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Artwork for Madhouse starring Vincent Price

Review: Vincent Price & Peter Cushing Enter The MADHOUSE

Madhouse brings together two of the most well known Masters of the Macabre. Not only do you get the mighty Vincent Price in the lead role, but you also get able support from the great Peter Cushing. It might not be either of the pair’s finest [...]

June 18, 2026

100 Years Of Christopher Lee

Few actors have had an impact on so many generations in the way that Christopher Lee did. The tall, dark and enigmatic actor’s deep baritone voice meant that he sounded as iconic as he looked and he had a career which saw him enter the Guinness [...]

May 27, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Peter Cushing Holds His Own Decapitated Head On The Set Of THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD

Amicus Productions churned out a selection of modestly budgeted (but rather successful) horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. These films often starred a selection of rather big actors in relatively small roles. Shot quickly and with small [...]

September 10, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Freddie Francis’ THE SKULL

They don’t make movies like The Skull anymore. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee top-line this 1965 British horror that sees Cushing’s occult collector acquire the skull of the Marquis de Sade – but the evil relic soon takes on a life of [...]

September 3, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Gareth Edwards & George Lucas On The Set Of ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

A Dirty Dozen type men (and woman) on a mission movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story stays faithful to the aesthetic style of George Lucas’ 1977 game-changer. Gareth Edwards’ 2016 film creates a lot of characters but none of them have the spark [...]

August 5, 2021

Remembering SWORD OF THE VALIANT: THE LEGEND OF SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Starring Sean Connery & Miles O’Keeffe

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight starring Sean Connery, Miles O’Keeffe and Peter Cushing was a film which was on constant video rotation in my home when I was a kid. I also studied the tale as part of my English [...]

July 28, 2021

Remembering The Great Christopher Lee

May 27, 2021

New Trailer For David Lowery’s Long-Awaited Arthurian Fantasy THE GREEN KNIGHT

The Green Knight starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Barry Keoghan and Joel Edgerton was supposed to hit cinemas in the summer of 2020. Unfortunately COVID-19 meant that release date never happened, but now a year on it looks like David [...]

May 11, 2021

Remembering SWORD OF THE VALIANT: THE LEGEND OF SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Starring Sean Connery & Miles O’Keeffe

April 22, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Terence Fisher’s THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH

The Man Who Could Cheat Death is an all but forgotten Hammer film from 1959. Terence Fisher’s horror may not be Hammer at its best but it does have enough intriguing elements (and Christopher Lee) to make it watchable. Anton Diffring is Georges [...]

March 2, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Terence Fisher Directs Christopher Lee On The Set Of 1959’s Hammer Horror THE MUMMY

The Mummy takes one of horror’s most enduring characters and adds two of the genre’s most iconic stars to deliver a film that still holds up fifty years on. Director Terence Fisher may not be a great stylist, but he knows how to build tension [...]

January 10, 2021

There’s Panic On The Trans-Siberian For Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee In HORROR EXPRESS

Gene Martin’s Horror Express plays-out like the winning combination of Murder On The Orient Express as well as The Thing. The 1972 Spanish/UK production sees Christopher Lee‘s anthropologist discovering a mysterious creature frozen [...]

January 1, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Joe Dante’s BURYING THE EX

Throughout his career the mighty Joe Dante has always had a knack for successfully infusing horror with other genres. Gremlins saw him reach the darker side of a Spielbergian/Capraesque family drama and The ‘Burbs put a horror spin on a [...]

November 30, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee Star In THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

It’s Holmes under the Hammer with this 1959 screen adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound Of The Baskervilles. This glorious Hammer production is a faithful adaptation of Doyle’s tale with Peter Cushing and Andre Morell starring [...]

August 11, 2020

Trailer For David Lowery’s Unique Take On The Arthurian Tale THE GREEN KNIGHT

Director David Lowery is carving out one hell of a career for himself. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013), Pete’s Dragon (2016), A Ghost Story (2017) and The Old Man and The Gun (2018) is a great 5-year run and this looks set [...]

February 14, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Classic Amicus Horror Films THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD & ASYLUM

The House That Dripped Blood Asylum Amicus Productions is often seen as the poor cousin of Hammer Films. The Shepperton Studios based production company churned out a selection of modestly budgeted (but rather successful) horror films throughout the [...]

July 22, 2019

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peter cushing

Review: Vincent Price & Peter Cushing Enter The MADHOUSE

100 Years Of Christopher Lee

Behind The Scenes: Peter Cushing Holds His Own Decapitated Head On The Set Of THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD

Uncovering Curiosities: Freddie Francis’ THE SKULL

Behind The Scenes: Gareth Edwards & George Lucas On The Set Of ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

Remembering SWORD OF THE VALIANT: THE LEGEND OF SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Starring Sean Connery & Miles O’Keeffe

Remembering The Great Christopher Lee

New Trailer For David Lowery’s Long-Awaited Arthurian Fantasy THE GREEN KNIGHT

Remembering SWORD OF THE VALIANT: THE LEGEND OF SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Starring Sean Connery & Miles O’Keeffe

Uncovering Curiosities: Terence Fisher’s THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH

Behind The Scenes: Terence Fisher Directs Christopher Lee On The Set Of 1959’s Hammer Horror THE MUMMY

There’s Panic On The Trans-Siberian For Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee In HORROR EXPRESS

Uncovering Curiosities: Joe Dante’s BURYING THE EX

Uncovering Curiosities: Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee Star In THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Trailer For David Lowery’s Unique Take On The Arthurian Tale THE GREEN KNIGHT

Blu-ray Review: Classic Amicus Horror Films THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD & ASYLUM

Ben Is Back: Trailer For Affleck Toplined Actioner TRIPLE FRONTIER

Behind The Scenes Of STAR WARS: Vader, Tarkin And Skywalker Just Hanging Out

It’s HAMMER Time This November On The Horror Channel

Celebrate 60 Years Of Hammer Horror