PETER SALLIS DIES AT 96

VERY SAD NEWS, to hear of the passing of veteran actor Peter Sallis today.... Sallis appeared in the film, 'Scream and Scream Again' in 1970. It's a very tenuous link...even though he worked for Hammer films in 'Curse of the Werewolf' and 'Taste the Blood of Dracula' too. But, personally, I am sharing this because... thought he was terrific in the BBC's 'The Last of the Summer Wine' for all those years, and my children LOVED his voice in the Wallace and Gromit films. Sallis was 96. . . .

#GETTHECUSHIONSUNDAY! PRICE AND CUSHING CHAT AND TOP SECRET!

#GETTHECUSHION: A behind the scenes snap of Peter Cushing and the producers of the film, 'TOP SECRET' (1984) ... and the pose subject matter? I have no idea...! It's film you either love or hate, but most seem to remember Cushing's  'Giant Eye' skit, more than the impressive skills he displayed in making the 'reverse action' and dialogue seamless and convincing!

#GETTHECUSHION! A requested repost for Samantha Eyddes, of Peter Cushing and Vincent Price recording, 'Aliens in the Mind', a radio serial recorded and broadcast by the BBC. Samantha brought up the question, as to why Cushing and Price never got to appear in more work together...? It's a tough one to answer, and probably lies somewhere with, 'Not enough opportunities' and 'Some of films of that particular genre, had small budgets, that wouldn't stretch to hiring both!'. along with, 'We could never find a window of time where they were both free!'... 


HMM, I AM NOT SURE. One would have thought with the amount of time Price spent every year during the late 1960's and 70's in the UK, there should have been something where the two could have worked together. I always thought the lost opportunity in casting Cushing as one of Lionheart's critics, was one of many. To slip Cushing in as the 'Ship Captain' in the second Phibes film, was a tease and more than a bit mean. Cushing's fee per day was around £750 to £1,200 a day, at this time. At those prices, I wonder why he wasn't used more in Phibes, and appear in Theatre of Blood, Cry of the Banshee, and The Oblong Box?


TO BE FAIR, Cushing was pretty busy in 1971 through to 72... he appeared in over a dozen feature films. So maybe it was about timing? Then, thank havens they had time for 'Madhouse', 'Price of Fear', 'Aliens of the Mind' and 'House of the Long Shadows'...!

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#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: GREEN LIMITED EDITION HAMMER THEME VINYL

#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: NEWS JUST IN! LIMITED EDITION 500 Green Vinyl release of Hammer Film Themes . . . !

TRACK LISTING:

Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter - Laurie Johnson
Twins of Evil - Harry Robinson
The Kiss of the Vampire - James Bernard
The Mummy - Franz Reizenstein
Dracula - James Bernard
Quatermass and the Pit - Tristram Cary
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires - James Bernard
The Lost Continent - Roy Phillips
Dracula AD 1972 - Mike Vickers
The Devil Rides Out - James Bernard
Countess Dracula - Harry Robinson
The Gorgon - James Bernard
Hands of the Ripper - Christopher Gunning
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde - David Whitaker
She - James Bernard
Taste the Blood of Dracula - James Bernard
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell - James Bernard
 

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#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: HOW TO STAKE A VAMPIRE OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS!

#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: Peter Cushing shares his thoughts on playing his Van Helsing for Hammer productions in five films and the character of Dracula . . .

AS HAMMER HAS shown us, it doesn't HAVE to be death by staking. If you haven't got the Vampire Hunter standard issue mallet and stake, you can always use.... sunlight, a shower tap, a spoke from a cartwheel, a bronze cross, hawthorn, a broken piece of wooden fencing, holy water, light through a stain-glass window, a spear, a spade, a pit full of wooden stakes or indeed a WINDMILL...etc....

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#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: CUSHING LANDAU AND ERNEST THESIGER : THE MISSING LINK!

#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: Here is a great behind the scenes photograph of Peter Cushing having his gold make-up fixed while shooting the #SPACE1999 episode, 'Missing Link'. St of the series, Martin Landau looks on. Why not try our TRIVIA QUESTION? Who would have thought there was a link between Landau, Ernest Thesiger and Peter Cushing?

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#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: RARE DENBERG VINCENT PRICE AND SPACE 1999 TEASER!

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: You would have seen many photographs from this photo session to promote, Hammer films Frankenstein Created Woman, with Peter Cushing and Susan Denberg... But, not probably this one. It's rare. Very rare. Can you see what's different about this particular shot?

Christopher lee borrowed this quote, from another actor. Can you guess who originallysaid this interesting quote?

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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY: A MIXED BAG OF GOODIES PAST!

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY: The Peter Cushing bio-documentary was broadcast TWENTY EIGHT YEARS ago this week. Produced by Tyburn films and interviewed by Dick Vosburgh, the 90 minutes goes by very quickly, with Peter Cushing sharing stories of his life on and off the camera....

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY: As promised, here is a clip of Peter Cushing from 'One Way Ticket To Hollywood' broadcast 28 years ago this week... He gives a very insightful clue about Christopher Lee here...and there's THAT laugh again!!!!

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY: AND FINALLY. . . A snap behind the scenes of Christopher Lee as Captain Zantor in the SPACE 1999 episode 'Earthbound' in 1976.

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