With apologies to Dirty Harry and Clint Eastwood! Peter Cushing's Van Helsing gets mean! #makemyday #vanhelsing #petercushing #doyoufeeluckyvamp
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015
EUREKA ANNOUNCES EXTRA FEATURES FOR DUAL RELEASE OF THE SKULL
NEWS: Peter Cushing's THE SKULL (1965 Amicus. Dir Freddie Francis) has
been available on dvd and blu ray in other region formats for a long
time, but never in a format we could watch here in the UK.... until now!
You may remember we confirmed the very exciting news of the EUREKA
dual blu ray / dvd release a few weeks ago...and that this release is
also a NEWLY RESTORED VERSION of the film.
We can now also confirm the extra features. They are as follows:
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Exclusively restored 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
New video interview with film scholar Jonathan Rigby
New video interview with critic & author Kim Newman
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Reversible sleeve featuring original and new artwork
Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet.
Trailer: The Skull (Amicus 1965)
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Tuesday, 11 August 2015
#PETER CUSHING #STRAIGHTOUTTAWHITSTABLE
#petercushing #straightouttawhitstable
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IN MEMORIAM PETER CUSHING : 11TH AUGUST 1994 : TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO TODAY
In Memory of Peter Wilton Cushing 26th May 1913 - 11th August 1994:
Today we mark the 21st Anniversary of the day the Peter Cushing left
us. You may remember last year, being the 20th anniversary, we
celebrated his life and career with posts of memories and stories from
his friends and people from the industry who remembered him... it was
quite a day.
As a society, here at our website and our Peter Cushing Facebook Fan Page we mark the many birthdays and the sad news others passing, and also remembering those who worked with or knew Peter
Cushing. It's a sad day, but as always, we ask that the mood be one of
celebration...the celebration of a life well lived, of his career, his
professional achievements and of him being the most of gentle, of gentle
men.
We will be posting comment, images, memories at the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page through out the day. Please feel free to join us.
Sunday, 9 August 2015
FROM 8MM HOME MOVIE WITH FLEXI DISC TO DVD AND BLU RAY: HAMMER'S DRACULA JOURNEY
For the folks who grumble about the quality of blu rays... lol Back in
the 60's we went to extraordinary and unrealistic lengths to see just
ten minutes of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, in colour and with
sound..well sort of. The US release of 200ft of 8mm film of
'Dracula/Horror of Dracula' from Americom came complete with a floppy
vinyl disc (..remember those?) ...and the idea was the start up your 8mm
film projector and your 'record player' simultaneously...so the sound
from your record and the film on your projector, would play
together...in sync. HA! Never happened.
VHS? Wonderful. DVD? Incredible. Blu Ray? As good as it gets!
The
journey of Hammer films 'Dracula' release for home viewing in the US
and finally getting to the UK, with the UK title and a playable
format...
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CHRISTOPHER LEE ON PLAYING DRACULA
Sir Christopher Lee on playing the role of Count Dracula for the first
time in 1958. I guess being part of a noble family, where tradition and
responsibility can be a bit of a tie, especially if like the young
Christopher Lee, you wanted to swim against the tide..and become an
actor!
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Saturday, 8 August 2015
CHANGING THE FACE OF DOCTOR WHO : THE AMAZING CONCEPTS AND ARTWORK OF COLIN BROCKHURST
CHANGING THE FACE OF DOCTOR WHO: In an alternative television universe,
Colin Brockhurst's fabulous artwork and concept design makes
sense..makes you think about it... the possibilities of what could have,
should have, might have been... Peter Cushing as The Master in the
BBC's Dr Who television series, Yutte Stensgaard as Jo Grant, the
doctor's assistant...and the Target paperback of episode 'Project
Zeta-Sigma' features Peter Cushing as The Master too...and there's
MORE. MUCH more. And you can find it : HERE
'Changing
the Face of Doctor Who is a selection of posters, merchandise, listings
and ephemera that imagines different actors in the roles of the first
eight Doctors, some who were merely considered, some who were approached
and one who should have been.
All magazine covers are 'actual size' and have been professionally
printed on heavy 250gsm silk paper..... Changing the Face of Doctor Who
features some fascinating ideas and artwork, as seen below, including An
A3 print (29.7 x 42.0cm or 11.69 x 16.53 inches) of the cover of an
imaginary November 23-29, 1963, issue of Radio Times featuring the First
Doctor, GEOFFREY BAYLDON. The cover is printed so as to be 'actual
size' and as utterly authentic as possible...
All
the goodies below..... the whole package contains, A
mockup of a novelisation of the unmade story, The Masters of Luxor,
starring GEOFFREY BAYLDON. Please note that although the size and design
of the book resembles one of the first run of Target novelisations, the
pages within come from random paperbacks from such literary luminaries
as Dan Brown and Jackie Collins. Artwork by the brilliant Steve Andrew.
The cover of an imaginary November 1966 issue of the BBC's in-house
magazine, Ariel, featuring the Second Doctor, BRIAN BLESSED. A3 print. A
set of telesnaps from the first episode of The Destiny of Doctor Who,
introducing BRIAN BLESSED as the Doctor, plus Radio Times listing. The
telesnaps are actual size. A3 print.The January 1st 1970 cover of Radio
Times, publicising RON MOODY's debut as the Third Doctor, in the Yeti
story The Laird of McCrimmon. A3 print. A jim-dandy RON MOODY metal badge
measuring 37mm, designed to resemble the 1971 Sugar Smacks badges
(these). Artwork by Steve Andrew. A 4"x6" double-sided postcard of the
2-8 January 1971 Radio Times cover, featuring RON MOODY as the Third
Doctor, Peter Cushing as the Master, David Langton as the Brigadier and
Yutte Stensgaard as Jo Grant. A 3.5" x 5.5" (approx) RON MOODY publicity
card with preprinted signature.The cover of a (non-existent) magazine
promoting the debut of GRAHAM CROWDEN as the Fourth Doctor, also
featuring the irreplaceable Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. A3
print. An interview (made up, of course) from a January 1982 edition of
Radio Times, with the Fifth Doctor himself, RICHARD GRIFFITHS. A3
print.he Target novelisation cover (flat) of the Fifth Doctor's
introductory story, Project Zeta-Sigma, which starred RICHARD GRIFFITHS
with Peter Cushing's Master. Measures 9"x7", approximately, on thick
card.Doctor Who Magazine announces the new Sixth Doctor, RICHARD
O'BRIEN, on the cover of its June 1984 issue. A3 print.An (actual size)
DVD cover for the 1989 Seventh Doctor story Storm Over Avallion,
starring KEN CAMPBELL, David Langton, Sara Griffiths (introduced in
Delta and the Bannermen) and Jean Marsh. A4 print.A faux Doctor Who
publicity photo of KEN CAMPBELL, with pre-printed signature. 4" x 6" on
card. A 1987 BBC Press Release announcing the casting of KEN CAMPBELL.
A4 print. Doctor Who returned in 1996, with an American flavour and RIK
MAYALL in the title role...and one final A3 poster with a few bits and
pieces that didn't make it into the set, eight title sequences and the
artists' workings.
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