VAN HELSING VS DRACULA: HAMMER DRACULA VAN HELSING STAKING GIF

Peter Cushing nails another one... in Hammer films DRACULA / Horror of Dracula (1958)

In our TWO PART feature 'THE TRIALS OF VAN HELSING' you can study our extensive gallery of original vintage photographs and read all about the Van Helsing saga that was built up by the ever imaginative script writers at  Hammer films and brought to the screen in DRACULA / HORROR OF DRACULA , THE BRIDES OF DRACULA , DRACULA AD 1972 , THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA AND FINALLY THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES...  and how Peter Cushing's Van Helsing did indeed, pit his wits against the Lord of the undead, Count Dracula...and any of his deadly spawn that he come across along the way.... !

...and by the aid of dazzling internet and computer technology, through GIFS and clips, see the BEST OF, how Cushing's Van Helsing did indeed, fight the good fight...and won!

VAN HELSING vs DRACULA ..or how Peter Cushing's vampire hunter did fight the good fight, will be posted here, shortly.....

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY YVONNE MONLAUR

Join us in wishing the lovely Yvonne Monlaur a very happy birthday known for her roles in Circus Of Horrors (1960) with Anton Diffring, Terror Of The Tongs (1961) with Christopher Lee and The Brides Of Dracula (1960) with Peter Cushing.

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THE LEGACY OF FRANKENSTEIN : FRANKENSTEINFRIDAYS

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You can find a series of features written for us by Bruce Hallenbeck, entitled, 'THAT FEMININE TOUCH: WOMEN IN GOTHIC: The Actresses of the Hammer Frankenstein Series' here on this website. Below are some links to a few from the series: 

THAT FEMININE TOUCH: WOMEN IN GOTHIC: PART FOUR SUSAN DENBERG: HERE 

THAT FEMININE TOUCH: WOMEN IN GOTHIC: PART FIVE VERONICA CARLSON : HERE 

THAT FEMININE TOUCH: WOMEN IN GOTHIC : PART ONE: HAZEL COURT AND VALERIE GAUNT : CLICK HERE

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HAMMER FILM CUSHING AND LEE GIFS WITH SUPPORTING FEATURES AND GALLERIES

CHRISTOPHER LEE'S DRACULA IN DRACULA AD 1972 SNARLS AT PETER CUSHING'S VAN HELSING ONLY REVENGE ON HIS MIND

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HAMMER FILMS DRACULA / VAN HELSING

SAGA IN 'THE TRIALS OF VAN HELSING' PART ONE AND TWO : HERE 

 

PETER CUSHING'S BARON FRANKENSTEIN PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND, PAUL KREMP TO SAVE HIS LIFE IN HAMMER FILMS 'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN' (1957)

 FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FIRST IN THE HAMMER FILMS 'CUSHING FRANKENSTEIN SERIES' , THE FILM THAT LAUNCHED CHRISTOPHER LEE'S CAREER , WITH A BARON THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN WITH VINTAGE PHOTO  GALLERY AND MORE HERE

ARMED WITH A SILVER BULLET CUSHING'S VAN HELSING HAS THE COUNT CORNERED  IN 'THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA'

READ ALL ABOUT THE LAST STAND OFF BETWEEN CUSHING'S VAN HELSING AND LEE'S DRACULA IN 'THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA' FEATURE WITH GREAT PHOTO GALLERY AND BEHIND THE SCENES STILLS  HERE 

THE DEAD ARE AWAKE AND WALKING AND BENT ON REVENGE : CHRISTOPHER LEE AS KHARIS PAYS CUSHING'S JOHN BANNING A VISIT IN HAMMER FILMS 'THE MUMMY' FROM 1959

READ ALL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF 'MUMMY CINEMA' AND THE HAMMER FILMS 1959 RELEASE, IN OUR EXTENSIVE VINTAGE GALLEY AND FEATURE HERE

 DRACULA'S GRIP OF TERROR  REACHES ACROSS A HUNDRED YEARS TO 1972 AND NOW BRINGS HIS REVENGE ON VAN HELSING HIMSELF IN HAMMER FILMS, 'DRACULA AD 1972'

CHRISTOPHER LEE AND FAMILY WITH PETER CUSHING ON THE SET OF  DRACULA AD 1972. MORE BEHIND THE SCENES RARE PICS IN OUR FEATURE HERE 

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I MONSTER : THE FACE OF EVIL AND THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR A BLU RAY RELEASE

Dogged by production problems, a 3D process that didn't or wouldn't work, and a script, no matter what you may read, isn't a faithful adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson story, I, MONSTER still has three very good things going for it. Christopher Lee's performance as Dr Marlowe and Mr Blake, who in all but name are Jekyll and Hyde. A performance that Lee himself said, he was very proud of.

The second would be STEPHEN WEEKS direction, he manages to keep a steady pace and draw something new out of a story that had appeared on screen many times. The third would be Peter Cushing in the thankless role of Utterson.

Yes, the pace of the film is different from any other Amicus or Hammer film. You won't find any whip pans, flash effects or comic book 'dutch tilts'...this is story telling about victorian values, very well sited and dressed in the period. There is almost an echo of the very well respected, BBC productions of M.R, James stories here. It's also very much like another Lee / Cushing vehicle THE CREEPING FLESH made some three years later, this is another tale of transformation and the repercussions of tinkering with science, the mind and 'things best left alone'!

This one is in my personal top five of...well over due a blu ray release! 

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PINHEAD DOUG BRADLEY ON PETER CUSHING

 

”If there was anyone I would Aspire to in terms of a role model, And he is my favourite genre actor as well. A brilliant actor all round and If I can match both the body of work And the intensity he brought to every role he played with his ability to switch from playing dark and evil to playing pure white light good, I would be very proud of myself as an actor and I’m talking about Peter Cushing. So if there was anyone I would aspire to, it would be Peter" Doug Bradley

 

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FESTIVE FRIGHTS OVER CHRISTMAS : BRIDES OF DRACULA AT HORROR CHANNEL

A heads up on how you can catch Peter Cushing's Hammer films classic THE BRIDES OF DRACULA on the HORROR CHANNEL over the festive season. PETER CUSHING plays VAN HELSING in his second outing as the 'vampire hunter' since Hammer's 1958 DRACULA /HORROR OF DRACULA with CHRISTOPHER LEE. This time, despite the hint in the title, is is NO Dracula, but an evil Baron Meinster, played by DAVID PEEL in his only Hammer film appearance. Van Helsing was one of the many fantasy characters that Cushing played for Hammer films, along with BARON FRANKENSTEIN  and SHERLOCK HOLMES  he played Van Helsing in no less than FIVE Hammer films, DRACULA / HORROR OF DRACULA IN 1958, THE BRIDES OF DRACULA in 1960, DRACULA AD 1972 in 1972, THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA 1973 and finally in LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES in 1974.

THE BRIDES OF DRACULA is seen by many as one of Hammer's main 'marquee' titles, from their golden age when the company were based at Bray Studios, producing some of their best know PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE TITLES such as THE MUMMY in 1959, THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN in 1958, THE GORGON in 1965 and Cushing vechicles like  FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN  and THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN in 1958.

THE BRIDES OF DRACULA, even without Christopher Lee is a fine example of the Hammer films style, with a very strong cast supported by Martita Hunt, Freda Jackson, Michael Ripper and the beautiful Yvonne Monlaur.

RECCOMENDED *****

ALL OF THE LINKED FILM TITLES INCLUDED THIS POST ABOVE, ON CLICKING WILL TAKE YOU TO REVIEWS AND FEATURES SUPPORTED BY EXTENSIVE GALLERIES OF RARE AND VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THAT FILM. BELOW ARE A SMALL SELECTION.

THE TRIALS OF VAN HELSING : PART ONE

HAMMER FILMS DRACULA REVIEW AND GALLERY

THE FILMS OF PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE

THE MUMMY FEATURE AND STILLS GALLERY

FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN FEATURE AND PHOTO GALLERY 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNIE LINDEN

A Happy Birthday to JENNIE LINDEN who celebrates her birthday today December 8th.... and who fought the good fight against the Daleks with Peter Cushing as Dr Who in 'Dr Who and the Daleks' in 1965... TRIVIA: LINDEN also starred with Peter Cushing in the stage play, 'Thark' in 1965, during the westend run, though mysteriously vanished from the cast sometime during the run.

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