OOOH THE CELLER??? #TOOCOOLTUESDAY

#TOOCOOLTUESDAY : Here's a little gem that always makes me laugh, no matter how many times I watch it. Twenty-five years after Peter Cushing's 'The Man Who Finally Died' was released in 1963, some snippets featuring Peter were used in a tv promotion campaign by Holsten Pilsner... you know the one where' they turn the sugar into alcohol' 😉 .. It was quite clever using Cushing's character's dialogue into a plug for a tipple, and the pay-off, is a funny one.

APART FROM PRESS ADVERTS in the 1950's and 60's, Cushing hadn't until 1987 made any tv commercials, but based on the positive response to this ad, he signed up to appear in two TV ads for Borthwick's Roasts and Steaks! In the ads he plays a professor who discovers a Neanderthal man..shades of 'Horror Express?...

BUT CUSHING HAD SIGNED UP for the ads as a test. He had only recently recovered from illness, and contracts for several film commitments, The Holmes 'Abbot's Cry' for Tyburn being one, were awaiting his signature. The commercials took four days to shoot, and in his words, 'Really took it out of me. These adverts will be my swan song..' 'I did them because I had been offered two films parts and I didn't know if I would be up to the work. I didn't want to let anyone down so I thought I'd cut my teeth on these two commercials. But having spent four days shooting, I have decided not to do any more films....'

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NEWS : MILL CREEK RELEASES CREEPING FLESH AND TORTURE GARDEN BLU RAY PACKAGE

For those of us who have been waiting A LONG TIME for a blu ray release of Cushing's 'The Creeping Flesh', it looks like, Mill Creek, have answers our prayers!-Marcus

NEWS: Under the 'ROLL UP, ROLL UP' rollicking title of PSYCHO CIRCUS, MILL CREEK have announced the release of a three film collection blu ray... TWO of the films featured are Cushing related... #TORTUREGARDEN and a much welcomed, first time, long awaited release on blu ray, #THECREEPINGFLESH. The third film in the package 'The Brotherhood of Satan' (1971) is an interesting addition to the collection. No preview copies to view as yet. The release is available now for order and purchase for a very reasonable $14.98  A download stream is also on offer. See LINK below.....

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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY THE PROFESSOR NEWS!

NEWS: A LIMITED EDITION COLLECTABLE FIGURE of the Peter Cushing influenced character that appears in the excellent #THEPROFESSOR comic is on its way! A press release came our way today!

. . .Davide Decina, Roberto De Meo and Andrea Corbetta (THE PROFESSOR) are proud to announce that they are preparing to release a resin bust model kit, about Corbetta's Comic character THE PROFESSOR! Kits will be limited AND numbered. A special Thanks to Erredi Grafiche Editoriali, Cristiana Astori and to the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society. Stay Tuned for more details!'

Ed ecco la prima news! Insieme a Roberto de Meo e Davide Decina il sottoscritto e Francesco Mobili stanno lavorando alla realizzazione di un MODEL KIT - BUSTO di The Professor che sará realizzato in un quantitativo limitato e numerato. Vi faremo presto vedere. Per ordini e info: infoprofessorbenjaminlove@gmail.com #comics #theprofessor  A special Thanks to Erredi Grafiche Editoriali, Cristiana Astori and to the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society!!!Stay tuned for others News!!! The Professor

THE PROFESSOR  comic strip story, is fast becoming a much sort after collectable magazine. Not since the Dez Skinn 'House of Hammer' magazine of the 1980's,  have we seen Cushing imaginatively placed in a 'gothic  Hammer style' comic story. Issue THREE goes on sale at newsstands on FEBRUARY 28TH 2017! 

MONSTERMONDAY EXTRA: BEHIND SCENES COLLINSON VAMPIRE GIRL

#MONSTERMONDAY: Here's a rare behind pic taken on the set of Hammer films, 'Twins of Evil' with Peter Cushing taking that fatal swing with his 'Vampire-Slaying-Sythe' and thus destroying not only a vampire but also his niece Frieda (Madeleine Collinson) ... but hey, the 'brotherhood' were very happy. All Gustav had to do now, was kill off Count Karnstein...and most of us know, how THAT one turned out…

AN INTERESTING POINT, Madeleine Collinson who played the vampire twin Frieda, was in fact the less extrovert, calmer Collinson sister... maybe so, but come the closing scenes, it was she who 'lost her head'TING POINT, Madeleine Collinson who played the vampire twin Frieda, was in fact the less extrovert, calmer Collinson sister... maybe so, but come the closing scenes, it was she who 'lost her head' . . .😉

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ROOM 101 AND MONSTERMONDAY : THEY ARE WATCHING

#MONSTERMONDAY : O'BRIEN. A MONSTER? I've pulled one from the Cushing Gallery of Rogues this week, that goes back to a time before he had even dipped a toe in the waters of 'petrifying pics'! Andre Morell's O'Brien is at the centre of the story of Orwell's classic tale of the world gone to hell in a bucket, ruled by one Big Brother, leaders and others, who use cruelty and torture as their primary method of control. O'Brien is relentless once he gets our man Winston Smith played by Cushing, strapped to a table, in order to, through torture, make Winston "perfect," and to "save" him. But such is the 'power of love' Winston proves a difficult nut to crack..'My poor friend, you are almost well!'..and so with the help of the contents of 'Room 101', O'Brien plays his last card... 

'You once asked me what was in Room 101. It is there we have the means to root out the last lingering deception. What happens in Room 101, is the worst thing in the world. It varies from individual to individual. It can be death by burning, burial alive..or something quite trivial, not even fatal...In YOUR case, we both happen to know 'What The Worse Thing in the World'...happens to be....!' 

WHAT FOLLOWS SHOCKED the tv audiences of the live 1954 broadcast on Sunday 12th December, and also scored the highest tv rating in the UK since Queen Elizabeth's II Coronation! But furious critics and watchdogs complained and campaigned for the second live performance of the play, a few days later to be canceled. Michael Barry head of drama at the BBC refused to concede, the broadcast went ahead and recorded for posterity.

NOTE: JUST SIX DAYS AGO, (Tuesday) the New York Times announced that ' George Orwell's famed dystopian novel of life in a totalitarian state, was suddenly No. 6 on Amazon's bestseller list. On Monday, too, the book hovered between No. 5 and No. 7 on that same bestseller list'. . . It's worth noting that this isn't the first time "1984" has seen a sales spike in recent years. The book also hit Amazon's bestseller list in 2013 after Edward Snowden revealed the extent of the National Security Agency's surveillance program.

WE AWAIT THE RELEASE of the BFI REMASTERED blu ray of Peter Cushing's BBC production of 1984, Andre Morell, O'Brien and all.. THREE times the release has been announced, three times it has been canceled. Rumors put Orwell's estate to blame, for allegedly blocking the release (??) One would have thought that the BFI would have looked into rights issues before embarking on a costly remastering? Maybe that isn't the reason at all? Anyone one would think there's a force who doesn't want us to WATCH it...for whatever reason?? Are they WATCHING us too?

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BANG! WHAT A SHOCK! Our following total figure, thanks to you, has hit a new outstanding total. Last night, we leap to 28,000 LIKES and are still climbing! You really are the best 😉 Many thanks and a warm welcome to everyone who has joined us since out last milestone of 27,000... a VERY short time ago. Please say hi, comment, like and share, it's your page, and your interaction keeps the memory of Peter Cushing and this page very much alive and kicking! Here's to the next milestone! 🙂 🙂 Marcus

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