SOME #GREATNEWS!#KinoLorber is putting out both #DrWho films starring #PeterCushing
on blu-ray for the first time in US. The release dates have been
announced but I am not sure the if current situation would effect these.
I will keep you posted here!
DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS (1965) • NEW Audio Commentary by Writer, Film
Critic, Film Historian Kim Newman and Screenwriter, Writer, Film
Historian Robert Shearman • Audio Commentary with Actresses Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey and Author Jonathan Sothcott • Dalekmania: 57-Minute Documentary • Interview with Author #GarethOwen • Restoring #DrWhoandtheDaleks • Optional English Subtitles • Dual-Layered BD50 Disc • Theatrical Trailer Release Date: July 7th #2020
DALEKS' INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D. (1966) • NEW Audio Commentary by Writer, Film Critic,
Film Historian #KimNewman and Screenwriter, Writer,
Film Historian Robert Shearman • #Dalekmania: 57-Minute Documentary • Interview with Actor #BernardCribbins • Interview with Author Gareth Owen • Restoring Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. • Optional English Subtitles • Dual-Layered BD50 Disc • Theatrical Trailer Release Date: July 7th #2020
PCASUK FEATURE on the HISTORY of the DALEK MOVIE merchandise with #CallumMcKelvie with GALLERY HERE!
A POST I SHARED TODAY at the which became very popular with almost a THOUSAND LIKES, is this colour photograph of Peter Cushing, in his home at Whitstable in 1974. Until today, it was very rarely seen . . thanks to your shares at the 'fan page' now everyone has the pleasure of seeing it!
I LOVE IT WHEN friends and followers, send in artwork of PC. This one was sent by George T, of the
very talented artist Colin J Fenwick . . posted on New Years Eve I
believe, Colin wanted to share it at midnight I guess, though explained
the pattern on Cushing neck tie took him hours longer! Many identified the character captured in the artwork portrate, as Peter Cushing as Doctor Know, from the 1959 film ''THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS' a not so well know film or role of Cushing's, and has been quite a find, if when fans have managed to source a good dvd. THANKFULLY, KINO have NEW 2K REMASTERS OF BOTH CUTS OF THE FILMand have set a release for this early this year, which will be quite the treat, I am sure! As soon as I have any details, I will of course, let you know! can get to see it.- Marcus
#MOTHERINGSUNDAY! HAPPY MOTHERING SUNDAY to all our Mum's and Mom's in the USA! Below is Peter Cushing talking about his Mum!
ABOVE HERE IS A VERY RARE PIC of the Cushing Family, with Mum Nellie on holiday, in BOGNOR, of all places! From the left: GEORGE Cushing, Peter Father, then NELLIE Peter's Mother. Next ARTHUR Peter's Uncle, and Nellie's sister in law, WYN . An unnamed chap on the far right. At the front Peter's brother, DAVID on the left and a young smiling PETER on the right! The reverse side of this pic comes from a time when, a jobbing photographer would take your photograph at a sea-side resort, and process it on photographic paper that was also a postcard....so when you picked up your pic, you could write on the reverse side and post it off to your relatives and friends!
DANCES, BANQUETS AND BALLS!: Martita
Hunt as The Baron's Mother, Baroness Meinster. There is a story that
when Martitia was rehearsing the scene where the Baroness laments the
loss of the time when the château was once the social hub of parties,
banquets and balls, she inadvertently
paused and placed prominence on the word....'balls'. Everyone in
attendance, broke out laughing, Fisher included...she repeated this in
the take that was shot and printed in the final cut of 'Brides'....
IF YOU HAVE EVER WONDERED just how popular, a certain Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee film had become in the USA, after it's release in 1957. Just WHO is that inflatable, floating down the street at the Macy's Thanks Giving Parade.... ?
NEWS: Scream Factory have announced they are putting out Hammer's 'Frankenstein Created Woman' on blu-ray! SCREAM say in their press release that 'It’s
the year of Hammer Films for us as you can already tell and we have yet
another one planned for the Summer. FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN
(starring legendary star Peter Cushing) is being prepped in Collector’s
Edition Blu-ray release!'
HERE ARE THE EARLY DETAILS we have at present time, there are no details to IF this will be a REMASTERED release. • National street date for U.S. only (Region A) is June 11th. •Release will come with a slipcover (guaranteed for three months after its original release date). • The newly-commissioned artwork pictured comes to us from Mark Maddox
(Dracula: Prince of Darkness). This art will be front-facing and the
reverse side of the wrap will the original theatrical poster design. • Extras and specs are still in progress and will be announced later in May.
PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE FANS, PCAS followers and all in the US Hammer film fans, have waited a LONG time for the PRINCE of DARKNESS and his number one enemy, to finally cross the Atlantic and set foot, on their home cinema screens! On the 18th of December 2018, Hammer films numero uno Dracula classic, will finally hit the streets . . just like when the vampire king landed on the shores of Whitby, England back in the late 19th century, and frightened EVERYONE to death!
THERE IS EVERY POSSIBILITY, with Warner Brother's REMASTERED BLU RAY release of the BFI restored print, that with Christopher Lee amazing performance and stunning quality of this print, he WILL do it, yet again, for there is MUCH to be quite shocked and surprised by in this fabulous Warner Brothers Archive release. In the past, just like the Stoker novel of 1897, there have been several nightmares and tense moments concerning the release of the film on blu ray. In 2012, the first blu ray release of the film in the UK, devided fans and techie types, with a print that was remastered, but for some looked like it had been shot with director Terence Fisher holding a BLUE GEL lighting filter in front of expert camera operator's Jack Asher's lens! For a studio that celebrated the rich and throbbing reds and colours of it's gothic sets, furnishings, fangs and well, blood lusting the chilly blue tone resulted in a very cool reception on its release.
IT CAN'T BE DENIED that Warner Brothers Archive releases, have hit many major BULLS EYE not just in the last two months, where they have utterly spoiled us with the fantastic remasters of two later Hammer Cushing and Lee films on blu ray, DRACULA AD 1972 and THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULAbut also their HAMMER HORROR CLASSICS VOLUME ONE, presented us with new remastered versions of 'Dracula Has Risen From The Grave', 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' AND 'Taste The Blood Of Dracula'! No other version of previous releases of these titles can compete with the visual and sound quality of the Warners blu ray releases!
AS TIME DREW CLOSER, after the announcement from Warner of the planned 1958 DRACULA release, just like the tension of the final ten minutes of the film, we ALL waited to find out if THIS release was going to be yet another Warner triumph with gold stars, or if it was going to shock for ALL the wrong reasons, with the horrible news that the blue tint, had risen yet again and returned to haunt the passionate lovers of this film. It was great relief, on pressing the play button on my blu ray player, that I saw an old friend, but looking MORE than healthy! For those of us, who have watched and wore out our VHS and DVD recordings of the film over the years, we KNOW and are very familiar with its tone, contrast, rich, rich colours and that powerful score and accompanying owl screeching and vampire hisses. Here at last, all those things are back, but now cystral clear, remastered and never looked better.
TERENCE FISHER'S 1958 Dracula / Horror of Dracula US Blu-ray arrival on the red carpet is a stunning “brand-new
presentation, sourced from the British Film Institute/Hammer Film
restoration master”. Dracula's 'Blur Period' is over. Through out, images are strong with good detail and defined and correct colouring. Everthing, as you would expect looks balanced and bold when they should do! Like many of you, this film is like an old friend to me. I know it well and what I was seeing and hearing was quite an experince. Familiar, but now better and a HUGE departure from previous releases. THIS is how it was meant to be! Because of the clarity, the depth of the sets like Dracula's first arrival on meeting Harker and the fisty-cuff with Lee and Valerie Gaunt, you get the shadows and creepy light and SIZE of Dracula's den. At last, Bernard Robinson's dedicated set design can be seen in all it's beauty. Flagstone floors, drapes, banners, curtains and even the subtle gold detail on the floor space area, when the Count meets his end, is luscious, clear and quite regal.
IT IS ONE OF THE MANY things you notice from the first scene where Harker stands outside Castle Dracula and certainly when he steps inside, there are SO MANY colours and some are, for me, seen for the first time! I am please to say, that it also sounds as good as it looks. Dialogue isn't lost in what is sometimes a quite dramatic score, every word can be heard and is crisp. Sound effects to seem to have a new life. The horses during the chase, have a lovely thundering base, Cushing's feet on the wooden and hollow tablle top... and hey, those curtains, come down with quite a crash and Dracula's body THUDS when he hits the floor. You'll be please to hear, that for once... The Count's footsteps are wonderfully absent! As, they should be!
THERE IS MUCH to be VERY happy about concerning this NEW remastering. I think for once too, fans and admirers of this much loved Cushing and Lee classic Hammer film, will appreciate that the task of remastering has been carried out properly, with an eye for detail with a quality that respects the standards, skills, dedication and artistry, of a cinematic production crew and studio, once long gone, but now . . celebrated and still with us! Consider that past ressurections of the DRACULA are now staked, dead and dust. THIS Dracula, has RISEN and has never looked better. He TRULY IS a terrifying lover who DIED and and yet LIVES!
ON TUESDAY WE POSTEDwhat is our LAST competition for this year, has at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE AND what a PRIZE there is to WIN! 😲 With many thanks to our sponsors at Warner Brothers..we have a PAIR of their latest Peter Cushing Hammer film release... their REMASTERED blu ray of the restored BFI print of Hammer films 1958 DRACULA! All you have to do is guess the answer to our VISUAL competition.
AS USUAL I have to ask that you DO NOT POST YOUR
ANSWER ON THE PAGE... send it to us using the SEND MESSAGE button UNDER
THE COMPETITION BANNER 😉 Any answers or entries posted on the COMMENTS thread will be deleted and not counted as an entry. The competition CLOSES on Wednesday 19th December 2018. So get your
ENTRY in now...and maybe you would like to give us a LIKE too? I'd be
most grateful 😉Have fun and GOOD LUCK! - Marcu
JUST CLICK ON THIS LINK to the WARNER BROTHERS SHOP site, where you can also purchase your copy of this release!
#CUSHINGGIFWEDNESDAY! HERE IS is week's selection of animated sequences from some of the BEST films of PETER CUSHING and as usual, a few quizy questions, to test you on your knowledge of CUSHING'S work and life. IF you think you have the answer to ANY zip us a quick email to the PCAS account and if you get them all on the BUTTON, we'll celebrate your very neat achievement by creating and posting your very own BANNER the week after here at our next #CUSHINGGIFWEDNESDAY! Good luck! HERE is our email: petercushingpcas@gmail.com
HERE IS A ROLE which CHRISTOPHER LEE said he enjoyed very much. It is a shame that it didn't do that well at the box office. WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THIS FILM? THE FILM ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM DURING PRODUCTION, WHAT WAS THAT PROBLEM? THE CAT IN THE FILM WAS ACTUALLY, a) CHRISTOPHER LEE'S b) STEPHEN WEEKS THE DIRECTOR'S c) PETER CUSHING'S?
HAMMER FILMS, TWINS OF EVIL stars PETER CUSHING as Gustav Weil and DAMIEN THOMAS as Count KARNSTEIN. THOMAS was born in a) WALES? b) LONDON c) EGYPT d) FRANCE. The film is part of the KARNSTEIN TRILOGY. IS IT THE SECOND OR THIRD ENTRY IN THE TALE? There were quite a few RATS on the floor of the set on THIS CRYPT. HOW DID THEY GET THE RATS TO STAY IN SHOT? a) WITH STRINGS? b) THE RATS WERE ANIMATED AND NOT REAL? c) WITH PEANUT BUTTER? d) WITH CHEESE?
JAMES VILLIERS and CHARLOTTE TRAMPLING in AMICUS FILMS ASYLUM in 1972. VILLIERS was quite a prolific actor, who nearly always played sardonic and upper class gentlemen. He worked for both AMICUS and HAMMER FILMS. HOW MANY FILMS DID HE APPEAR IN FOR HAMMER FILMS? VILLIERS appeared to be of aristocratic background, BECAUSE HE WAS A DESCENDANT OF THE EARLS OF CLARENDON. TRUE or FALSE? Descendant of the Earls of Clarendon.
MORE ON AMICUS, ASYLUM, CUSHING AND VILLIERS in our PCAS FEATURE. JUST CLICK HERE!
CHRISTOPHER LEE as COUNT DRACULA being assisted by Hammer films regular actor, THORLEY WALTERS as Ludwig in DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966). WALTERS MADE HOW MANY FILMS IN WHICH PETER CUSHING APPEARED TOO? IN HOW MANY SHERLOCK HOLMES FILMS DID WALTERS APPEAR?
LAST WEEKS ANSWERS: The BEST and MOST CONCISE answers we received to all FIVE of the questions came from MARCIA LOISEL. . . and HERE they are!
QUESTION ONE:THE INTERIORS in this GIF from THE MUMMY was filmed WHERE? WHICH TWO ACTORS who appeared in this film, originally wanted to be an OPERA SINGERS?
ANSWER ONE: The Mummy's interiors were shot at Bray Studios, Down Place. One of
the actors who had wanted to be an opera singer was Christopher Lee. The OTHER name we were looking for WAS Yvonne Furneaux!
QUESTION TWO: NAME THE TITLE OF THIS FILM,name
the ACTRESS in this shot AND which very famous ACTOR did THE actor
almost REPLACE in a BLOCK BUSTER SCI FI film based on a TV series AND
WHICH ACTOR was playing SHERLOCK HOLMES in the TV series he once
appeared in?
ANSWER TWO: The title of the film in the GIF was 'Twins of Evil'. The actress playing Countess Mircalla is Katya Wyeth. Unknown to many, DAMIEN THOMAS was primed to take the role of SPOOK from Leonard Nimoy in the first STAR TREK movie. Jeremy Brett as
Sherlock Holmes in the DEVIL FOOT episode that THOMAS appeared in for Granada television. .
QUESTION THREE: The GIF was of PETER CUSHING
in the BBC TV series SHERLOCK HOLMES and production of THE BLUE
CARBUNCLE. Cushing used a magnifying glass in quite a few FILMS. HOW
MANY can you name? GIVE US the TITLES!
ANSWER THREE: Marcia certainly provided the BEST answer we received to this question. Her answer was . . . Top Secret, Hound of the Baskervilles, Abominable Snowman of the
Himalayas, Curse of Frankenstein, Frankenstein and the Monster From
Hell, The Creeping Flesh, The Mummy, The Skull, Horror Express, Blood
Beast Terror. He didn't use but handed a magnifying glass to Watson in
Masks of Death. . . and we will go with that!
QUESTION FOUR: CAN YOU NAME the COUNTRY where this film was released in 1980? This film
also had a member of the cast who was more famous as a theatrical
performer and street artist! NAME that cast member! Can you name one of
the alternative TITLES that this film was also know as? titles
ANSWER FOUR: featured a gif from the Cushing film,FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
showing Ian Ogilvy in The Door. In 1980 the film
was released in the USA as a re-release. The actor who was famous as a
theatrical performer and street artist was Marcel Steiner.
The alternative titles: Creatures From Beyond the Grave, Tales From
Beyond
the Grave, Tales From the Beyond, The Undead, The Creatures.
QUESTION FIVE: This question has been made VOID as we were given THE WRONG INFO!!!!!
SINCE PETER CUSHING'S PASSING IN 1994, some interesting details about his career and life have surfaced, for sure. I suspect many in the industry knew about this, and this little fact has been several published, but I suspect that this might get many you thinking. IF you do think you know the answer and want to added to the banner of 'those who cracked it' next week. Drop me a line : petercushingpcas@gmail.com . . . ANSWER NEXT WEEK. LAST WEEKS TOUGHY ANSWER BELOW . . .
THE ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S TUESDAY TOUGHY! THIS CORRECT ANSWER COMES FROM MARCIA, who correctly identified the THREE following CUSHING SHERLOCK productions. But THERE IS we find, ANOTHER one TOO! MARCIA'S answers are:
ANSWERS: 1) The Abbot's Cry, the follow-up to Masks of Death. 2) Peter was offered a part in Jeremy Brett's 'The Last Vampyre' as the clergyman Merrydew 3) Not positive about this one, but producer Kevin Francis wanted to remake 'Hound
of the Baskervilles' with the Hound animated by Ray Harryhausen, with
Peter as Sherlock.
THE ADDITIONAL entry is what was to have been a one man show with Cushing as Sherlock. Peter passed on the opportunity and another actor filled the role.
Worth noting is Marcia's kind message about the website too! "Thanks for
the notice on the Zoo Gang bluray and the great Doctor Who article. As
neat as Moffat's including Peter's Doctor is, I still think of Peter's
Doctor as an actual part of the canon, not just as an actor playing a
role. I love his two films as the Doctor. And finally, I love The Last
Meeting clips!! I watch them repeatedly and enjoy every minute. Look forward to this page everyday!" Best wishes! Marcia Loisel
