NEWS: Scream Factory have announced they are putting out Hammer's
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell on blu-ray details below
SCREAM FACTORY PRESS RELEASE BELOW:
**NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT**
YESTERDAY, we announced an upcoming Hammer Films Blu-ray In May with
Frankenstein and with Peter Cushing. Well, today we have yet another
one! 1973's FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL makes its Blu-ray
debut in North America on May 19th 2020. YOU can PRE-ORDER HERE!
'Is Baron Frankenstein truly dead? That's precisely what he wants the
world to think. He's had it up to here with a public that doesn't
appreciate the trouble a mad scientist goes through to snatch good body
parts. To carry on his work, he holes up in a place where the
possibilities are utterly maddening: a home for the criminally insane! A
hand here. A brain there … true to form, the Baron (Cushing) keeps his
gruesome creation (David Prowse, known for his portrayal of Darth Vader)
in stitches in this sixth and final fright fest in Hammer Films'
Frankenstein cycle.'
EXTRAS are in process and will be announced on a later date.
NEWS: Scream Factory is releasing Hammer's 'The Evil Of Frankenstein' staring Peter Cushing on blu-ray
SCREAM FACTORY PRESS RELEASE BELOW: **NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT** 'Our love for Hammer Films continues into the new year with an upgraded
version of 'THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN' starring Peter Cushing. Coming soon
to Blu-ray from us in an all-new definitive edition! Details we have at
this time are as follows:
• National street date for North America (Region A) is 5/19/2020
•This is being presented as a Collector’s Edition release and will
come guaranteed with a slip-cover in its first three months of release.
• The newly commissioned artwork you see pictured comes to us from
artist Mark Maddox (Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Frankenstein Created
Woman). This art will be front-facing and the reverse side of the wrap
will feature the original theatrical artwork.
• New extras are
in progress and will be announced on a later date (March timing). We
can confirm today though that we are proceeding with a new transfer of
the film!
THE PCASUK REVIEW of this classic can be found with GALLERY HERE!
PRE ORDER DIRECTLY NOW HERE! The first 500 orders from
our site will receive an exclusive limited-edition 18” x 24” rolled
poster of the exclusive new illustration.
WHEN A FAN RECENTLYasked Mark Hamill on Twitter which actor from Star Wars
he wished Luke could've shared a scene with if there was a chance,
Hamill posted a touching reply. Not only did Hamill start with the late
and great Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff Tarkin, but he said
basically everyone else from the films, calling out the sequel trilogy
actors in particular. In a funny way it's a quintessential Luke
Skywalker response 😊
HMMM . . prompted by #DollyParton, it seems everyone is doing these at the moment. So here's our version of maybe how Peter Cushing's would have looked 😃😊😉 - Marcus
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
CONGRATULATIONS STEWART and DAN! Stewart has bagged a copy of the #Indicator / #Powerhousefilms#Hammerfilms
box set, 'Hammer Volume Four : Faces of Evil' ... which in it's four
remastered Hammer films blu rays includes a superb remaster of #PeterCushing's
'The Revenge of Frankenstein' with some great extras PLUS a copy of
Indicator's remastered blu ray of 'Time Without Pity' starring Michael
Redgrave and Peter Cushing. Our 'runner
up' Dan Evans has won a copy of 'Time Without Pity' too! Well done
chaps! In the last of our FIVE #PCAS Cushing Christmas #Competitions, I trust you will feel that these goodies as a post Christmas bonus? 😉
MANY THANKS to everyone who took part in this all our other competitions
this Christmas and all our other many PCAS Competitions throughout 2019!
Thank too to our very generous sponsor Indicator / Powerhouse. You ca
now purchase your own copies of Hammer Volume Four : Faces of Evil and
'Time without Pity' DIRECTLY from Powerhouse HERE and HERE!
OUR PCASUK review feature and gallery on INDICATOR's blu ray remastered release of 'TINE WITHOUT PITY' HERE!Our review of Hammer Volume FOUR : Taste of Fear, is on it's way!
MANY THANKS ALSO to all our sponsors last year for supporting and providing some
superb prizes and giveaways, these include Warner Brothers, Second Light
Films, Twilight Time and many many others!
HERE'S TO #2020 and a whole year of exciting opportunities and PCAS Competitions!
VERY SAD NEWS to report today, Derek Fowlds has sadly passed away aged 82. He was best known for playing Bernard Woolley in the British television comedies 'Yes, Minister' and 'Yes, Prime Minister', and Oscar Blaketon in the long-running ITV police drama 'Heartbeat', a role he played for 18 years. Fowlds was familiar to British television viewers as 'Mr. Derek' in the children's series The Basil Brush Show, replacing Rodney Bewes as presenter. He co-starred with Peter Cushing in Hammer's Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
MANY COMMENTS and tributes to Derek today at the . Many remembering him for his Mr Fowlds with Basil Brush, but also of course his connection with Peter Cushing and role of the slimy Johan in #Hammerfilms 'FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN'. In his youth, Fowlds had very much aspired in the ambition to become a footballer. He first
tried acting in school plays as a bit of a lark. "Just for kicks" he
later decided to pursue the profession more seriously, going on to train at RADA where he debuted on stage in a 1961 production of "The Miracle Worker" at
London's Wyndham Theatre. Thereafter, he popped up in the occasional
motion picture, but was considerably more prolific on the small screen
where he regularly alternated between comedy and drama. Early on, he
played the lead in his own short-lived detective series, Take a Pair of Private Eyes (1966). His autobiography "A Part Worth Playing" was released in 2015.
READ ALL ABOUT Susan Denberg, Derek Fowlds and the cast of Hammer Films 'FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN' in the above feature : HERE
DEREK WAS A very approachable and friendly chap, for the past few years Derek
enjoyed appearing at various signing meetings in London, where he proved
to be popular and made quite a few new friends between collectors and
other signers during the well attended weekends. Again, another actor
who maybe Hammer films should have utilised in other films during the
mid and late 1960's. His playing of Johann, always makes me want to
'throttle him!' .... well played indeed. Goodbye Mr Fowlds, we won't
forget you 😉😑
PLEASE
JOIN US in wishing actress CAROLINE MUNRO a VERY Happy Birthday today! A
wonderful actress and an absolute sweety! Her Peter Cushing connection
is of course her appearance in Hammer films Dracula AD 1972' in which
Peter Cushing played Van Helsing and her co starring role in Amicus
films 'At The Earth's Core' with Peter Cushing and Doug McClure. I know
of no one who works harder on the convention circuit to make meeting her
a special event! Many Happy Returns and Have Smashing Day, Caroline!
THE VERY POPULAR CAROLINE MUNRO PCASUK Dracula AD 1972 Gallery :
THE
LAST of the PCAS Cushing Christmas Competitions.. Number five, closed a
few days ago. TOMORROW we will be revealing the winning entries and
FIRST PRIZE WINNER NAME and RUNNER UP WINNER NAME too! First prize is
copy of the #Indicator / #Powerhousefilms blu ray box set HAMMER Volume Four : Faces of Evil, which contains FOUR #Hammerfilms releases, 'The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll', 'The Damned', 'Taste of Fear' AND... 'The Revenge of #Frankenstein',
starring Peter Cushing as The Baron, in the sequel to the first Hammer
Frankenstein film of 1957, 'The Curse of Frankenstein'!
THE EXTRAS on the Indicator Box Set release are also really quite special
and include the 'never before released' behind the scenes footage of
Cushing on set during the making of 'The Revenge of Frankenstein' at #Braystudios!
A full spec of the box set and it's extras, you can see below! As well,
as winning this great box set, your win will also include a copy of
Indicator's recent blu ray remastered release of the 1957 fab crime
thriller, starring Michael Redgrave AND #PeterCushing,
'Time Without Pity'. . . there is also a copy of this blu ray for the
'Runner up!' SECOND WINNERS NAME drawn out of the deep and creepy hat!
Are YOU our LUCKY WINNERS? Find out Tomorrow! 😉😃 - Marcus
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL ASPEL! 😀😃 Here's a man who has such a well known face and reputation on UK
television, that when he appears on the screen, it's almost like your
favourite Uncle, has come to tea! Aspel's career has been a prolific to
say the least! Starting in working as a reporter for the local press, by
the early sixties, he had become one of four regular newsreaders on BBC
national television, along with Richard Baker, Robert Dougall and
Corbet Woodall. Then becoming a regular
face presenting BBC flagship programming like 'Come Dancing', 'Crackerjack',
'Ask Aspel', and the Miss World beauty contest, which he covered 14
times.
IT WAS ON A EPISODE of his weekly children's tv show Ask Aspel, where
children requested clips of their favourite tv shows, that Aspel first
worked with Cushing on January 7th 1974. The next time would be quite
'unexpected' and yet quite an event! After a long spell fronting his own
very popular ITV talk show and the horrendous 'never ending' afternoon
programme 'Give Us A Clue' that Aspel took over fronting ITV's long
running favourite, 'This Is your Life' when host Eamonn Andrews died in
1987 until its run ended in 2003.
ABOVE:ACTRESS JOANNA LUMLEY and actor FREDDIE JONES, both who appeared in Hammer films 'THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA' (1973) with Cushing! Freddie starred with Cushing in Hammer films, 'FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED' (1969) Lumley also starred with Cushing in the very first episode of 'THE NEW AVENGERS' called 'the Eagle's Nest' in 1976.
DURING THAT RUN, Aspel surprised Peter Cushing, with his
'Big Red Book' on 21st February 1990. Cushing's 'This Is your Life'
episode almost didn't happen, when the secret cover of surprise was
blown a few weeks before the recording. Cushing never let on he knew 'he
was coming!' and Aspel did a great job steering Cushing, who at this
time could be quite unpredictable during live recordings, through an
army of guests who had worked with Peter over the years. One surprise
guest was Ursula Andress, who had flown quite a journey to be there for
Cushing's evening. When she was announced and grandly made her way onto
the set to hug Peter, he welcomed her with hugs when she made a
reference to the film they made together.. 'She' in 1965. 'She who must
be obeyed!' said Andress. Cushing suggestively replied with glee, 'Oh
and you still are darling...What would you like me to DO?' which got a
big laugh.
I BELIEVE IT WAS quite a task for the 'This Is Your Life' team, after much
research and study to decide on guests for the show. Guests had to be
special, entertaining, engaging and guaranteed not to run away from
Aspel when he shock surprised them with the book and the evening's
planned recording before a live audience, of their lives shared with the
public. Aspel had specially requested Peter Cushing be used in the
series, several times. The start of preparation and plans were almost
uncovered each time and the shows were cancelled. Eventually, Aspel got
his wish and Peter Cushing had an evening he would never forget! Thank
you for that Mr Aspel ...and a VERY Happy Birthday to YOU!
TWO
PAGES from Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee's scripts. BOTH from
Hammer Dracula films. Cushing's from 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula'
(1973) and Lee's 'Taste the Blood of Dracula' (1970) BOTH films had a
trying and difficult 'birthing' process . . I think for both Cushing and
Lee, making a Hammer Dracula film, was a different experience. . . but
it is now, both interesting and quite amusing how
Lee and Cushing dealt with prep for the role, short-falls of the
script, the detail, the dialogue... Cushing as we know, loaded his
scripts with yards of notes, references, costume suggestions and
anything that would aid him in doing his best on the screen.. he was
quite meticulous.
LEE IN THIS INSTANCE, makes no secret of again being not at all happy with
the contents of the page... or any page I would guess. Linda Hayden's
Alice lines of 'Master, Master, you are back!' and her '(Whimpering
Passionately: Love me! Love Me!) are given the short shrift note with '
Ridiculous Lines!' and another 'NO!' ... for Lee, it must have been
extremely frustrating.
ABOVE AND BELOW : The PCASUK guide to 'Hammer's Dracula Franchise' PART ONE HERE and PART TWO HERE
I HAVE SHARED many times that personally I feel Hammer's Dracula's are 'films of moments' 😊😉 Some scenes are very good indeed. Others cringing. I
am sure you have watched them all many times..so over at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE I am asking, is there
any scene, line of dialogue or sequence, that if you hand a magic wand,
you would change today?? Marcus
FOUR OF THE FIVE PCAS CUSHING CHRISTMAS COMPETITIONS LUCKY WINNERS have now been drawn and you will find the WINNING ENTRIES and the COMPETITION ANSWERS here on the LINKS below and at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE, which was posted on JANUARY 2020! Congratulations everyone who was lucky to bag yourselves some superb PRIZES this Christmas 😀 There is ONE Cushing Christmas Competition that is STILL LIVE, Competition FIVE, but it closesat MIDNIGHT GMT. So if you have not entered, there is still time to get YOUR ENTRY IN NOW! GOOD LUCK! 😮😀
CUSHING CHRISTMAS COMPETITION FIVE can be found HERE at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page and is OPEN and LIVE until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT GMT! Good Luck! 😊😉 - Marcus
