REQUESTED RARE IMAGES FROM TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA ON CHRISTOPHER LEE SATURDAY!

#REQUESTED IMAGES: Following our giveaways of RARE #Hammerfilms #Dracula images earlier today, I received a few messages of requests for colour rare images from Hammer films, 'Taste the Blood of Dracula' (1970) I can only post these few at this time, as I am assisting with extras for a BR release of the film, that is being released in the next few weeks, I guess. MORE NEWS and INFO news, as they tell us....!

ANTHONY HIGGINS and Linda Hayden, trap Christopher Lee's DRACULA on the altar, in 'Taste the Blood of Dracula' (1970) Colour transparency. Gail Joyner, this is for you!

AND HE IS ...GONE! This is a colour transparency of the altar set after Dracula's demise in 'Taste the Blood of Dracula' (1970) Note the gold clasp medallion on the cloak. T Beeson, this is for you

FOR MICHELLE DOLLAN who requested any unreleased work from the amazing artist , the lateTom Chantrell, who was responsible for...and appeared in many..cinema and publicity posters for Hammer films. This one, again is Taste the Blood of Dracula, and example of a concept for the cinema poster, that has elements of what actually appeared in the competed poster artwork.. and yes, that IS Tom in the poster..!

AND FINALLY, A LARGE AND  RARE transparency of Christopher Lee in 'Taste the Blood of Dracula' (1970) Lee had a leaner look in this, in the 1958 Dracula / Horror of Dracula, Dracula AD 1972 and The Satanic Rites of Dracula . . . Paul Miles, this is for you

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BREAKING NEWS! HAMMER HOUSE OF HORRORS TRAILER AND EXTRAS RELEASED FROM NETWORK

NEWS: Network have just revealed a custom-made trailer for their upcoming blu-ray of 'Hammer House Of Horror' TV Series, and I must say it looks very nice indeed. There is a sneak BTS shot at the beginning. I hope that is a taste of maybe some more in the extras! The release Date: 23/10/2017.

'From the iconic British horror studio this star-studded anthology series contains 13 episodes of spine-chilling terror blending the supernatural with modern horror hauntings, demonic possession and cannibalism.  Marking a new direction for the studio under producer Roy Skeggs and with a cast including legendary British actor and Hammer icon Peter Cushing as well as Diana Dors, Denholm Elliott and Brian Cox, the series is featured here for the first time in stunning new High Definition....!'

ABOVE: THE SLIP CASE AND CASE OF THE BLU RAY.

 
Here are the full specs including the extras:
SPECIAL FEATURES
Guardian of the Abyss – Widescreen Version
Commercial Break Stings
Rude Awakening Opening Montage Raw Takes
Image Gallery
PDF Material

Specification:
New High Definition remasters made from the original film elements.
Number of Discs 3
Picture 1080p 1.33:1
Sound 5.1 / Mono
Subtitles English
Region B

OUR REVIEW  AND GALLERY CAN BE FOUND: HERE

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DENHOLM ELLIOTT : DRACULA AMICUS AND SO MUCH MORE

REMEMBERING today.. Denholm Elliott, who we sadly lost on this day in 1992. A long and fascinating career, with which seems to have cross just about every genre, he even had some time to stop off and appear in one of the best portmanteau Amicus films with Peter Cushing in 1971. What are some of your favorite Ellliott performances?

TRIVIA: NOT MANY CAN REMEMBER THAT DENHOLM ELLIOTT, once played DRACULA, in a Thames television production, back in 1968!

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EXTRA FEATURES FOR PREMIER INDICATOR RELEASE OF TORTURE GARDEN

NEWS: INDICATOR HAS A BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS coming up with several excellent Cushing Amicus and Hammer titles being released. Amicus TORTURE GARDEN gets a premier release in the UK on OCTOBER 23rd 2017, starring Peter Cushng, Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Michael Ripper..and many more.... BUT JUST LOOK at these extras:

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• World premiere Blu-ray presentation of the original theatrical cut (93 mins)
• Alternative presentation of the extended TV cut (100 mins);
• The Guardian Interview with Freddie Francis (1995, 80 mins): the great cinematographer and director in conversation with journalist Alan Jones recorded at the National Film Theatre, London
• Ramsey Campbell on Robert Bloch (2017);
• Fiona Subotsky on Milton Subotsky and Amicus (2017);
• Production Supervisor Ted Wallis on making the film (2017);
• Kim Newman on ‘Torture Garden’ (2017): new appreciation by the author and genre-film expert
• Original theatrical trailer
• Extensive image galleries: on-set photography and promotional material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Laura Mayne, an overview of Amicus Productions, and extracts from the original press kit, advertising and promotion guide
• UK premiere on Blu-ray

PCAS will also launching a COMPETITION to WIN copies of Indicators TORTURE GARDEN Blu Ray release... So look out for details 😉 - Marcus

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY! DONALD PLEASENCE REMEMBERED PLUS NEWS ON BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN AND

REMEMBERING: Actor Donald Pleasence who was born today in 1919... Pleasence appeared alongside Peter Cushing in a surprising amount of titles. From the quite early on brilliant BBC production of '1984' to the not so brilliant 'The Devil's Men', 'Flesh and the Fiends', 'Trial By Combat' and 'From Beyond The Grave' In a very lengthy career, with many highlights, Pleasence was always entertaining, especially with nervous, evil obsessive characters. Pleasence is probably best known for his role of Dr. Sam Loomis in the 'Halloween' films...a role interestingly enough that Peter Cushing was originally approached to play...

 Whether Cushing had any real interest in play Sam  Loomis or

or not, it still would have made . . . a very nice blu ray cover!

Pleasence as the 'not as weird as he first seems' Jim Underwood

in Amicus films 'FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE (1974) 

As Valentine De'ath, in 'THE UNCANNY' (1977)

Dr.Sam Loomis, 'Halloween 4'

As  Dr. Jack Seward, in the 1979 production of 'Dracula'

The President in 'Escape from New York' (1981)

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY!: NEWS! It looks like Universal's 'reboot-rebrand-remake' of the classic Monsters series, has no sooner started, first with a nose dive response to the recent #TomCriuse, #THEMUMMY release... than things stall with the studios planned #TheBrideofFrankenstein remake....Production was set to start this February in London, but the studio and director Bill Condon have paused plans to ensure the script is in tip-top condition. Condon has been working on the script with David Koepp, and while the screenplay is in good shape, sources say both men want more time to rework it to better reflect their vision....a wise move I'd say.

Our chap, only made one brush with the concept of creating 'A Woman' in Hammer's own Frankenstein franchise #Frankenstein Created Woman in 1967. It turned out quite well, granted fans were a little disappointed there was no 'monster' as such, rather the attractive #SusanDenberg, going on a psycho killing spree instead. It did good box office in a time when scriptwriters and studios weren't so fixated on 'super-heroes' and 'making-everything-thing-look-the-same-as-the-last-box-office-SF-blizt'..... yeah. A films with a story and real characters, would be a nice change . .. what do you think???

 MORE ON FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE: HERE! 

MORE ON 'THE UNCANNY' : HERE!

THE UNMADE PETER CUSHING FEATURE WITH

GREAT UN-MADE BLU RAY COVERS : HERE! 

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GIFS: GIFS : PETER AND THE WOLF! ANDRE AND THE VAMPIRE RARE HAMMER POSTER AND A BIRTHDAY!

#SILENTBUTDEADLYWEDNESDAY!: TIS BUT A FLESH WOUND! Not in this case, me thinks. Peter Cushing as Dr. Christopher Lundgren, isn't that a great name, reacts to Calvin Lockheart's giveaway injury. That's no dog. And the set up has kick started the plot, that will take us on one of Amicus films, most inventive outings, 'THE BEAST MUST DIE' (1974). Most Cushing fans know of the legendary 'WEREWOLF BREAK', but you'll get no more from me. Other than, it's 'Ten Little Soldiers' meet 'Big Game Hunting', and a twisty CLUEDO, once the howling cues in, the hairy one. Thanks to Margaret Manley, for her request for, '..Anything from the film, with Peter and the Wolf'... I DO hope she means, THIS film...!

MORE FROM 'THE BEAST MUST DIE'  with FEATURE and a HOWLINGY GOOD RARE STILLS GALLEY! CLICK : HERE!

#SILENTBUTDEADLYWEDNESDAY! FOR MANY, it's the Hammer Dracula film, that runs a very close second, to Hammer first, 'HORROR OF DRACULA' / 'DRACULA' (1958) even though, it contained neither Christopher Lee nor Dracula! But, it did have, Cushing returning as Van Helsing, the beautiful and vulnerable Yvonne Monlaur, the spectacularly ghoulish Andre Melly, creepy Martitia Hunt, really frightening Freda Jackson . . . and David Peel, as not Count, but BARON Meinster. Often in a classic vampire flick, the 'ladies of the night' NO not those, but THESE of the nocturnal fanged variety, are relegated to the we'll see you again, maybe, later plot props. Not so in Hammer films, The Brides of Dracula, and certainly not in the case of young Gina. But, hey I am jumping ahead of myself. All that comes later. Here we see her shocked to the core. No, it isn't Christopher Lee, it's David Peel, as the dastardly Meinster, who by now, is making his mark on the young snacks, of the attendees of the local Transylvania, girls prep school. Meinster picked his ladies well. Melly's performance is sexy, powerful and a game changer. Semi see though clothing, check! Deathly pallor, check! Fangs, indeed!  A presence that could stop a clock, much so! It would sometime, before a young, Polish-British actress named Ingoushka Petrov, would carry the female vampire, to the next level. . . . Many thanks to Matthew Bryan, for the suggested #GIF! 

EVER WONDERED THE VALUE OF A HAMMER FILMS DRACULA /HORROR OF DRACULA CROWN QUAD CINEMA POSTER? YOU MAY WANT TO START SAVING THOSE PENNIES NOW.  PRESS PLAY ABOVE!

#SILENTBUTDEADLYWEDNESDAY! You have to give Peter Cushing's GUSTAV credit, he is pretty efficient, and nothing phases him. Here poor ol Judy Matheson, sobs and screams, begs for mercy, but Gustav doesn't falter. 'TWINS OF EVIL' (1971)  the first film, that  Peter Cushing had on the slate, when returning to work, a mere three months, after his wife, Helen passed away. He needed he said, to busy. To fill time. Not to be distracted, but to be of use. 

CONFUSED? TWINS WENT THROUGH THREE CHANGES OF TITLE!

Hammer's third dip into the Karnstein pot, TWINS presented Peter with exactly that. A role that took a great deal of concentration, as few roles could be further away, from the character of the  mild, mannered Peter Cushing. His efforts and energies resulted him appearing in a staggering NINE films from June 1972 to December 1973. Not all gold standard films, but you can be sure, Cushing's efforts, were never less than reliably highly entertaining, and often the highlight of the movie. Not seen TWINS OF EVIL? Below is a link to a feature to temp...! Thank you to MARVIN 'StrangeOne' VALDEZ, Chicago, IL for the requested #GIF

A FEATURE REVIEW WITH SOME NICE PICCIES: RIGHT HERE! JUST CLICK!

Remembering EDWARD JUDD, who was born on this day 4th October 1932. Judd achieved his biggest successes with a series of science fiction films The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961) ,First Men In The Moon (1964) and co-starring with Peter Cushing in Island Of Terror (1966) fighting the silicates…..

ABOVE: EDWARD JUDD: THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (1961)

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