Tag Archives: Peter Cushing
She (1965)
Hammer Films had grown steadily since the box office breakthroughs of The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). Distributors knew that the British studio’s genre product was reliably classy and literate, but also sexy and violent; they … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 60's, Action, cheesecake, Christopher Lee, Fantasy, Hammer, Peter Cushing
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Sherlock Holmes: “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1968)
[In this new series, which will be categorized in the menu at left as LATE NIGHT TV, I’ll be looking at select episodes of either acclaimed or overlooked cult television series.] Earlier this week it was announced that Borders, which had … Continue reading
Posted in Late Night TV
Tagged 60's, lovable animals, Mystery, Peter Cushing, Sherlock Holmes
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More Hammer (and Amicus) on Blu-Ray
DVD Drive-In has announced that Legend Films will be releasing a double-feature Blu-Ray upgrade of two of the titles they released a couple years back on DVD: The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), an early Hammer horror of the … Continue reading
Posted in The Lobby
Tagged 50's, 60's, Amicus, Christopher Lee, Hammer, horror, Peter Cushing
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