This weeks #monstermonster
Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin from 'STAR WARS'....putting
aside the carpet slippers for a moment... ruthless and cruel Governor
of the Imperial Outland Regions and commander of the Death Star.... or
just the Emperor's puppet? What do you think?
Monday 27 October 2014
MONSTERMONDAY: GRAND MOFF TARKIN
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Sunday 26 October 2014
HAMMER HORROR COLLECTION : PCASUK HALLOWEEN COMPETITION 2014 PRIZES : ARE YOU IN?
PETER CUSHING, CHRISTOPHER LEE, HAMMER
FILMS...AND MUCH MORE....ARE YOU IN?? Your PCASUK HALLOWEEN COMPETITION 2014
PRIZES! We have TWO complete box sets of the exclusive 'Hammer Horror :
The Blu Ray Collection' worth £98.00 ($159.00)...courtesy of our very generous sponsors SHOCK ENTERTAINMENT up for grabs!
Each box set contains the following Classic Hammer films:
Dracula: Prince Of Darkness
Plague Of The Zombies
Quatermass And The Pit
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
The Devil Rides Out
The Mummy’s Shroud
The Reptile
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
Frankenstein Created Woman
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Witches
Special Features:
Audio Commentaries
Behind the scenes footage
Never before seen ‘Hammer Glamour’ Documentary
Original restoration Comparisons
Original Trailers
Bonus Films ‘Quatermass II’ and ‘x The Unknown’
Plague Of The Zombies
Quatermass And The Pit
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
The Devil Rides Out
The Mummy’s Shroud
The Reptile
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
Frankenstein Created Woman
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Witches
Special Features:
Audio Commentaries
Behind the scenes footage
Never before seen ‘Hammer Glamour’ Documentary
Original restoration Comparisons
Original Trailers
Bonus Films ‘Quatermass II’ and ‘x The Unknown’
This COLLECTOR’S EDITION is presented in hard back book style packaging and contains ELEVEN Hammer film fully restored BLU RAY releases and 2 bonus ‘World of Hammer’ DVD’s! I think you will find this years Halloween competition a lot of fun. Look out for more teasers and clues as we head up to Halloween on Friday.
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walking dead,
witches,
zombies
Saturday 25 October 2014
REMEMBERING VINCENT PRICE OCTOBER 25TH 1993
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WHEN LIZA ALMOST DID A NUMBER FOR DRACULA : HAMMER FILMS 1972
Sorting through some Cushing Clippings this morning, I came across this very odd snip from an issue of Films Illustrated dated 1972.... was the 'groovy' Cavern Coffee bar originally going to be 'The Kit Kat Klub??? Van Helsing and The Count dancing on the tables singing the numbers 'Money, Money' and 'Sitting Pretty'??? Or maybe Minelli were going to do a duet? Either way, it didn't happen..
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Friday 24 October 2014
DIANA DORS: BORN TODAY : THE SWINDON SIREN REMEMBERED
REMEMBERING: Diana Dors born today, October
23rd 1931. '"I’m the kind of girl that things naturally happen to. When
they don’t, I give them a push"....Dors much loved and real national
treasure for many years with a career as a model, actress, television
personality and 'blonde bombshell'...and also a co star in TWO Peter
Cushing films. 'From Beyond The Grave' for Amicus films and Nothing But The Night also with Christopher Lee.
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Wednesday 22 October 2014
MARTIN SCORSESE : HAMMER FAN HINT FOR 2014 HALLOWEEN COMPETITION
Busy lining things up ready for our 2014
Halloween competition next week. Great prizes! What is the competition
about this year? Here's a little hint from a big Hammer film fan....
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LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF: 'I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN YOUR WOLVES!'
Peter Cushing as police pathologist and amateur detective, Paul Cataflanque in 'Legend of the Werewolf' (Tyburn 1975)
.....'..Cushing seems to be enjoying himself enormously - almost all his scenes, until the last have a ghoulish humour about
them. It is never forced, it is just a witty, clever, concentrated
performance. Cataflanque is eating his tea as the newest cadaver is
brought in. 'Ooh dear,' Cushing clucks, with his mouth full, peering
under the sheet, 'that's very nasty...' He gets rid of his pompous
superiors by mischievously presenting them with a gullet and when he
does a bit of undercover research in the local brothel he is left
bashfully holding a frilly garter!'
( David Miller, The Peter Cushing Companion. 2000)
( David Miller, The Peter Cushing Companion. 2000)
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paris,
ron moody,
tyburn films
Monday 20 October 2014
ANTON DIFFRING BORN TODAY AND REMEMBERED.
REMEMBERING: ANTON DIFFRING. Born today in
1918, Anton Diffring came from a family that boasted generations of
actors. Cool and noble with a German accent, he was first in line when
the casting call went out for German officers with a nasty
streak. He quickly slipped into the role of Baron Frankenstein for the
pilot episode of Hammer films and Colombia Pictures, 'Tales of
Frankenstein' in 1958 and even quicker filled the role of Dr. Georges
Bonnet in Hammer's 'The Man Who Could Cheat Death' in 1959, when the
studio found themselves without Peter Cushing for the role.
Diffring is
probably best remembered for his roles in 'The Blue Max' in 1966, 'Where
Eagles Dare' in 1968 and François Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 (1966) He
was also cast in several film alongside Peter Cushing, 'Shatter' for
Hammer in 1974, 'The Beast Must Die' for Amicus also 74 and Tyburn's
'The Masks of Death' with Peter Cushing as an elderly Sherlock Holmes in
1984. Anton Diffring died in 1989 aged 70.
Full review and gallery to be found on our supplement website theblackblackboxclub.com: HERE
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BBC4 SCREENS CLASSIC HAMMER DRACULA 1958 TONIGHT!
Following on from our HEADS UP on Friday...here's a reminder to friends in the UK, that Hammer films 1958 DRACULA gets a screening tonight on BBC4 at 22.00 ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vffvv Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing meet for the first time in this UNCUT classic! AND here's a great feature compete with LOBBY STILLS and VINTAGE trailer frames to whet your appetite at our website: http://petercushingblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/peter-cushing-and-christopher-lee.html
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valerie gaunt,
vampire
Sunday 19 October 2014
DEAD GOOD PRIZES TO COME! PCASUK HALLOWEEN COMPETITION 2014
Dead Good Prizes... your PCASUK Halloween Competition for 2014.
Stay tuned for details!
Our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE. UPDATED DAILY: Just CLICK here to visit and FOLLOW!
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SIMON WARD REMEMBERED : THE BARON'S APPRENTICE!
REMEMBERING: Born today, Simon Ward. If you
take a look at the raft of obituaries for Simon Ward who sadly passed
away in 2012, it's a common fault that they state that his career was
kick started when he was 'plucked from obscurity' and appeared
in Richard Richard Attenborough’s 'Young Winston' in 1972. Maybe that
is how the press and publicity agents remember it....but for Ward, it
was not so.
Ward
acknowledged Hammer films 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' made in 1969
as the film 'that started it all' and the generous help and assistance
from his co star Peter Cushing, that made anything afterwards
possible... In a interview with pcasuk in 1979, Ward acknowledges his
debt to Cushing, who he said, '..had time and patience with me. I knew
nothing of the technique needed for working with a camera or about the
studio floor. Peter was extremely kind, taking time to explain the
simple but very important rules of pace and nuance, so the editor can
get in there. This and try to not fall over the cables. He did so much
for me. Quite extraordinary. I mean, no one has the time to do that,
everyone is busy. But he did it for me, many times through out the film.
And it's something I've always remembered, and not come across since...
a very kind, gentle, gracious man. He really did save my skin'.
Simon Ward
sadly left us in 2012.
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Saturday 18 October 2014
SHOCK WAVES: ON SET SATURDAY : PETER CUSHING WHITE GLOVE AND MAKE UP!
#onsetsaturday
2# : Peter Cushing in the make up chair getting his character's
signature 'scar' in 'SHOCK WAVES' aka 'DEATH CORP' aka 'ALMOST
HUMAN'.... soon to be released on blu ray and on limited cinema release!
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THE GORGON 50TH BIRTHDAY AND A TELLING TALE FROM BARBARA SHELLEY
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Friday 17 October 2014
50 YEARS OLD TODAY: HAPPY BIRTHDAY 'THE GORGON'
It's a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a grand ol lady!
It's 50 years today that Hammer films 'THE GORGON' hit the big screen.
Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley and Richard
Pasco it certainly qualifies as one of Hammer films marquee titles. Made
at Bray studios and directed by Terence Fisher. This post is dedicated
to our 'number one' resident Gorgon fan, Joshua 'Mageara' Kennedy!
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peter cushing,
the gorgon
Thursday 16 October 2014
REMEMBERING ROBERT URQUHART : BORN TODAY 1921
REMEMBERING Robert Urquhart. 'Quiet, well-read
and a lover of classical music, Robert Urquhart was an actor who grew
frustrated with his career as he grew older. It was, he bemoaned, an
honorable profession but so much of the material he was offered did not deserve any respect...' Robert Urquhart Obituary. 'The Independent' newspaper, 24th March 1995.
In the early
1950's Urquhart was building himself quite a reputation for his theatre
work. A reputation that would eventually bring him to the attention of
studio casting agents and land him supporting roles on the big screen.
But it was in the medium of film, that Urquhart was not such a happy
chap...
That one film
was 'The Curse of Frankenstein' with Peter Cushing in 1957 for Hammer
film. He detested it. It is said he left the premier screening, refused
to make appearances to promote it and only in the last years of his
revived career on television, could he find the stomach to even mention
it, if it was brought up in interviews.
By 1980,
Urquhart had cooled off a little..and appeared in another Hammer
production, the Hammer House of Horror' television series, in an episode
entitled, - Children of the Full Moon. However, we remember him today
for his sterling performance in The Curse of Frankenstein'!
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