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    | Y= sama i er = — ei i | | SO Bf Guide To ae Interview: Madeline Smith fammer Horror The star of The Vampire Lovers and We chart Hammer's history from Frankenstein And The Monster From . its humble beginnings, Bray glory Hell recalls the age of Hammer Glamour, . days, Seventies decline and working with the best, bringing lost glorious resurrection. ” _ classics back from the dead and why the as: > actors made the films. 12 Christopher Lee r Take a look back at the career of the 26 Quatermass And The Pit man who donned the cape and fangs Star Julian Glover recalls how Hammer to create a horror icon before giving broke type with its big screen remake Hammer so much more. of Nigel Kneale’s small screen sci-fi sensation. 16 Dracula From dodging Universal lawsuits to 30 Return Of Hammer oe battling the censors, we sink our teeth From The Woman In Black to Let Me In, into what is perhaps the definitive we look at how the studio that dripped Hammer horror movie and its long- blood has risen from the grave to terrify awaited restoration. anew generation. 20 Peter Cushing 35 Hammer Horror Quiz Take a look at the life and and workof" > Ifyou thigk you know your Captain a truly special man as we talk to the Kronos from your Baron Meinster, people who knew him best about his test your expertise with our fiendishly greatest roles and final days. difficult quiz. COMPLETE GUIDE TO Pane) ee ees Prat are) ee ee eens eee een ror aaa par eee ee ere ned Peete roy ee ee eed eee See ee Horroren her 1978 album Lionheart eee nore ened Se ete eee eee See ae ee erated Ce ee eee ae ene ere ees ee Oe eee eae eo eekeetetoee eee Ee ote oe eae HAMMER HORROR relay “HAMMER HORROR CONJURES UP. IMAGES OF BUSTY HEROINES AND A SENSE OF BRITISH IDENTITY” See eee Es oe oer rey eter ees ie rane sipirveeney enon rns ail eee eran ee Eee eel ae er er prsttipepeblpioniats rye) footer eee a Relea ted ee eed Cee eres Core peer pra pares Ce eed racer ce eee betty 1959 scifi dey Four Sided Tonge and poy Serer ener one eee ere ee Fe oeape | nmanogeae waren) Se eee eet) partie ir per renconene sent Le ree pene avraell rd ee mata cad erie tay Se ee ee tee eet te Ree a enn Se ee ee Tei sve yley frenmlfnp ele aetna ieee) peer ee ao Ce eee Cet nent aera ee entt eem a Ce eee eee rents rota ae ear omnes Ce eee ee eens Larne rn ete eee eer et ee ee) Erie pipe cles seemey epee) Se eee ead een a ati cee er ese pa eee eer nae eee ae Prana nrareteyine ery Sree Eee nore era eee eon) Copy eee a weit ciao alates Pre eee rena Seer ened ee ree eer oo Cae oe eres Cee ee eee eed one rn enon Cee eters hounds os the Frankenstein Monster, ond eter ee ee) eee eon ey ee eer penne ee een eee eee ea ee ae ean ee ieee oA rs re eee eee eee Se ees ere ee eee neta eee ee eer ‘hott would soon mor the companys downfall, Sein eee as parila apt aysenr epee eee eer ed Pipe sper vsbonmetaen eee ar Ce ne eter eras eee hae eae rat Se ee ee ae ee ets tees Poe ee er ner eT eee pea ee ee [ieaprlep ervopseiebee, eat Seen tr Cee eared feria Vote eer eet ed ee eee pore een Paterna eer ean ee eee ee eee econ Pert mntee Aer eerie {olen femes and the end sequence which he eee) penetra COMPLETE GUIDE TO HAMMER HORROR MEMORIES OF THE MACABRE Muar cM David McGillivray tee rete McGill wos atthe fortron! of a revotion in Bish eed ne ee ee eee ae eo eer een fear forthe generation weaned on Night OF The Living eet erate pee eT ene arr ee eet Ee ee re ee Seer ere oe ey ane acne eee eee amet ane ‘You and Pete Walker et out to move horror away ae eettad Perr ern ue cae) pr te pee eerpene etre Ton ee tt ceo ees ae eel era ata ae ee ee eee pens en eee oar eee ey oes eee et eee Te ets eee eee eee ey Par eet eee rer ed ee ee eee eer eee een nantes Sree aka erated Blood Show, what were your own influences? fir the Hammer rile | ust mentioned, plas rege ee eel el oe [ae antennae ea eer the early Hammer fis so succes tha! hey were re oe) te ee eer eae eee eed Eroareinrneaear in wirerecteouyty ag ioe eee ae ee ete a ‘When horror began to change, Hammer wasn’ eh Une eet ee eer ee eee ee eer Ad ee cece ere erg Ce tant atts ee atmo ad pot peteaee eemrtenn Ata pceyrasey, sehr isons erie Finally, what do the words ‘Hammer Horror’ uel Pee eee eee ree ed Dea Se ee ote eer eane Set er ee ee ne Mion Yor BC mode Rage Wel en ken HAMMER ON DVD Thote who wont a quick ore ‘odie pick up The Ulimote Hammer Horror Colection (32.49), which contains 21 aks worh ofthe suis ‘offerings, nding the more \rderoppreccted (The Nonny ‘ld fovouries Ike Plague OF The Zombies, Quotermass ‘nd The itond The Repti ‘Warmer Bro ako cure in the proces of e-mertering he Hemmer eatlogue fer Boy. Unable to weit A US edion of Vompire Crue ($29.95, ‘opprex £19} has been released by Synopse, while Poronoie ($44.98, approx £28} wos recent leased courany of Eure, Me , het os Universal ia thet main moneprokars to he point of ecoustion (1931's Fronkansan spawned four rect sequel, while 1982's The Mummy did wel enough to waren! te), Hemmer cd eae he some tang. Thus, The Curse Of Frankenstein wos flowed by The Revenge Of Franken (1958), The Ev! OF Frenkensiain 1964), Fronkenstan Created Woman (1967), Frakensoin Mest Be Destroyed 1969), The Horror OfFrankentein (1970) ond, fil, Frankenstein Ard The Monster From Hel (1974). Orocl, racine, wos oven mor spurious feng The Bids OF Drocul (1960), Droz: Prince OF Darkness (1966), Droclo Has Risen Fom The Grove (1968), Teste The Blood OF Drocuo 1970), Scars Of raul (1970), Croce AD 1972 (1972 Soto ites OF Docu 1973} ond the Hong Kong! Hemmer co producion The Legend OF The Seven Golden Vorpies (1974 ‘famous saying dicots tal "those who donot leon from the pst ae bound to repeat ond Hammer were definitely pushing ter ek ith his endlaereycing of one rech plotlines fond choroters Whe some of hese sequels cern hod ther ‘rected Dracula Hos Risen From The Grove in which young Female vieim found hanging ror inside a sizable church ball 2joling ord wonderflysyzed -originalideos wore erly running thin, S9 much so tho, bythe me fhe second sequel 2 The Curse OF Frankenstein we loosed, imaginatively dubbed x] Of Frankontin,aence iret wos dwindling, ond indicating that change of creckon wos needed “Thon, the compony' undting of ahr yesleyee domes such The Murry nd The Wolf Man were cnsieroby mor infereting Releouad in 1959, ond gorithy playing ts Ghoulish Xcartfiate on poster on, Homme relma of for indonce the moment inte Fede Ponce ‘The Mumm may wel be te company’ fins ight lick Reuning Petr Cushing osc wie orchoeologi) ‘ond Christopher Loe (othe main pretogonit ‘wrapped bondoges and emerging fom 9 sarc Engh bog, the Terence Farerhaimed fm sonde toll o beotuly crofed ereeper wih pany of excing vel pices Ftingy, The Mummy wos bight, leaing © The Curse OF The Mummy Tor (1964), The Murs Shroud (1967 nd Blood From The ‘Mamay/s Tomb (197), Of be tee, The Mammny's Stroud bears prteuarsgniicancn twos abe the lst Hammar fim sot othe company erie producion home af Down Place (wich had famously been renamed Broy Sciex. ‘Arathor exing Hamme edux would be 1961's The Curse OF The Werewol konica, wile the Univeral rginal wor mode lhe more powerful by the heartfelt pretence ofan Chane ron clechoe iho brought e genie serae of rogedy othe role, Csval os lving meaphor in por sal-contel this let bout of heantvone knoe woud ominowaly cast ‘he silo roubed Olver Reed ox on 18h Contry ‘geraman infed wi the agedy of king ino ‘mynd, Athough tis wos Reds Fst staring rol, ‘helt, groot rsh performer gave a rly enefional be NEY O94 PItA OLIVER REED sea aT tur, and hi monster makeup shows notable and impressve updos fom those a he old Universal lose. Amazingly, ths pointn ie, the fortoscl nature of he Homme work wa sil being weed wih the matt suspicion byte UK pest. Reviewing The ‘Gare OF The Werewolf for instance, The Monthy Fm Blin noted hat twos singly repel ob of slaughiochous horror” was uleon omozing floement given hat hed Hitchcock’ fr more Viole, ond contemporary, md sloshe shocker Prycho hed oppecred yor ore The Sas, however, ware a hoom fine for Hamner, poring sch undrrosed til 8 The Shodow OF The Co 196!) the mego-budeted matinee adventxe ‘She (1965 nd he noes suspensor The Nonny (1965) Sod, some ofthese howe sito obtin the wo audionc aapreciatin tha they deserve "The Nona ene of ay al ine foourie Homer ‘movie’ sates Simon Oss, he current Hood of Production athe nevyreaureced etd, ight not be who! people osc wih Hammar perhaps they hink of roca ond Frokenslin ft but port ofthe eoson | wanted io moke @comelock with The Resident wos because | thought harked back ogre! lie shocker i The Nonny” = COMPLETE GUIDE SWEET CAROLINE ‘Actress Coroine Munro wes the Fist ever across tobe signed fo on exlsivecontoc by Hammer Fs, She mode her debut in Droala AD 1972, tnd then appeared in 1974 Coptin Kronos Vompie Hunter Later becoming wel recogrised viathe les ofthe ise and die shocker ‘Monae (1980) ond the gore-loden Slougter ‘High (1986), Munro remains « popular fce ot hotror contentions around he globe | wos signed foyer’ contac and of course, twas atthe and of Hamma’ reign, foit wos in sot ofchonge when oined. It was @ wonderful experience fo work wih the Hammer people, hey were all ming, and they cartinly made me fel very much at home, | was presented wh ree projets, but only id wo ~ one of which wor Coptin Kronor Vmpie Hunter ond I would say that was one of ry favourite roles, even o this doy. alway loved the Homer Fins, even before | worked for hem hough thot he corkmes vere omrng, the ghving wos emeing, he rection was omazing; everything about the Fims were special ond it hasnt been repected Theres something very gathic ond unique totheirhorror movies, ond you donot really see that anymore. They always hod amazing ‘ireclors oo rea profesional Ttorted out of @ modal, but it wos occidental: it was never something |inended or prepered for. But stopped modeling when my agent seid “Listen Coraline, you need te ether act ‘or model You con do bth” When Hammer figned me, I though I shoul jue concantote con his ating lor. hod done some entra work before I did Dracula AD 1972 wasn the gina Cosino Royle bu the two were not reaky working together. The big exception wos the modeling | dd fr Lamb's Novy Rum Gi tha for 12 years ond hati actualy how Homme discovered me twat massive hil also goto work Vincent Price on The Abominable Dr Pies x0 wos forunoteo have worked wit th three grootest horror icons of our ime, Thay were avery nice geramen, and | consider myel Besed COMPLETE GUIDE TO HAMMER HORROR Oa aaa OCT PIT MeL tee ences but we reckon you cannot go wrong | PETER I noe UnQUHAT with the following Hammer hits... CTI dca aes atc a irked riety Serena tae Bones ere enna olsen end lire op te a ed Pom ron] aioe Ee ue Pepietea er Felon ee eee ea Peer stenepeereuest ey Frade arr iruroneed ee Cree ea etcte caer ered eter meee iat ape arent renee) eeu tte td re ts Peetu toaster oa ema Pee eeeea energie ae Panera ecnneonirhg Strertaedwihnot tne ommariogaAnasmrabe oer Properties see aren cea eho een ieorchrem marry open et atineny Dees ea re betters tee eared Eri eetateea eect tateed ThE TERRIFIING Lover- Coe a LC ae) ra ny mats eee COMPLETE GUIDE Mecrwhile, 0 the Sates progressed the company continued to koep up appeoronces with sch well eeived romps o8 1966's Iworome of Plague OF The Zombies ond crecture featre The Reptile, Carin, the ture boom n Thing dead madness was, to some exer, niipote by Plague Of The Zombies -0 movie viely writen out of gene history thon the phenomenal impoct of George Romero's Nigh! OF The Living Deod wo years leer. However, Hormar' own waling-orpe wor ho ony to recommend inducing @ note, pail undertone in which the fis resurrected copse oe fred int slove labour. One scene in porto in which on arian ghoul pokes his woy ut of eeh grove, bears an obvious influence on Lucio Ful ater tin ake Zomb lea-Eater, hile macabre mckeup of Hommes atest creotres may wel hove iepred the fash toring carcasses ol he Romero pictures. Ultima, Plague Of The Zombies stor ol sone ofthe sii’ finest productions. “ULTIMATELY, PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES STANDS AS ONE OF HAMMER‘S FINEST PRODUCTIONS” The some can be sid of 196 flour fom fontory (One Millon Years BC Prong hey were fil ot he op of ir {game, Homer and decor Don Chaffey fo had previously ‘rercen Jason And The Arpanou| hired pec eiecs wisord Ray Heryhouseno provide he the grourdbreokng stop ‘motion dinosaur arimation Nearing the peok of his carer, Harryhouse ran modelwork al olds up wel wie Raquel “Welch iso prov in: - which ead pany of hr shop curves left men after. Son she would be on the front cover of Playboy «fre tester! othe impot of Harmer. ‘Afurbrfntosa fering wos shotn-colurupdote of {@lotermoss And Th Pt(1967],abhough tho end eal which Feolred regular Hamma rear quoen Sorbore Shelly and «ster oced James Donal) wos nt quo os ffecive os the cgi TY seis. However, i id havea infuse one young Steven Saber, who wou ltr cst one ote fins co sors, Jion Glover in Infona Jones And The Loe Crsade giving him ner foe -in bath lms he mal. deed, he Hammer tfc ves on in some unexpected place: wines th fry Fle (of Bi Rot's The Las Exoresm, and eompore/cortost wh hot of supemetial spook show The Dol ides Out Props the company's mos presigiows momen, howeve, wos in 1948, when # was handed the Queers Avard Indus, thonks ois incredible contribution to the UK finds. Gen inthe woke of some rie mouing, Hammer had reached level of accaponce tal bebed i intial ced ss Perhaps, then this wo ls the beginning of he ns Afr ol ut or when ony underground read aerated with your rebelion begine to {99 ‘ovexground fbi punk rock, grunge or Bripon)~ the age ‘udience vnderstondbiy look othe next big ing, nthe cone other thi was provided bya moc rebalius, end reais, ‘approach 1 the genre ht wos coming Fom Amari Cri, he eniquoted period setngs ofthe Hommer hover fis ~ond the lc of ony gory spect eects - meart hat in the woke of Nigh OF The Living Dood, Critopher Lo wih @ oir of fle fang suddenly ek remorkably charming, To ge on ‘ple: leoking todey ot 1970's Countess roc, which red Ingrid Pit ox Ekrabeth Bathory -« wea widow who fds hot she con reverse the aging process by debbing he oce with resh blood. his unhinkabe that sch feature wos produced wo >= COMPLETE GUIDE TO HAMMER HORROR » yers fer the comparative bafevait of Rosemary Baby. Add {othishefoct tht in Amerie, audiences wee drifing towards ‘the hyper rela of such wendsatters or Tho Last Houee On The Lit (1972) and The Texas Chain Sow Masse (1974) o8 wal os ‘he not incosiderabl rndouse succes of sirow goe-ests such os: Sho WelFOF The SS (1974), and it wos cer tthe ‘company wes swaping fo keep up. No dou he evar rom th ‘Guinan hers andthe sc Brieh censorship law of the tie {which bonned ims ike The Last House On The Left outright) — ‘ob contibuted ie Hammer beng uncomfertabe wih aking off Deere d inc more malevolent, lb cormerdolysuincla, drcton, Seater “HAMMER REGULARS peter pace alla sr abi tiiesene CHRISTOPHER LEE erento ere Renesas Pen AND PETER CUSHING pesrrsero banana ana esereteie BECAME NATIONAL pe tone ee TREASURES” et eee ios sear ean a aceite a lara Fo eereil Tn ets cel? ae aoa eRe “tiaiwes tow oped acide en 97 tena eee Pale a Tet PorA emp ond Te OYE he ee of ih aed Fairer alch pana ppasairiizen saree ‘Svc rR oye. 1972s ep re rected ee naa eet bylaw Vours fa opone concur othe rs torr) A et) easily one of the most stylish shockers released by the company. AN LAS La eee Saioca ssa rereecoe marae Heda WONDERFUL — Steeoocten Pane ombo wl Ts he DA Dee (978 4 purines Peake eee BRAND’ pena ricisdiiting form Undortondy, chor cudercos BeveNpyeers arnt fdboonxponed ie de Bar hed pitting cord rear Te Non Bagi canss Kew edie ey one eat es toed br be mere gus vin bong pode es See exer erierrseann Cabig ae ea a wel crenata neater EShieceerire | aera Sere saul yrivaney or ne peeseaie Seo | Pmiecaer tae Taper br ce ful terra peat fiat ape emai reeled Drs herd op se Dorn wh 68 eet irrie matinee ‘ta Wihinde Goel orunberel be Xtupeesanirg Eteis eee ae rover dieceeingNermen! Wen od oa Wk ERS Ee cane yoreeeec era amen Fase a biioe ra ia voe eer See a ecaeal a eden ooteree E eare clio Penis se rovrineaig ne cepsogacc gets Bw The Cee ere Fan Bod Show 1972 Th Poe OF Wipers 970 ord Gea eS Sami oe 7h roe honverdundotaed clone sted ies hehehe Cee er tephodwnawed aes | aia Coles te fet fron odhd cla of ihe etierassaese rs eek eet ay ie Tatas Voniea WH tcopenynecdberema A era eran epee ub esa ey pobre hare Sea ea peer ear ney er eta) coer ey ey ad a ky fia that oe stn con Peer ene (ey as ere a ee Lo ee See een ce ane Ree aoe Sa Cn ed et ned ee ee eee feerstryane Seats) eee ere! tte not ona he raced Honma’ fat prada, o10 | vse ‘vit esurecion in the Fights produce o poi of teleison series — Hammer House (Of errr and Hommer House Of Mystery And Suspense -resuted in some ocd, but unfortunately on ene era had ended. wos, of eure, bod news or he Brien fir ndusty, ond fr anyone who opprected a more diverse range of geae nem Now, os he Seventies came oa cos andthe Eights begon, horror would mean rose 3rauders, vdeo nasies, Goorge Romero zombies and the ‘orfhing {008 spater of the laian moveren, perscnifid by Lucio Ful and Davo Argent. The sight of Olver Reed in werewolf makeyp, scoring up storm, wos now uihinkcle However, the Hammer effec ved on. Lee and Cushing become naioncl Weoave, hile he garish calor of Franc Ford Coppola's adoption of Brom Sokers Draula(1992| and Kenneth Branog pin on Frankenstein (1994) we hr ayo to the work of Terence Fisher. Furthermore, despite many alse attempts ot comeback, Hemmer fl di tie rom the grave wth 2010' success English longuage remoko of La Tho Right One In Let Me rand shockers Woke Wood and The Resident wth The Woman In Black and The Quiet One following in 2012 and 2014 respectively. ‘Athough tis oo ary te anfcpate Homer wil eer, inthe current economic climate rein is postion a an eset pr of he UX rsine| deity, evident ‘hat he compony cnn 1 tract fresh genaotons of fn. Now ring up back ‘aologue on Bry the bes! of Homme deserve o gan new audince~ocing, + does, ke ome mache o@ pried in which a secu, ost wor nation hod ite {oor ovideof he supematva hocks of Dacia, Fronkenten ond The Muy. ‘Check out the Bindingy, beoutolTecszoor spe of a asic Hamer horet, ‘ond prepare fo be imprested, They dn make ther ie thi onymoce. 7 HORROR ICON SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE FROM WWII RAF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT TO LEGENDARY HORROR ICON, THIS IS THE STORY OF SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE: THE 90-YEAR-OLD THESPIAN WHOSE CAREER HAS TRULY IMPROVED WITH AGE “*To be a legend, you've ether got to be ‘the world’s biggest franchises, rom Stor Wears ‘and The Lord Of The Rings to some of the most keonle Hammer horrors. ow ‘woross001eTEY He's ho lost fhe lagondry sven vlan th indo helo Bea Ligos, Bos Ratbone, Plt Lome ond hi end Vincnt Pen and Poor Cuhing, sing the Sites, Le actualy ved net door to one ofthe members of his exluae db, Boris Kal, ‘who was know for hi rte-ondbbporroya of Frokensas monster inthe Univeral fins “When swe come ou of ourhovaessvhonecut, people ‘xpeced io se bodybogs dumped onthe pavement” Lee quipped in his autobiography. Now, ot 9.yeor id, is MDB page iil oe ocve a rr, athough the ports ore geting smaller." hie age in my ie lebvouly dot oceptlong pat | dx thik have tho energy for tho sai Leone bithoy vdeo ressogeto his fans, eveaing the! hi firing for boy ports of The Hobbithave boon comple, ond tony ‘ook ou dys. “hope vf soit he ads, ond remind us that wl he wb playing Soren # wert eos he vin. Wel lps him os a prfecor lth Fre Pople, hood othe Ware Covnclboore te become obsessed wi he One Ring ond the power it possesses. wil boon 00) sich for Lae. “Thar is someting sod about malerence, be wicked” hetoKd The Guorcon “howe awoys ied 0 mo ‘hat come acs inthe vilins| how ployed. Thare is darkside incl of vs. Ard for us bd people the bose dominate. think er io grat sons in silos nd | hae ie o ge hat rss. We cannot ‘0p ours doing whot we oe doing” ‘More recor hs reduced rlas hove boon in Tm Bunors movies, much he gai decor’ delight “Thee eoloboroson wat 1999' Sleepy Hollow, hich was Burton's homage tothe Hammer Horor legey tht copied Lee's crea om he ep The fm obout @ Headers Horseman sow him os «severe Bugomestr who ordered Johny Depp's Ichabod Crane fo invesgoie the gry murder "¥e been hick o moet people Bk Vince Price, cond now Chvistopher Le Tim Burton si inthe ress book, ferrin o Prices en os ever in Edward Scissorhands. "These ore the peoetewno bose iroprec metodo hs ‘ond omering to work wth ‘hem. Chvstopher is hypnotic Ho ust loks of you wih i ayes cond you ere compelled” Lee hot ‘athe pulls off so wel Thase ports ined Wily Wonka's ‘verbering father in Chore And The Coole Fecory he hough postr in Corpse Bride and most recanty aro sbbornSsherman = Dark Shodows Lee hot workod corey wih Johnny Depp ding ‘och of hase moves, bul he Fes ime Depp wos & lt inimidened. When Sloopy Hollow wos reload ceding, Deing @ szane wih im ond hoving hi peering down ol you, sereaming into you" oe, can hin fis'My God, thts Drocl!” Interestingly, Le wl be lending hit voice for @ part ‘ied "Movie roel nie yor’ sneyerimotion SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE Fronkenweoni. This aught some of hi fns off ord snes he hos hd a publi uneosy relationship ‘ih he Count. Iwas the otha! gave hm irr fein cinema, timetl playing the por seven eves {oc Brit fm house Harmer Hoar, bu ings iy ‘med bloody towards the end Ihwes 1957, end Le was 35 yoo ald struggling ‘cor whan he finaly landed th oe of Petr Cishin's Fronkensti's monstorin The Curse OF “| THINK THERE IS A GREAT SADNESS IN VILLAINS — WI sreseredinstuvontios CANNOT STOP OURSELVES DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING?" ciristorter.ee Fronkontin where he grocned hi wey through the movie witout ony logue. twos Hammer’ oke ‘on Mary Shale which de ome wah ho ‘sayoreheod and neck bok of Univer fomous ‘eat intoed, Lee was dsfgured wih make-up. ‘id hlp hrs 6 become owel-known fee but the et rol cid He wos cot ox ho fongeome Count in ror Of Drala, Homener fi! hot fhe Pine ‘of Darkness Whe Logos iggered the sexy og, Lee eushone his predecessor, puncturing pop cure ‘ih i perlormanc, “ed bring ou he cxpects ‘ofthe choracte tho [ror Siok hod write,” he HORROR ICON Seid otthe University Collage Dubin. "One thing fo sme very mporton yu paying someone at ‘he ovdiencerogords oo aye or whatever, ‘hen ty odo something they dnt expect. appears which was not what inended tht became a sexal iroge, Well thee doys ore long gone, con ‘sre you" Funny enough he reality wos ht his ‘eompirsh red contct lenses, pine by design, comaletely binded him whenever he wore thom. Hohos since recalled how he ned fequerty wonder out of shot, sbaight post he comero E byoeidan. The move lowed tee 10 ‘moke a name for himself but he ‘with mind feaings about the experience when he sequels ‘began olin ia. He detested the spt for Pine Of Dorknes, cing os he reoson the did have ony dalogue inthe movi, becouse he tod refed speoka word of though Hemmer ens ths). The next batch di loose in ether, ‘os they moved further ond urterewey rm Soke’ ‘gina undead heavy einer, ond Le acid he ‘gina tuned hem down. "My age looked horiied becouse Peler Cushing wos alo with him, ‘ond fl refoed then hat woul be he end of hot” the revealed at UCD. “Tis happened wth he hed fir the fourth ln nd theif I ued them il down, ond got thes erie telephone call fom => HORROR ICON ‘SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE SION CUMING) cere 11 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE... Mimeym ale} EMAL ofe] us aa) eas ery CE Cranes : Perann f pe poor Erte neiieae( . souvecetoan — hawieethe pial Cc Seatioce] [role oe ete metal obbum. Realy. Pee os ara >a ie pete Cael beer rT bo eee Lista ee) rea on ed Pet pee aero J pis oe 10 O 8 0) FIC EE Ri i) 7 o a6 s &5 ry Fy THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) 2001) 2 THE TWO TOWERS (2 DARK SHADOWS (2012) THE RESIDENT ( ie SERENE TE, 4 as Or SE SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE HORROR ICON ‘=> Homme... They sad Tink fhe people you'd put out of workif ou dor dot. Wel hos 0 dead ‘hinge soy fo somebody can rly sy tothe cenlyreeson I made vee, four and ve wos hat ll the row wae my ends, wos ik foi, and ‘woe going fo put thom out of work" oneal foro monser ha doesnt exst shadow, Oracle manoged 0 cos his cape over ‘he entry f Lee's long coee. Even when he wos ier © CBE by he Queen, aged 79, he medio ‘oul help but quip Fangs forthe honour He ‘ied escape he nevabe pecasing ling The Tear “Th toe happana Poi ‘ond Vincent Pre. They made some Be eae rare eee ‘wor why Iwontto Ameria. could've arthing oppering here exop' a continuation of whet hed (gone before” He was quickly sucked into anther oro otic hough in 73's The Wikar Mon, ni fevoure rol of aime asthe poganinchpin Lord ‘meri. Then Bond come cling in 1974 in Tho “CHRISTOPHER LEE IS HYPNOTIC. eee tetera elie HE JUST LOOKS . er tee AT YOU WITH HIS |ieeaNR EYES AND YOU Bee eri ARE COMPELLED” TIMBURTON ‘Mon With The Golden Gun, where Le played super ‘essossn rane Scaremango. Tue fo form Le ‘woo om the pial vilain, wich ve pes ‘onda strange abzelon with 07, placing Me-sne modal in is funhouse Despite many laying te bod guy is cooer ended up tkeng@ ewer ino hefty realm, woking wih some of he groctest decors of ‘lane, indding Seven Spalber (1947, Peter Jackson The Lard OF The Ring and George Luo (Stor Wars: Ack Of The Cones and Revenge (OF The Sit, Thase lotr onchissnoduend Lote whole new avienc of younger viewers, bringing his yor of experince of dong hi own stunt bot o cron green Jodi Maser." did othe Fight wih Yoda tld deighted sodas SIUCD. "h wos very 005 becouse he wast ‘hore ~if| may be covested fora moment = you wilfind | do hove @ world ecard for sword fights fim, ond do hove he sor fo prove" He's ‘ppeord in more than 200 movies, fied in Russian, Halon, French Spanish and German, and ‘ow ond ogein- sg, n fc est looted tis second heavy meta lb. Christopher Lee moy have reve won on Oscor but he regarded ax © legend among his Fane. <7 Dracus: Pince Of Darkness, Rpt The Mod Monk ond The Curse Of Frankenstein ‘er both avolble fo buy now on double lay DVD cond Bho. FLASHBACK DRACULA TES DRACULA RESTORED DRACULA IS ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FILM IN HAMMER’S ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY, BUT IN 1958 UK CENSORS BALKED AT ITS COMBINATION OF. BRIGHT RED BLOOD AND SEX. NOW, NEARLY 60 YEARS LATER, TWO KEY CUT SEQUENCES HAVE NOW BEEN UNEARTHED AND RESTORED. WE TALKED TO HAMMER HISTORIAN MARCUS HEARN ABOUT THE NEW SCENES AND HOW THE STUDIO CHANGED DRACULA FOREVER... ‘There isn't really film the erystalises leet rng Slr book eck producer Aathony Hinds, he decor af phologropny lode Ather ond the compote Jomes Bernard. wos incredible! whele eam care ogee’ ‘While Le's super portrayal of Drocdo would inetrcoly e hemo the rela Ching wos Hommes big sto ond i would be his nme obove he ie ‘hough he's ony go someting ie 13 nes of DRACULA FLASHBACK MO Se) dala. ka a ep eS Atal ae Bee THO lsh) SCREEN FOR 20 reste FLASHBACK DRACULA Ja ip te lt ta MICHAEL GOUGH Cog PE glade a]eai) tet floyd, Th tron gh a moro hve estoy need Uereeieer os reece reno more dt Wl ete, pos rey Sos Hanmer ens fe woud ed ower incesingy buy Horna (Olay ui afro feeds Drake ere fencing x hey orcs ron ond errponeent Ly ad Mia ee afoccrg under thurs predial we Doc conc ad froma of le odie he hore bing te CS) {cay open wow alow roa ns her ‘thing bdo we Wine gos fom cbs we foverderhiwtled meng cr h's tates Sh espe Orcs cfin ns he tormmat ofhaamyhoe, at btoyng Arr ba pos ca hi wih a more ie cmeeion. etd wer very fomior wath th chord, bt omni wed ba theft foreground his cert sel ond woud ove huge inionce cn nsequert porryas. “Nobo i bel, verbo ofarords error hot hos med Creu hos medi sbut sex ond ht one of the grec conrbone hi fim hs made vompe fims ond homer fis in goer" Hoorn ld vs owe his woul at go urrace by th casos end hey wouiins et roc tok on Mino bea st s00ns soggang io modem ee, because toons impale seperate Oro rom ex buathot wos Homma’ iovaton ond hat what a] ervaged he Bish Bord of Fim Corrs, becuse thay oud se xcty wot wor ging on expline Ham. Athough eres niin ly, tho croc chrge nc Cleo Clee “THE MATERIAL Aaderenoenate THAT'S REINSTATED IS CRUCIAL TO THE FILM” ‘MARCUS HEARN is undeniable, ond who! they were poral tet ‘bouts that Mina semed obe enjoying whats ‘bout to happen her which was ordered ‘oceeplble a he ime” In addition tthe longer and more suggestive ‘tack on Mina, the new version etre the longer, (ore doth for Orolo, become de igou for horor lms relase more gropie ‘director's a’ ‘hese days, but Hoar steno that he new fotage it notsimply odded illoion “The mote ho’ reistated is crucial tthe = 90 for tos the vo mest important ‘canes in th whol fl,” tales. "We now have (2 more explicit and longer version of Dracus seducion of Mino, which ‘wos considered fr to ‘re bythe Bish Boord of Fim Conor, ond we have a longer and ‘much goir version of Dros’ timate ‘integration nario, wher he's soon to ‘oe he Res rom hie ‘nn foce ond we se mare of salt orm onl more of his sale log, ond wo see more reaction shots rom Peter Cuthing So thee two scenes or ‘braldely cual othe acto, but not oly hot the reinstatement of he dansgroion scone in portvlor eval restores the aginal hth of he eng. So ‘ot only isi surprise oe thi exo fotoge buts eval fr more sattyng viewing fo se the corect fh ofthe eng ofthat scane atthe end, rther ‘han the abriged version tht we've known forall ‘hese decodes” The abviged version wos so wall known ha some people wondered ifthe fm bod bean et tl ond ifs never paticalry hod epuon os ln wih lest footage ‘Many fone suspected the erie of era footage wor 2 myth, when al we hod show jor eft ht there wore ea sequences wos @ up of peas comes given by cer Toy His back in 1958 no heft tho here wo thot wos culating in ristogher ‘one realy bod aval pc erie fon magorines end things for yor, ond one y pice showing Christopher Lee Hear pected ho! he ony pace ful print coud conceivably be wos Jopon The ln releote ond while thot Homer been shown unt here on DRACULA FLASHBACK pail violot ut for the Joponase marke, the th et he Fim ‘ted the ln subse othe Briih Boord of Fm wos fo sr rd of Film Corse decided to kep the orginal ut of th ln 1958 no one ele orund the works defnive, roculexcept he Jopanese forthat shot ine inthe late Fis when the theazal round” can fly of power of wha he fimmak ah te once, metaphorical raping the wo hovashols, nd it's astenshing thot Hommes wore bold enough io recanigure that story along rod ‘oul Ene i the Fea, ore {oo effectively wihout ony exp muy or ening thot. W's. romarkble echievement” Drocials ovale on tree dae Double Play Bray ond DVD now, e ”n Tt PETER CUSHING REMEMBERED WTI FLASHBACK REMEMBERED ALTHOUGH HE’S BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS ROLES IN VARIOUS HAMMER HORRORS, PETER CUSHING STARRED IN CLOSE TO 100 FILMS. WE SPEAK TO JOYCE AND BERNARD BROUGHTON, WHO WORKED AND CARED FOR THE ACTOR FROM 1959 TO HIS DEATH, TO REMEMBER HIM... Peter Cushing Is apart of our national film heritage. Regordless of genre ond the quality of the script, he improved ony fll he ‘eppeared in by virtue of his mere presence, ‘not to mention his tremendous talent. Whether he wor stealing brains as Baron Frankenstein ‘or confounding Daleks as ‘Dr Who’, Cushing's ‘performances are never les than exemplary. “The uit xocaon mot make when inking of Peer Cushing wih Hammer Her Before he alped lod the uo th! ppd blood to global sucess, ha hod appered in supporting rolsin John Huson Moulin Rouge, Laurenen Ovi’s amit ‘ond The End OF The Afar, ond taken leading rl in “TV aeplatins of Pride And Pej, The Wrlow Bayan! moa! nlc the Nigel Kronen ve cedapaon of Nineteen Egy Four Cushing’ relinship wth Homer began in 1957 when the shud sorted work on hee version of Frankenstein directed by Tren Fisher ond writen by my Sang. His Born hs eof the remerse which hours he chor in Mory Shao noel ond Univer 1990 fi eo uel, exning mon ho “apropered 9 push ving profesor ofa storease 40 gto piece of is ind, Hower, Cushing nover resars'o coding or glosing,iraeod chomeling he Sra relress min abe wth ew eign hare ond thera "He owoys sod Fronkonsin wos bore hier” Cuthings secretary Joye Broughion tals us. “He wos a dever men, but before is me” WORDS JONATHAN HATFULL The fim was tremendous, od ed to Hammer tckng on Univers ter big mont propery rocula. While Christopher Led vsoge dominated the dveting ifs Cushing’ measred cod qicty riven perormonce which kop fm grounded His Von Heling sa wonderfly Brith acon hero: Hcy sya seatve when nocssory, bu ely eterined to put on ee oho tril would camer Henne’ positon in hf industry, ond ‘camert Cushing ond Leds thse os Hammers leading ra, For beter or wore, Von Helin and Fronkarsin were the tw characte that woud define Cushing ‘coreer, He etmad othe role of roa’ nemesis tnd his yeviosdescondots forfour rte ln, ond tle nerecsngy buy vompires under car monies in ese production ike The Vorpire Lovers and Twins (OF From ry pont ow, going ono the a and secing hinge ngrid Pt wang around wih her ‘atbrprtuberan mammary glands, used oy on know how you con cence on he so Sf with people fe he! woking around! loughe Barnord Broughton. “Held soy'My der boy, ind over mote” Citing’ Fronkessn proved io be even mere enduring thon his Von Hebing, og fr ve mere equals Hs ie inthe horror gerve aw hin wrk for ‘ries, ion ond beyond wich wer ofan not up fo ‘he londords he deserved, However, Joyce el ut hat wos the ned for darocion that led Cushing tsign ‘oto thes more dubious projects oar the deo of is beloved we Hele in 1971 “When his ioc, he realy wos abo vested, so he really ook ls tht he shoulda hve tla she fl us. "He knew that hee but he hod o work, he hod kop hse goin, wast necessary he money: twos justo kawp hi ind ‘cenipiad” Howe important note ht wie» FLASHBACK PETER CUSHING REMEMBERED "HE DIDN'T EAT VERY MUCH; HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE AN APPLE AND A CIGARETTE" soyce srouctton ‘he seques'e Doculs ond The Curse OF Fronkonsai ‘rot alwys he bet estos f Cuhing’ bly terms ofthe quot, thy do showcase the odors en conrlosed ange, od iho oink of anatner (dor s0 angi Inte thera ond vilainous oles ‘concurent once ‘Cutie’ ter great le for Harmar wos that of Sherlock Holmes. He gs the dfn porrya cf Si Arthur Conon Doyals detective inTerorca Fiha's superb fim adoption of The Hound Of The Bostoviles, which sas Civstopher Lo as Henry Bosker od felow Hamme regular André Moral (0: Dacor Wotsn. Cushing’ perormonee os Holmes 's supe; lll t having o pure wor his inlet Cod determined owe el the righting done. “He loved tnt Joye remarbers. “When he did Shared Holmes, he went oe very fore eocher the val that he knew how thal ond how ‘oook a hough he wos playing it He bok studad ert” Of eouse,Cuthings methodical preperation ogendary verkring for bond Boer Sreet."Whan he wes making The Muy, he wero ‘he hospital and satin wih operations,” ads oye." The End OF he Afarhe we judge, ond he wort nd satin the Old Boley He wos very metlous, ond he ‘rated ings ox he wanted ther, They od shave the "ght thes, oy hao do the righ things, ond he ‘mote notes inthe sides of ss. Hed ne nobing of oyng Look isa rey ight” Howeve Joye does remember one nstonee of @ Curing cose beng incomplete, Coot Grond ‘Mol Trknn Str Wars, Cushing found his boo oo ncomfrible to wear, He sid, ‘George, do you thnk coud weer slippers instead ofthe boots, becouse ‘hoy really do cipple ma’ because he hod huge foo hove goto col of sols hot wore fan of hin in jst shen ond sippers” Helms side, Cushing oo ejoyed loving @ beloved erin 1965 Dr Who And The Doles The ‘BBC saris hod storied in 1963, ond th lm ght hod alan et the hands of Ama producrs Ma Rosenberg and Mion Scboy In defo mosimie ‘he fins worse oppec, Cushing replced liars Hern othe Tine Lod Wile Horns Doctor wos an rscbl old mar, Cushing ployed hin 280 Kndly rondo. The fis fim wos remendous Sinonca sucess, on led oa sequel, Dales’ Ivaxon Ear 2150 AD. Cuties oy ot moling fm for Children's wonder apparent "He loved doing ha,” loughs Joye. He de wo ofthem, ond he wos very hhopy ding tha. tok my chien othe tdi soe bhi meking it and hey were very doppeined tot he Delos ting they point up and down wos the hing that youweuld plunge the snk with” "The Homer and Dalek fins led to huge omount of popu acm. Joye renembers hat fons ving ‘hast woud eave anyhing behind. "Somotes tookthe font the uci sothey could how o inc ee recess TOR, with hi, fd st nd have inch he did et ‘ery much; he woul probably hove on appear o ‘dgorete- ond when he ogo back o ining loot at where he hod st There were no ives no fers, no spoons, no serves, no epee coves and no coor stubs. The fers hed alec her” While they moy hove mee of wih he serves, 3 wos important to Cushing ha he made ime for is fons, "He always seid, No mater whol hay sk me to

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