Tag Archives: Christopher Lee
A Halloween Marathon, Midnight Only-Style
In years past I’ve proposed 24 hour horror marathons on this site, as a method to just recommend a bunch of great horror films – but this year I’m not going to be quite as rigorous. Having just put myself … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, 70's, 80's, Christopher Lee, Coffin Joe, Dario Argento, Deborah Kerr, Dracula, Ghosts, Halloween Marathon, Hammer, Haunted House, horror, Jack Clayton, Japan, John Carpenter, Linda Hayden, Susan Strasberg, Tommy Lee Wallace, Val Lewton, Vampire, Vincent Price
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The Mummy (1959)
The Mummy (1959) was the third in Hammer’s classic trilogy of Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee match-ups, revisiting and revitalizing classic monsters of horror. The first, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), completely reimagined the Mary Shelley novel and, like the studio’s earlier SF … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Christopher Lee, Egypt, Hammer, horror, Mummy, Peter Cushing
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Dracula (1958)
If there is one film which defines Hammer horror, it is Dracula (1958). It was the natural follow-up to the company’s successful, X-certified The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), which brought back Gothic horror with a vengeance – that is, with … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Christopher Lee, Dracula, Hammer, horror, Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, Terence Fisher, Vampire, Van Helsing
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