#HAMMERFILMS 'SCREAM QUEEN WITH CLASS AND A BIG HEART' REMEMBERED TODAY

TODAY, had she lived.. would have been #IngridPitt's 84th birthday. Any regular visitor here will already know, how highly we valued her friendship to our society, her skill as an actress and as a beautiful person who touched everyone's heart who ever met her. 

 

FROM 1980, until her passing in 2010, she was one of just four honorary members of the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society UK. Here is an INGRID PITT UNCUT: A unedited candid interview from 2000, with gallery rare unpublished photographs. Just CLICK HERE!

 

ABOVE: CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS, on a contact sheet, in her dressing room and on set during the making of #Hammerfilms 'The Vampire Lovers' (1970) 

 

SO HOW FITTING TODAY, we mark her birthday and also launch our PCASUK '#TheVampireLovers' blu ray competition, I might be second guessing, but Ingrid certainly LOVED fun and taking part in anything, where she was with friends, competing and having fun. 

 

I KNOW HER MANY ADMIRER'S  and friends, still love and miss her and here is our way, of bringing some of that together today. #Competition launches here in just a few hours.

 

ABOVE: ONE OF OUR MANY PCASuk features, with full gallery. here at the website: Just CLICK HERE!

 

 

Remembered and so loved! Many Happy Returns and Happy Birthday, Ingrid . . xxx 

 

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SCREAM FACTORY RELEASES REMASTERED BLU RAY OF #CUSHING #HAMMERFILM 'THE VAMPIRE LOVERS'

NEWS! As we reported a little while ago here on the PCASuk website and Facebook Fan Page, #SCREAMFACTORY has announced the release date of their Special Edition Blu Ray of the #PeterCushing and #IngridPitt #Hammerfilm classic.

 

THERE HAVE BEEN several releases on Blu Ray over the past few years, UNCUT, CUT and all with their own region of extras, from mini documentaries to the usual talking heads from that region, sharing their opinions and facts about the movie. Judging by the comments I have read in the past at the Facebook PCASuk Fan Page  many fans and Hammer film collectors, have purchased many of the released versions, hoping their copy would be the UNCUT version. 

 

IT SEEMS what many versions are missing is some EIGHT SECONDS of footage that contain a shot from the prologue of the movie, six seconds of a decapitated head hitting the ground. It's my belief, that only one release on blu ray contains, that footage. The 2016 Anolis release of 'The Vampire Lovers', is a full restoration of the film PLUS including the restoration of a shot of Kirsten Betts’s decapitated head falling to the floor. The Scream Factory release does not contain that eight seconds in its version of the film. Would that absence affect that choice of purchase for some? Well, that choice sits with you. 

 

YESTERDAY, there was a comment made at the PCASuk Facebook Page, that gave what appears to be the reason why, Scream Factory decided to not include the footage within the film, 'The six seconds with the head hitting the ground is not restored into the film. As this is a new 4K restoration, the footage would be jarringly out of place as it is from a far lesser source. Constantine Nasr and Steve Haberman both confirmed this. Other then those six seconds, it’s completely uncensored and uncut.' Casey Prater.. 

 

ABOVE: RARE CONTACT print of publicity stills from Hammer films, 'THE VAMPIRE LOVERS' with Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith and Jon Finch.

 

EXTRA FEATURES: 

 

NEW 4K scan from the original camera negative
NEW Audio Commentary with film historian/author Dr. Steve
Haberman and film historian/filmmaker Constantine Nasr
NEW The Rapture of Cruelty: Carmilla in Classic Cinema – an audio essay read by actress Madeline Smith
NEW To Love a Vampire – an Introduction by actress Madeline Smith
NEW Carnal Crimson - Film historian/author Kim Newman on the Carmilla Legend
NEW Fangs for the Memories – Film historian/author Jonathan Rigby remembers THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
Audio Commentary with director Roy Ward Baker, actress Ingrid Pitt and screenwriter Tudor Gates
Audio Commentary with film historians Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby
Feminine Fantastique – Resurrecting THE VAMPIRE LOVERS

 

New Blood: Hammer Enters the 70s – film historians discuss
Hammer films during the 70s
Madeline Smith: Vampire Lover - an interview with actress Madeline Smith
Reading of Carmilla by actress Ingrid Pitt
Deleted Shot of the opening beheading
Trailers from Hell: Mick Garris on THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
Theatrical Trailer
Radio Spots
Photo Galleries – movie stills, behind-the-scenes stills, posters and lobby cards

 

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HOPING FOR A WHITE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR? START WITH BRINGING A CHILL TO YOUR FESTIVE TREE!

IS IT TOO EARLY, to mention Christmas yet??? I am not a fan of Christmas, but I do like seeing people happy and the decor... which brings me to this! Here is something I just had to share over at the Facebook PCASuk Fan Page, last night! What better way to bring your hopes for a WHITE Christmas this year, with at least a dusting of a CHILL than our very own #PeterCushing and... that OTHER Snowman... #TheAbominableSnowman, from the Cushing 1957 film 'The Abominable Snowman'....hanging in your Christmas Tree Decs??? Peter Cushing fan #ArdenEllenNixon sent me pics of her Cushing & Yeti creations, a few days ago and I was so impressed with them, I asked her if you could see them too! So here they are! If you too hang something unusual in your Christmas Tree Decs... keep it clean please, we don't want to frighten the reindeer... I would love to know or see some pics 😊 

 

MEANWHILE, if you would like a set of Cushing Snowman Decs for your tree this year, you can contact Arden, RIGHT  HERE!

 

BECAUSE of some issues with international posting, sadly, Arden is unable to take international orders right now - Marcus

 

 

ABOVE: A FULL PCASuk REVIEW FEATURE with GALLERY on Hammer Films 'The Abominable Snowman' RIGHT HERE! 

 

ABOVE: NOT HAVE A COPY OF 'THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN? Here is our FULL PCASuk NEWS feature on the fab REMASTERED BLU RAY released back in 2019 by SCREAM FACTORY, which is still out there for ordering! You can check it out HERE! 

 

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'THE DEVIL'S MEN' GETS WORLD PREMIER ON REMASTERED 2K BLU RAY #INDICATOR #POWERHOUSE

NEWS: Indicator have announced they are releasing 'The Devil's Men' on blu-ray starring Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasance for a street date of FEBRUARY 22nd 2022

 

HERE IS THE SPEC, fresh from the Indicator desk, with extra features and what to expect, quality wise, from a film that has languished in the swamp of dodgy boot-legs, grainy VHS and multi-pack groggy copies, until NOW . . 

 

ABOVE: FULL Review feature of THE DEVIL'S MEN with Gallery 

RIGHT HERE! 

 

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES  

 

• New 2K restoration from the original negative
• Two presentations of the film: The Devil’s Men (94 mins), the original cut; and Land of the Minotaur (86 mins), the shorter US theatrical version
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with critics and authors David Flint and Adrian J Smith (2022)
• The John Player Lecture with Peter Cushing (1973): the legendary actor in conversation at the National Film Theatre, London
• Interview with producer Frixos Constantine (2022)
• Feature-length Super 8 version (94 mins)
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing 

 

• Limited edition exclusive booklet featuring a new essay by Andrew Graves, an archival interview with star Donald Pleasence, extracts from original promotional materials, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits

 

• World premiere on Blu-ray

• Limited edition of 2,000 copies

• All extras subject to change

 

PREORDERS START SOON :HERE!

 

ANOTHER PCASUK REVIEW AND GALLERY OF 'THE DEVIL'S MEN'

RIGHT HERE!  

THERE ARE SEVERAL FEATURES on 'THE DEVIL'S MEN' to be found here on the blog about this film, which had the blessing of three or four titles different titles given to the film in different countries... 'Land of the Minotaur' / 'The Devil's Men' / The Devil's People'. It was covered in the UK with quite a lot of publicity in film mags at the time of it's release, but to actually get a screening was difficult. It came and went quickly. One think about this film was it had a lot of lolly spent of it's promotion and press materials, a beautiful set of thirty/ forty press stills in very nice matt finish colour and the lobby stills were excellent too.

 

AS I RECALL, Getty productions were hand in hand with the tourism and commerce where the film's locations were shot and really played to the beautiful landscape... the film spends considerable time waltzing around long pans and cut away landscape shots, and they are very impressive. The film DOES have a following, though it wouldn't make it to my fab five titles, there are many who would and do rate it. The fact that Indicator has gone to to their expert touch of giving the film a new 2K restoration from the original negative, makes it worth my order, to replace my personal tatty and grainy copy. The extras certainly make my order worth making too. I am sure Powerhouse will not disappoint, as their impressive record of great packages, extra bonus materials and remastering, prove their  reliability and reputation of making a expected used tea bag, into a silk purse, and worth having! - Marcus
 

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