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Re: Dracula Movies
« Reply #30 on: May 13, 2013, 10:19:39 PM »
Patti,

There's a recent biography on the great Peter Cushing, entitled, "Peter Cushing: A Life in Film," by David Miller.

The author writes extensively about Mr. Cushing's days at the Hammer Studio with his friend and colleague, Sir Christopher Lee (whose own autobiography is entitled, "Tall, Dark and Gruesome"!).

The book is great fun for any fans of Mr. Cushing, a wonderful actor and a fine gentleman.

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Re: Dracula Movies
« Reply #31 on: May 14, 2013, 10:27:44 PM »
Do you know, I meant to mention "I Am Legend" and "Last Man on Earth" on a different topic?
These/this movie(s) are phenomenal!!
Barnabas could not have survived alone. He is too 'needy'.

(Gonna duck now!!!)

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« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2013, 04:26:31 AM »
I have some nostalgia for the Hammer films since they were the produced when I was growing up - or at least some of them aired on TV in the early to mid '70s. I have a four pack of the Hammer "Dracula" movies too, probably the same set you mentioned. I know that one of the Christopher Lee "Dracula" movies that I really wanted is missing from that set, though.

They certainly aren't very faithful to Bram Stoker's novel, but then there aren't many faithful movie interpretations of that novel - the least faithful being, in my opinion, "Bram Stoker's Dracula." That one raises my ire more than anything since it leads the unsuspecting to think they are watching a faithful version of the novel. It may not be as bad as its "sequel," "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." I couldn't stomach either movie and haven't seen either one in its entirety and have no interest to do so.

But to get back to the Hammer films. Christopher Lee remains my favorite "Dracula." But Mr. Lee's best performance as "Dracula" is the Jess Franco version, which gave him much more to work with and allowed him to portray the character from the novel as written. The Hammer films probably are pretty bad but a guilty pleasure.
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Re: Dracula Movies
« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2013, 05:35:55 PM »
Whatever merit the Hammer films have is due to.Christopher Lee. My favorite Dracula. movie was one that I saw on PBS some years ago with Louis Jordan as Dracula.
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Re: Dracula Movies
« Reply #34 on: May 25, 2013, 09:56:07 PM »
Quote from: Philippe Cordier on May 23, 2013, 04:26:31 AM
The Hammer films probably are pretty bad but a guilty pleasure.

OH YEAH!!

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Re: Dracula Movies
« Reply #35 on: July 13, 2013, 08:50:45 PM »
I just watched "Dracula 1974".

Oyevah....

This actually had much more of Peter Cushing than Christopher Lee.

I do not believe I've ever seen it.

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