Thursday 4 August 2016

#TBT SEVEN MYSTERY CUSHING ACTRESSES AND AN ACTOR IN GOGGLES?


#TBT There are SEVERAL young actresses in these two rare photographs, and all but one of them have appeared in films starring Peter Cushing, can you name these actresses? ALSO who is that actor, in the wet suit and googles??? ANSWERS later....


ALSO MAYBE YOU MISSED the announcement of WEDNESDAY'S now being a REQUEST-A-GIF DAY at our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE ACCOUNT  and here at the website. Well here is the first of our #GIMMETHEGIF requests, this one for our friend Catherine Anne…..'Dracula / Horror Of Dracula' (1958) Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) leaps and runs down the table, to pull down the curtains and expose the sunlight of DEATH! EXCELLENT choice, Catherine!

#TBT WAXING ON LOVE AND LOSS IN 1970


#‎TBT‬ ON REFLECTION it's a miracle that Peter Cushing appeared in 'The House That Dripped Blood' at all! Shooting began at Shepperton studio in the Summer of 1970. At the time, Peter's late wife Helen, was very ill and unusual for Cushing he asked to be released from his contract or if consideration could be given to the amount of time he would spend on set. The producers would not agree to this, so Cushing had to leave the shoot each day and speed back to his home in Whitstable, and then return early the following morning, bright and fresh ready to work.

 


DESPITE THESE PRESSURES, Cushing performance as actor Philip Grayson, is a interesting one. Playing a peg in a love triangle, with a wax figure...some of the shots in the film of Cushing walking lonely along river banks and streets, you can't help wondering what was really on his mind, as these were some of the last days he would spend with Helen... at her bedside or not.... #throwbackthursday



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WEDNESDAY IS GIMME THE GIF WEDNESDAY!


WEDNESDAY'S will have a new feature here at PCASUK... It seems you pretty much like our GIFS. We try and come up with what we think you'd like to see as a GIF and it works out pretty well. Then we had an idea... what if YOU decided what would make the best Peter Cushing GIFS! So, every Wednesday is now GIMME THE GIF WEDNESDAY! You request a GIF, telling us what film, scene, sequence..and we'll dedicate that GIF to you!


SO IT'S OVER TO YOU, just post your suggestion by using our email petercushingpcas@gmail.com..ANY CUSHING film that is on VHS, DVD or blu ray, a GIF can be up to 12 secs long. If you can think of a link between Cushing and a ANY Hammer / Amicus / Horror film..we'll make those too. So, have fun and send us your requests!


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Wednesday 3 August 2016

COME LOOK AND BE TEASED : THE PROFESSOR : A HOMAGE TO PETER CUSHING


ONCE IN A WHILE someone comes up with a very good concept in the comic world. And 'THE PROFESSOR' falls very snugly into that category. Just a few days ago, I was contacted by an associate who thought 'THE PROFESSOR' would be of interest to us all. I must be honest, during the course of a few months, it is not unusual for us to receive several emails or posts about 'Cushing-connected or themed' projects. But, from the go this one got my interest.

 

I HAVE TO BE HONEST and admit, I am not a collector of comics and I can't remember the last time, I actual read a comic of any kind!  But this is one I really want to read. I have included several of the 'TEASERS' here for your enjoyment.... and they DO manage to perform their function very well..Just a glance at any one, will I am sure, get you to view the next. The question hangs over each one, 'Wow, what does that mean? OR 'What happened next?' 




NOW OF COURSE we are primed to a certain extent here, we are lovers of Cushing's work and the roles he played, so the artwork panels and teasers, are very more-ish and have our interest. BUT look at that art work, interesting isn't it? And again, each image leaves us with a ....what does all this mean? We are not being let in on the secret, WE have to wait too......!

 


'THE PROFESSOR' is the beautiful creation of Italian writer, ANDREA CORBETTA and all the people you see below... Corbetta calls it 'An homage to Peter Cushing'. The first issue of 'THE PROFESSOR' arrives in SEPTEMBER 2016. So, not that long to wait. And rest assured, we WILL be waiting !



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REQUESTED GIF:DRACULA NEVER HAS THE WORD CELLAR HAD SO MUCH MEANING!


REQUESTED: Here's that great scene with Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Olga Dickie from Hammer films, 'Dracula /Horror of Dracula' (1958) Never has the word 'CELLAR' had so much meaning in a Hammer film! BTW ... if good comic art, illustrated stories and Peter Cushing's portrayal of Holmes, Van Helsing and Frankenstein are your THING...our NEXT post today, will certainly tic ALL those boxes!


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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: THE FAMILY CUSHING ON A HOLIDAY IN BOGNOR!


#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: HERE IS A VERY RARE PIC of the Cushing Family on hoilday, in BOGNOR, of all places! From the left: GEORGE Cushing, Peter Father, then NELLIE Peter's Mother. Next  ARTHUR Peter's Uncle, and Nellie's sister in law, WYN . An unnamed chap on the far right. At the front Peter's brother, DAVID on the left and a young smiling PETER on the right! The reverse side of this pic comes from a time when, a jobbing photographer would take your photograph at a sea-side resort, and process it on photographic paper that was also a postcard....so when you picked up your pic, you could write on the reverse side and post it off to your relatives and friends! 


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Tuesday 2 August 2016

#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: BIRTHDAY GREETING SUSAN DENBERG!


#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: IT'S A BUSY TUESDAY THIS WEEK! Please join us in wishing SUSAN DENBERG a Very Happy Birthday today! She's best known for her role as Christina in ‪#‎hammerfilms‬ Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) with Peter Cushing and known to Star Trek fans as Magda Kovacs in the Original Series episode 'Mudd's Women' in 1966. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN... Wherever you are!



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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: CHRISTOPHER LEE'S JINNAH BIO PIC GETS AN OFFICIAL RELEASE



IT'S OFFICIAL!  BREAKING NEWS: Today it was announced by Eureka Entrainment that JINNAH (1998) will released on 10 October 2016. Staring Christopher Lee (in what he considered his best non-fantasy role) as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the man who founded the Muslim nation of Pakistan in the wake of Great Britain’s relinquishment of control over India.


"This is the most important and most personal film of Sir Christopher’s impressive career. It is also his finest performance as little-known world leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, who assumed office in 1947. The film was made over a period of ten weeks in 1997 and for one reason or another has never been shown in the English-speaking world."Douglas Dunning, close friend of Christopher Lee.




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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MADELINE SMITH HAMMER FILMS SCREAM QUEEN AND MUCH MORE!


#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: PLEASE JOIN US IN WISHING MADELEINE SMITH a Very Happy Birthday today! She best known for her roles in three films for Hammer, Taste The Blood of Dracula (1970), The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974).



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Monday 1 August 2016

#MONSTERMONDAY : DR NAMAROFF FROM HAMMERS THE GORGON AND TWO LINES!


#MONSTERMONDAY This week's candidate is Peter Cushing's Dr Namaroff from Hammer films 'THE GORGON' If you have seen the film, this will make it all the easier for you... LIAR: He kept a deadly secret, was he right to do that? He tried to blame another for a woman's abduction. MURDERER : Where those killings his fault? He hid his affection for one woman in particular, but what a SECRET!!! You decide MONSTER?

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