DRESSING TERROR WITH STYLE : FOR THE LOVE OF HELEN

THIS HAS JUST BEEN SHARED AND POSTED at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page! IF you think you have the answers, why not whip over the the page and share it with everyone?? 😉 I'll be revealing the answers here and at the Facebook Page, tomorrow! 

 

TOMORROW May 26th marks Peter Cushing's Birthday! Good heavens, I am sure most of you know that . . .and that the following day May 27th marks #ChristopherLee and #VincentPrice birthdays! Many of you, have been very kind in taking the time to email and message me with a heads up.. that the quite superb documentary, 'For The Love of Helen' The Human Factor, is also being broadcast tomorrow, to mark Peter's birthday.

 

THERE IS MUCH to learn about Peter as well as Helen throughout the documentary, which is presented by Peter Williams, in 1990. Peter was 77 at the time, had already been diagnosed with cancer, and was only 4 years away from sadly passing, and 'joining Helen'. Helen died in 1971. It is, very personal and quite heart-wrenching at times, but an uplifting glimpse into the lives of 'HelenandPeter'... as he would sign.

 

PETER AS EVER, reminisces about Helen, with much to share and a few surprises for some, maybe? What kind of qualities she shared and her remarkable ability to always know just how to help him. It’s no exaggeration to say that she did, very much change his life.

 

Talking Pictures TV are airing Peter's episode of 'The Human Factor' tomorrow, from 5:30 to 6pm. Freeview 81, Sky 328: You can also find the full episode at our PCASUK Facebook Video Album selection. 

 

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CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE MYSTERY FILM PREMIER AND GUESTS? : FINAL WORDS AND ANSWERS

ABOVE is last Tuesday's 'FINAL WORDS' tester, that was posted and shared at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page and here at the website. Below are the answers. We'll be posting and sharing this week's first at the Facebook Fan Page, later today 😉 -Marcus 

 

ANSWER: Marie Stubbs, UK at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page,was the first to nail BOTH titles and pretty quickly. Well done, you! 😊 The last lines of Cushing's characters, were from 'Legend of the Werewolf' (Professor Paul Cataflanque) and 'The Uncanny' (Wilbur Gray). . .

 

WE POSTED THIS rare press photograph at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page yesterday afternoon. It features #PeterCushing attending a film premier! We set the question, can you name the film and all the others attending in this rare press photograph?

 

IT IS A TRICKY ONE, but I will be revealing the ANSWERS here at the website, LATER today!

 

HAMMER FILM RARE IMAGES, contact sheets, interviews and features, catch them all at the PCASUK media platforms!

 

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FULL EXTRAS MENU OF #INDICATOR #POWERHOUSE UK PREMIERE BLU RAY CUSHING 'SLASHER' 1968 'CORRUPTION'

NEWS! HERE are the details of the #Powerhouse/ Indicator films Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK Blu-ray premiere) of Peter Cushing 'slasher movie' 'Corruption', NOW available for PRE ORDER, for its release date of 16th August 2021 😊 As many of you, I am sure know, THIS is a Cushing character and performance like no other, for sure. The film also stars Sue Lloyd, #KateOMara and Anthony Booth, directed by #RobertHartfordDavis. Corruption is a film that certainly pushed the envelope of gore and sleaze in its era.

 

DESPITE it's sometimes mixed range of personal critiques from Cushing fans, when it was released by Grindhouse a few years ago, with it's remastered, extras packed, double disc, two version package and cover box illustration, Grindhouse sold ALL its stock in days! Again, we have a great range of extras, and again, the two feature presentations: the theatrical version (92 mins); and the more graphic international version (91 mins). There's a nice director's shooting script gallery, interviews, commentary and enough to keep you entertained for an evening or two after your viewing, while you recover 😏  Personally, I LOVE the cover. 

 

UNTIL #WarnerBrothers release of their remastered #Hammerfilm 'Dracula AD 1972' with #PeterCushing and #ChristopherLee blu ray, the #Grindhouse remaster, was my favourite remastered Cushing movie, the image quality standard was very high, and remains so. Until we get our review copy and launch our PCASUK Competition, I look forward to see if Indicator, has retained their VERY high standard of 'remastering' and packaging! Here is the run down of the EXTRAS!
 

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Why not pop over to the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page- and share YOUR thoughts? - Marcus

 

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 2K restoration from the original negative
• Two feature presentations: the theatrical version (92 mins); and the more graphic international version (91 mins)
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with Peter Cushing biographer David Miller and English Gothic author Jonathan Rigby (2013)
• The BEHP Interview with Peter Newbrook (1995): career-spanning audio interview with the producer and cameraman, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Newbrook in conversation with Alan Lawson and Roy Fowler
• The Guardian Lecture with Peter Cushing (1986): audio recording of an interview with the legendary actor recorded at the National Film Theatre, London
• Interview with actor Phillip Manikum (2021)
• Interview with actor Billy Murray (2012)
• Interview with actor Jan Waters (2012)
• Whatever Happened to Wendy Varnals? (2013): interview with the English actor
• Stephen Laws Introduces ‘Corruption’ (2021): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author
• The Unkindest Cuts (2021): critic and writer Michael Brooke on the history of surgical horror
• Edgar Wright trailer commentary (2013): short critical appreciation
• Original UK theatrical trailer
• Original US theatrical trailer
• TV spots
• Radio spots
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• Director’s shooting script gallery
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Laura Mayne, archival articles and interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• Limited edition exclusive replica production stills
• UK home video premiere
• Limited edition of 5,000 copies 
• REGION-B "LOCKED"

YOU CAN PLACE YOUR PRE-ORDER : HERE!

 

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' HOW DO YOU MAKE AN ACTOR CRY AND MAKE A MASK TO COVER THE PHANTOM?' VIDEO INTERVIEW #HAMMERHORRORFILMS MAKE UP ARTIST ROY ASHTON

HOW DO YOU MAKE an actor cry on screen and why was it so difficult to create a MASK for 'The Phantom of the Opera'? Here's some answers in a little teaser clip of a PCASUK video interview with Hammer and Amicus films ace make up artist Roy Ashton at his home in 1983. During his long career Roy worked many times with #PeterCushing #ChristopherLee also #VincentPrice #JohnCarradine #VeronicaCarlson #BarbraShelley, just about every Brit fantasy actor and many others, from the mid 1950's until the end of his career in 1988. We interviewed Roy first in 1980, when he was made an honorary member of PCASUK along with Vincent Price, Milton Subotsky, Ingrid Pitt and Geofreffy Bayldon. Maybe his stand out creation on screen was Oliver Reed's lycanthrope in Hammer's 'Curse of the Werewolf', Christopher Lee's Kharis in 'The Mummy' and his uncredited assistance with Christopher Lee's first appearance as Dracula in Hammer's 'Dracula' in 1958. Maybe you have your own fav and opinion on the best of Roy Ashton's work? Please feel free to click this link to see the clip and maybe share your thoughts on the page too? Link HERE! 

 

ALSO POSTING THIS TODAY, over at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page to see how many of you grabbed this excellent book, back in the day? ' Greasepaint and Gore' by Bruce Sachs and Russell Wall, published by their company Tomahawk, a few years ago now. It's a interesting read, with some lovely illustrations of Roy's sketches and personal reference photographs.

 

THERE WAS ALSO A DVD, you could order which covered the career of Hammer's first make up artist, Phil Leakey. A very good interview. When I bought my copy of the dvd, I wondered why there wasn't any video interview footage of Roy. I met Bruce at a function a short while after the book and dvd had been launched, and ask him, why no Roy interview footage in the dvd. 'There isn't any footage of Roy being interviewed and he has now sadly passed!' he said. It was then I realised, being out of the loop for so long, he sadly knew nothing of the three hour interview I shot at Roy's home back in 1983!

 

HOW ANNOYING AND FRUSTRATING! Maybe a missed opportunity. The footage is still unedited, raw material on a blu ray conversion disc. Maybe one day . . ? You can still grab a copy of Bruce's book though. Lots of copies on ebay. Here are a few pages, for you to sample too.. if you have a copy, let us know and share what you think of it at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page!

 

WATCH ROY ASHTON AT HOME CLIP : 

 

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INDICATOR / POWERHOUSE ANNOUNCES AUGUST RELEASE FOR PETER CUSHING 1968 SHOCK SLASHER BLU RAY LIMITED RELEASE!

NEWS: WE GAVE A HEADS UP, at the beginning of the year, but at last we can announce that the UK gets finally gets it's own Blu Ray release of the #PeterCushing 1968 shocker, '#Corruption' from #Indicator / #Powerhouse films in August! Details of extras to be announced this week. Stay tuned!

 

SOMETHING NEW and a bit of fun, at the Facebook PCASUK Fan Page today. Peter Cushing often had some pretty interesting dialogue in the 92 films he appeared in.. whatever the quality of 'the lines' many believe he had a gift, of making them sound convincing and true. Some are memorable, especially, those that were his final lines in the movie. Here are the first two of a weekly post. Can you name the two films in which these were the final Cushing Character lines? Slip your thoughts, onto the thread at the Facebook Page 😏 - Marcus

 

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