OVER AT THEFACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE, I've just posted this little image at the page. Some of you of will probably know what this is and to who it belongs to... AND maybe the Peter Cushing connection. Slip over to our Facebook Page . . . .The answer and some pics will be posted here TOMORROW. . ..
A MAN ON A MISSION.... who's also handy around the house, will also draw
your household water... light fires and do some 'chopping'!!!! Peter
Cushing as Gustav Weil in Hammer films 'Twins of Evil' 1971
AN AMAZING GALLERY of stills from on the set of #Hammerfilms 'TWINS OF EVIL' RIGHT HERE!
#MOMENTSOFTERRORMONDAY! OUR usual MONDAY POST, but this week chosen one of the more unusual
films that PETER CUSHING starred in during his long career, SHOCK WAVES.
Everything about this low budget film is divided within the FAN
community. It's a film that people either LOVE passionately, or simply
HATE. In someways, you can understand why. It's still a mystery why
CUSHING committed to a film, that on a brief paper synopsis, SHOULD have
gained the same reaction he and his agent gave to John Carpenter's
HALLOWEEN a few years later. BUT for no more really than his travel
fair, bed and breakfast, CUSHING gained very little, at the time.
ABOVE : PETER CUSHING reflected in the MAKE UP mirror, having his facial scar
applied to his look of SCAR in 'SHOCK WAVES' (1975)
LATER AFTER HE RETIRED, CUSHING explained he committed to the film, as he
wanted to help, what appeared to be a team of dedicated amateur film
makers. Considering CUSHING was a man who had always pushed AGAINST any
proposed film work, that took him OUT of the country...MIAMI was a long
way to go, when he was no longer a young man, and his health wasn't the
best. BUT HE did it. And for those who LOVE this film, that is not their
gain, but in later years, just like other characters like Tarkin, Dr
Who and Sherlock Holmes...it helped bring him ANOTHER following.
SHOCK
WAVES was shot on 16mm, but later given the full treatment by BLUE
UNDERGROUND who remastered the master print, cleared the sound, and
presented the quite amazing BLU RAY of the film, to a HUGE SUCCESS. BLUE
UNDERGROUND did even more with another, of the radar PETER CUSHING film
called CORRUPTION. Remastered, and presented with a HUGE extra features
support, BOTH films, are some of the best jobs ever made on a lesser
known PETER CUSHING film . .
#SILENTBUTDEADLYWEDNESDAY!: As you probably know, Wednesday is our THEME DAY when we post #GIFS
as requested by YOU during the past week. This week the Theme at the
website is 'FINGERS!' and this one was requested by Tomas Wentry from
the UK. It's a clip from one of the last annual Christmas messages that
Lee shared on the net.... that little gesture at the end there, ensured the
clip went viral!
#SILENTBUTDEADLYWEDNESDAY! Here we have a surprising example of the dexterity of a DALEK claw! Who would have thought that a mechanical claw, could be so dainty? This clip from Cushing's 'non-canon' Dr Who outing 'Dr Who and the Daleks' (1965) proves one thing, the pepper-pots may not be able to 'do' stairs, but if you want someone to your needle-point on the planet Scaro, these are your go to guys! Thanks to Milla Sandosos, for the request and pointing this little factoid out!
Not EVERYONE enjoys Doctor Who OR the Daleks. Here's our REVIEW FEATURE and STILLS GALLERY at the website: CLICK HERE!
#SILENTBUTDEADLYWEDNESDAY!: Until I watched this film quite recently, not listening closely enough, I thought PC was handling a 'TOOTH!', so please allow me license, for the sake of our theme today? Peter Cushing was famous for his use for props in films
with him often having different items in his pocket even if they never
appeared on screen. Getting the nickname 'Props Cushing.' RECALLING how the cast and crew on 'The Abominable Snowman' were
entertained by Cushing's improvisation with props, director Val Guest
said, "One Scene he gets give a tooth, we went for the take and then surprise,
Peter brought out a small nail file, then a measuring tool! We got in
the first take we'd never last another one!" Requested by Dina Meddows.
OUR ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN FEATURE AND RARE STILLS GALLERY HERE!
#SILENTBUTDEADLYWEDNESDAY! THAT FINGER sure caused poor Peter Cushing's Emmanuel Hildern, a LOT of trouble. IF that petrified skeleton had come with a piece of paper, like those SEA MONKEYS from your childhood, 'JUST ADD WATER' . . for chaos, it would have saved him, from such a cruel and sad fate. 'The Creeping Flesh' (1973) is a film that often gets discussed on our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE. It seems everyone who watches the film, has their own theory on what is actually happening on screen. Multi layered it certainly is, or you can enjoy it as a simple tale of revenge and misfortune. Either way it is sadly, one that slipped through the net back in the day. Tigon, a very small production outfit, unfortunately didn't have budgets that stretched to the kind of publicity that their competitors had. Fortunately, thanks to home viewing, dvd's and blu rays, the film is finally getting the exposure it so richly deserves. Try and catch it . . Thanks to Shelly Nightingale for this requested #GIF.
OUR FEATURE AND RARE STILLS GALLERY 'THE CREEPING FLESH' HERE!
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
#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: The scene that probably rankled Hammer film fans the most? The lifting of the Alucard motif from Universal's Son Of Dracula and death by.....well, you'll see. Personally, I could think of a dozen or more interesting ways to polish off Mr A, but I suppose Mr H had to improvise, with what he had to hand?? What do you think???
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 reach our 30K following total for Peter Cushing BIRTHDAY on MAY 26th
2017 AND Help Keep The Memory Alive!
#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY:
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of Hammer films The
Curse of Frankenstein, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. The
first of the whole Hammer saga which featured Peter Cushing in six epics
about the Baron. 60 years old, and still as popular as ever, it still
very much ALIVE! Enjoy this classic clip where Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) sees his 'creation' alive for the first time!!
#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY:
It's FORTY THREE YEARS since Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
was released in the US. There was a delay of several years before
Cushing / Hammer fans got to see the last of the Cushing Hammer
series... and even then, the censors cut it to ribbons. Here is one of
the scenes, that got the censors knife... ironically! All I will say is
give me a 'Glass of Water And A Basin......! Enjoy this resurrected clip!
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 reach our 30K following total for Peter Cushing BIRTHDAY on MAY 26th
2017 AND Help Keep The Memory Alive!
#TBT There are SEVERAL young actresses in these two rare photographs,
and all but one of them have appeared in films starring Peter Cushing,
can you name these actresses? ALSO who is that actor, in the wet suit
and googles??? ANSWERS later....
ALSO MAYBE YOU MISSED the announcement of WEDNESDAY'S now being a REQUEST-A-GIF DAY at our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE ACCOUNT and here at the website. Well here is the first of our #GIMMETHEGIF requests, this one forour friend Catherine Anne…..'Dracula / Horror Of Dracula' (1958) Van
Helsing (Peter Cushing) leaps and runs down the table, to pull down the
curtains and expose the sunlight of DEATH! EXCELLENT choice, Catherine!
