answer the question below!

It's easy to enter our competitions and they are open to anyone, wherever in the world you may be! Answer the question correctly from the options below and EMAIL your answer to us at: theblackboxclub@gmail.com

COMPETITION QUESTION:

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee shared a personal motto. Choose the correct ONE from choices below:

A) STEP ASIIDE!
B) STEP DOWN!
C) STEP AROUND!
D) STEP UP!
E) BIG STEPS!
F) STEP OUT!

PLEASE NOTE:
ANY ANSWERS POSTED ONTO THIS MAIN WALL / NEWS FEED / WILL BE DELETED AND NOT COUNTED AS AN ENTRY.

The competition closes THURSDAY 22ND MAY 7PM GMT. Winners names will be drawn and announced ONE HOUR LATER AT 8PM GMT AND POSTED HERE. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!