#MONSTERMONDAY! REMEMBERING DAVID PEEL AND HIS BARON WITH BITE!

#MONSTERMONDAY! Marking DAVID PEEL'S passing today, we present this vintage Italian (?) cinema poster for Hammer films, 'The Brides of Dracula' starring Peter Cushing as Van helsing, David Peel as Baron Meinster and the beautiful Yvonne Monlaur as Christina... It's a pretty neat poster, I think. So effective with so little, two colour and broad representation of the characters...with the voltage up on sex appeal as well as the fantasy...or are they the same thing??? Either way, this poster is one of my all time favs. What do you think?

#MONSTERMONDAY: TODAY we remember actor DAVID PEEL who we sadly lost on this day in 1981. There are few who have made such an impact as Peel. He only appeared in ONE film for Hammer films and I believe only appeared in one film with Peter Cushing. ONLY ONE ROLE, one film and yet, enter VAMPIRE HAMMER into google images, and he will appear in most of the pages. Despite the success long after The Brides of Dracula was made...audiences felt a little cheated that it was a DRACULA film, without Dracula!....

I suspect that Peel wasn't impressed with either the film or the subject matter. An unhappy man, with troubles and issues. You probably know, he left the industry early on and went into antiques and real estate, but life for Peel was certainly difficult. We remember him today though, for that one Hammer film and the impressive performance as Baron Meinster, the boy vampire who certainly pushed the boundaries of vampire film!

#MONSTERMONDAY! Here I've have scanned, TWO lobby cards you rarely see today, featuring David Peel. . .one from the UK set and the other from the US set. Both are tinted sets and quite rare!

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NEWS UPDATE: MORE ON THE STUDIO CANAL HAMMER BLU RAYS AND DRACULA MEDALLION

#GETHECUSHIONSUNDAY! HERE'S SOME MORE news on the Studio Canal Hammer Blu Ray releases, due out on NOVEMBER 13TH 2017 and a better look at that Taste The Blood of Dracula medallion!

ABOVE OUR ORIGINAL FEATURE ON THE RELEASE . THE FEATURE CAN BE FOUND : HERE!

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A SPOT OF SHOPPING : MORE MODELLING : HAMMERS HOTPANTS PROMO!

#GETHECUSHIONSUNDAY!  Here for Dandy Dan, Jennie P, George Arlington, Josh Mansell and many others model makers who requested another image of Peter Cushing... making his model soldiers, here he is, busy as usual at his and Helen's home in Knightsbridge, London around 1955. You'll notice no fancy work bench or power tools for our man! A work space made from a table top, with some linoleum floor tiles on top! Humble in life, humble in play too...!

#GETTHECUSHINGSUNDAY! The theatrical promotional posters for Dracula AD 1972, were some of the weirdest to promote a Hammer film . . . here is one of them, along with a rare BTS snap of Caroline Munro and Christopher Lee... about to go for the, plunge!

#GETHECUSHINGSUNDAY! Our man out and about in New York, snapped returning to his hotel, after a spot of shopping . .

MORE NEWS ON THIS RIGHT HERE!

FIND OUR COMPETITION : RIGHT HERE!

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#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! REMEMBERING FRANCIS MATTHEWS

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! Today we remember Francis Matthews a very talented actor, known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC series of the same name, as well as voicing Captain Scarlet… But he is best known here for his roles in 3 Hammer films Dracula Prince Of Darkness (1966) Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966) both co-starring Christopher Lee and The Revenge Of Frankenstein (1958) with Peter Cushing, with whom he remained close friends .. 

IT'S A 'SLAPPY BIRTHDAY' from Peter Cushing to Francis Matthews in 'The Revenge of Frankenstein'

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY:Here's a GREAT #GIF from Hammer Films 'Dracula: Prince of Darkness' (1966) with Dracula (Christopher Lee) frighteningly displaying his supernatural-strength and attacking poor ol Charles Kent (Francis Matthews). Hammer, produced this film at Bray Studios, back to back with 'Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966) which also starred Francis Matthews, Barbara Shelley Susan Farmer and Christopher Lee . . .

MATTHEWS AND LEE IN 'DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS' (1966)

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#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY! 1956 BEFORE STORM AND STUNNING PORTRAIT

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: Peter Cushing at his and Helen's London home, and a visit from the press . . . this was August 1956, just months before the release of Hammer films, The Curse of Frankenstein . . . and soon everything would change. Cushing had been the face of television drama since the early 50's... soon he would be the face of British Horror Films a label that would stick for the rest of his career. . . .

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY! : An excellent portrait of Peter Cushing from the 1967 'Frankenstein Created Woman' by the very talented Frankie Smith. Would it look good on your study wall??? For Frankie's Website Click : HERE!

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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY! : SCREAM AGAIN PUBLICITY AND VINTAGE DRACULA POSTER

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY! PUBLICITY EXPLOITATION PRESSBOOK for the Amicus AIP feature film, 'Scream and Scream Again' (1970) slightly misleading claim . . .

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY!: How the 'Horror of Dracula' / 'Dracula' publicity campaign looked back in 1958 . . . . different!

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