TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY: PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE MEET FOR 'ONE LAST TIME'

#ONTHESETSATURDAY : TODAY Saturday 17th May marks the 20th anniversary of the last time Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee met and worked together. The occasion was recording the voice over commentary for Ted Newsom's #Hammerfilms 'Flesh and Blood' documentary in a tiny studio in Canterbury, Kent. TODAY we are going to mark the anniversary in style! FIRST here is another new clip from behind the scenes footage of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee having a ball, chatting and laughing about times past, while meeting the press. LATER we'll be posting up a great COMPETITION where you can win some exclusive RARE stills from that special day. THEN, we have a superb feature by Troy Howarth who shares his thoughts on that day 20 years ago...complete with a gallery of EXCLUSIVE stills. Join us through the day, and share in the fun that both Peter and Christopher Lee had that day! Hope you like the clip!

# FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: 'THE SAD TALE OF BARON FRANKENSTEIN'S PUPPY' THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: 'The Sad Tale of Baron Frankenstein's Puppy' as told by Derek Whitehurst, first assistant director on #hammerfilms 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957)

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY : CHRISTOPHER LEE ON PETER CUSHING : PCASUK

#frankensteinfriday : Christopher Lee on Peter Cushing. #thecurseoffrankenstein #hammerfilms LOOK OUT TOMORROW: A TWENTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Competition and RARE pics!

HORROR RITUAL: HAMMER FILMS 'DRACULA AD AND SATANIC RITES'

#TBT THROWBACKTHRUSDAY :Hammer Horror Ritual: Publicity bills. I have always thought that the 'Count Dracula Society' 'Horror Ritual' tie in was something that cinema's in the US did for just the publicity campaign of Peter Cushing's 'Dracula AD 1972' (1972) ...apparently not so, as this newspaper bill for 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula' (1973) illustrates...

Follower Ben Smothers reminds us of the pity little tag in the 'Horror Ritial Oath'....'The Oath! I loved the last line too! "So help me, Christopher Lee! "

TROY HOWARTH'S 'THE AMICUS FILMS OF PETER CUSHING: PART FIVE' : 'WANDERING HANDS AND MANNEQUINS'

Part FIVE of Troy Howarth's 'The Amicus Films of Peter Cushing' is coming up soon! It's 'WANDERING HANDS AND MANNEQUINS' as we take in Cushing's 'ASYLUM' and 'AND NOW, THE SCREAMING STARTS!' Do join us!

SIX COPIES OF RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE: 'MONSTER FROM HELL' COVER AND FEATURE ISSUE TO BE WON!

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED: WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS AT 10PM TODAY.

Here's your chance to win one of the SIX copies of the 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell' cover and feature edition of RUE MORGUE magazine!

It's easy to enter our competitions and they are open to anyone, wherever in the world you may be! You just EMAIL YOUR ANSWER TO US AT THEBLACKBOXCLUB@GMAIL.COM. Couldn't be easier!

COMPETITION QUESTION:
During the duration of the shooting of #hammerfilms 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell' at Elstree studios in 1972, WHICH LONDON HOTEL did Peter Cushing stay at? 

(Chose ONE of the following options)

A) The Dorchester Hotel 

B) The Conaught Hotel 

D) Brown's Hotel

E) Lord Jim's Hotel 

F) The Grosvenor Hotel 

G)  The Langham Hotel

All you have to do is answer the question ABOVE and send us your answer by EMAIL, as described above.

The competition closes TOMORROW 9PM GMT. Winners names will be drawn and announced ONE HOUR LATER AT 10PM GMT AND POSTED HERE. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

REMEMBER: THERE IS AN EXCLUSIVE PETER CUSHING CELEBRATION THIS WEEK and We'll be marking it with a superb COMPETITION DURING THIS WEEK. So, keep checking the page for details!

COMPETITION: KICKS OFF HERE TODAY AT 9PM GMT

#MERCHANDISEMONDAY PCASUK: COMPETITION COMING UP AT 8PM GMT TODAY! PLEASE JOIN US! The Competition will be OPEN for 24 hours if you miss the launch time

#ONTHESETSATURDAY: TAKING A BREAK IN VAN HELSING'S STUDY : THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA

#ONSETSETSATURDAY :Large colour rare transparency: Peter Cushing and Joanna Lumley and crew on the set during takes of #hammerfilms 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula' (1974) The last time Christopher Lee would appear as Hammer films Count.

Max Rosenberg, one half of Amicus films who throughout the 1960's and most of the 70's, would be the company's main competition would ironically gain U.S theatrical licensing control of this film, under his company Dynamite. When the company ceased trading, the film slipped out of copyright and can now be found on many 'unlicensed and underground' releases and dvd compilations under the chronic title, 'Count Dracula and his Vampire Bride'. Be warned: Most of these releases are duped from a single VHS recording, and transferred onto dvd.

Read Troy Howarth's review and catch our stills and transparency gallery on 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula' HERE

#ONSETSATURDAY: CHRISTOPHER LEE GETS THE CREATURE COMFORT AT #HAMMERFILMS BRAY STUDIOS

PCASUK: #ONSETSATURDAY Large scanned photograph: Christopher Lee in the make up chair being attended by make up artist Phil Leakey during the making of #hammerfilms 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957 Dir Terence Fisher) The whole make up job would take up to an uncomfortable three hours. Lee would listen to the cricket scores and sometime sing opera or occasionally, something from a G and S Musical with Peter Cushing in the dressing room next-door joining in! The Curse of Frankenstein Starred Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein, Robert Urquhart as Paul Krempe, Hazel Court as Elizabeth and Valerie Gaunt as Justine.

MARKING A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY IN THE CAREERS OF PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE : NEXT WEEK

NEXT WEEK we'll be marking a very special anniversary in the careers of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in a exclusive pictorial feature at our UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page... plus there will be a celebration COMPETITION with superb prizes, exclusive to followers of the page! Please keep check this page for details and remember to join us

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN INFERNO : PETER CUSHING

#frankensteinfriday Colour transparency from #hammerfilms with Freddie Jones's chilling line from 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' (1969 Dir: Terence Fisher) Surely Along with 'The Revenge of Frankenstein' must rate as the two most awaited for on blu ray..no?

ROMANTIC DRAGON SLAYER: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY MADE HONOURS LIST

It's 25 years today, that marks the processing of Peter Cushing's OBE award from the Queen back in 1989.... it wasn't a knighthood..but PC was so honoured and proud of the OBE, it may as well have been!

#TBT #THROWBACKTHURSDAY : HAMMER FILM CINEMA MARQUEES

#TBT #THROWBACKTHURSDAY: FOUR great vintage photographs hailing the screenings of classic Peter Cushing #hammerfilms!

BRITISH CULT CINEMA: 'THE AMICUS ANTHOLOGY': BRUCE G. HALLENBECK

BRUCE G. HALLENBECK: British Cult Cinema: The AMICUS ANTHOLOGY: Order Here: http://www.hemlockbooks.co.uk/Shop/category/7

In 1965, the newly-formed Amicus Productions of filmmaking duo Max J Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky burst onto the British fantasy scene with Dr Terror’s House of Horrors, an anthology film featuring five tales of suspense and the supernatural. The success of Dr Terror encouraged the partners to produce more of the same and in the years that followed, Torture Garden, The House That Dripped Blood, Tales From the Crypt and others forever associated the name of Amicus with the anthology horror film.

The Amicus Anthology is an in-depth look at a body of films which were unique in the annals of fantasy cinema and featured not only the talents of horror icons Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee but those of dozens of the most famous names on the British screen in the 1960s and ’70s.

240pp plus 8pp in colour.

Fully illustrated throughout.

ZOMBIE FEST: 'SHOCK WAVES' PETER CUSHING : JOHN CARRADINE : COMES TO BLU RAY

NEWS: Peter Cushing's 1977 zombie fest 'SHOCK WAVES' is coming to BLU RAY later this year: U.S. distributors Blue Underground have confirmed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray director Ken Wiederhorn's film Shock Waves (1977), starring Peter Cushing, Brooke Adams, Fred Buch, John Carradine, and Luke Halpin. The release is expected to arrive on the U.S. market later this year.

Official synopsis: In the dark days of World War II, the Nazi High Command ordered its scientists to create a top secret race of indestructible zombie storm troopers - un-living, unfeeling, unstoppable monstrosities that killed with their bare hands. They were known as The Death Corps. No member of this horrific SS unit was ever captured by Allied Forces - and, somewhere off the coast of Florida they have survived...

Peter Cushing (The Curse of Frankenstein), Brooke Adams (The Dead Zone) and John Carradine (The Howling) star in this suspenseful and genuinely creepy shocker co-written and directed by Ken Widerhorn (Return of the Living Dead II) - one of the great horror "sleepers" of the 1970s.