CHRISTOPHER LEE WITH PETER CUSHING IN 'HORROR OF DRACULA'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSHSEEWAKGX89FRujgO2Bsg_p6jHmqdlJ3jY2ki8UUDL7dGY71phNbkrlCZRh13DH9iUwnAToArYPOg827ONDgSCJRe_YjItL3XeaCtvKNFjiI-enBQi5LphTiW7cWBK8GJPFRQdQqWKJVJ2MmyPRknmRr1h1FW0Ia6vBgXGmVH_B66cbV6KcoKptepp6/s1946/Screen%20Shot%202025-01-09%20at%2012.38.57%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSHSEEWAKGX89FRujgO2Bsg_p6jHmqdlJ3jY2ki8UUDL7dGY71phNbkrlCZRh13DH9iUwnAToArYPOg827ONDgSCJRe_YjItL3XeaCtvKNFjiI-enBQi5LphTiW7cWBK8GJPFRQdQqWKJVJ2MmyPRknmRr1h1FW0Ia6vBgXGmVH_B66cbV6KcoKptepp6/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-01-09%20at%2012.38.57%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Valerie Gaunt facing Christopher Lee's poster image for HORROR OF DRACULA/DRACULA Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While Hammer's groundbreaking horror-remake <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2025/01/cushingcurse.html">THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN</a> proved that Frankenstein was a man and not the monster, their follow-up HORROR OF DRACULA was to also show the monstrous Dracula as a man...<br><br>And quite dashing and attractive he is... especially when Christopher Lee first shows himself, along with a barrage of sinister music, to solicitor Jonathan Harker, exactly what he's supposed to be... a gentleman wealthy enough to need someone to look over his books, getting his business in order...</p><p><span></span></p>

carol marsh, christopher lee, dracula, hammer films, horror, janina faye, john van eyssen, melissa stribling, michael gough, peter cushing, terence fisher, valerie gaunt

CHRISTOPHER LEE WITH PETER CUSHING IN 'HORROR OF DRACULA'

Valerie Gaunt facing Christopher Lee's poster image for HORROR OF DRACULA/DRACULA Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2 While Hammer's groundbre...

VAL GUEST DIRECTS 'CONTEST GIRL' JANETTE SCOTT & IAN HENDRY

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_uKPaf7x_C55KlkgpEswDAgkOyriycI0HTtMdKz8fU9LfgFRDqIhewPCKJrG22AZhbUDCnjv_uCXKcGYHj8ziI-Jic-__wWmU5NtSIwFiopm8OoXJr-K6536ZXQlFROp6DE6PRZiTNLnCM5B_W9-YeNVd96b37HC_1ZIxzPdw4B9J6Rg0fGNKxUK6wTI/s1612/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-22%20at%2010.33.56%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_uKPaf7x_C55KlkgpEswDAgkOyriycI0HTtMdKz8fU9LfgFRDqIhewPCKJrG22AZhbUDCnjv_uCXKcGYHj8ziI-Jic-__wWmU5NtSIwFiopm8OoXJr-K6536ZXQlFROp6DE6PRZiTNLnCM5B_W9-YeNVd96b37HC_1ZIxzPdw4B9J6Rg0fGNKxUK6wTI/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-22%20at%2010.33.56%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL Year: 1964 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After nearly a decade of Hammer science-fiction, war and film noir... from QUATERMASS to HELL IS A CITY... director Val Guest returns to his comedy roots for THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But that's only the breezy first-act when handsome journalist Ian Hendry meets the girl of his dreams in London typist Janette Scott, initially building her up as an underdog against experienced (and jaded) pros... </p><p><span></span></p>

drama, ian hendry, jacqueline jones, janette scott, janina faye, kay walsh, norman bird, ronald fraser, sidney james, sixties, val guest

VAL GUEST DIRECTS 'CONTEST GIRL' JANETTE SCOTT & IAN HENDRY

Title: THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL Year: 1964 Rating: **** After nearly a decade of Hammer science-fiction, war and film noir... from...

PAUL MASSIE STARS IN HAMMER'S 'THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrVM3zCL0yz3147XJ2Tba39xLldCZqngkahVA9wKJ4TWEE3TZNXsxV6Oj_u4Li7ffOGH07ZhvMvDqRvuAl3COHngINEFXS3EhxJbOsGmTmxpAv5pYWqIFt1DjYqlX5sA9bRsQD7Y-r6myXL_-Io4nY2c5Vzg6T87yea5v2Oll2ucC0bP1KNNOByfmGJIs/s1448/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-20%20at%208.11.09%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrVM3zCL0yz3147XJ2Tba39xLldCZqngkahVA9wKJ4TWEE3TZNXsxV6Oj_u4Li7ffOGH07ZhvMvDqRvuAl3COHngINEFXS3EhxJbOsGmTmxpAv5pYWqIFt1DjYqlX5sA9bRsQD7Y-r6myXL_-Io4nY2c5Vzg6T87yea5v2Oll2ucC0bP1KNNOByfmGJIs/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-20%20at%208.11.09%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Paul Massie in THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL Year: 1960 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The titular scientist in Hammer's usual Victorian era fits the 1800's in his stuffy demeanor until turning into a bohemian wild man frequenting swinging nightclubs and nightlife, providing future real life party animal Oliver Reed a bit part opposite <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/09/jungle.html">Joy Webster</a>... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And in the legendary double lead is Paul Massie, not a bad actor but is hardly interesting enough to carry an entire picture like, say, Peter Cushing or, in this particular case, Christopher Lee as a leech rather than neck-sucker... His gambling scoundrel character Paul Allen takes advantage of old friend Jekyll by spending his money and romancing his wife... </p><p><span></span></p>

christopher lee, dawn addams, exploitation, hammer films, janina faye, joy webster, oliver reed, paul massie, pauline shepherd, sixties, terence fisher, thriller

PAUL MASSIE STARS IN HAMMER'S 'THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL'

Paul Massie in THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL Year: 1960 Rating: ***1/2 The titular scientist in Hammer's usual Victorian era fits the 1800...

CHRISTINA GREGG STALKED IN 'DON'T TALK TO STRANGE MEN'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6-0oRCa_g14wUc65oCABXn4vzDVMoTxJltli9cuXYibel9t0F0sSr5DYPw_rBZG6MDnfsOwfTALH8LKxImqJ871DBzYtULX5p-QfgQQ5zTwoJwpnB6QX86nwnXX5yM-epEBCTM9_8EZQH3mJ0ft8_PGtFn346XEzAO6Uc3bj35C2Ku_CnIBHmt21wg/s1600/1.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1600" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6-0oRCa_g14wUc65oCABXn4vzDVMoTxJltli9cuXYibel9t0F0sSr5DYPw_rBZG6MDnfsOwfTALH8LKxImqJ871DBzYtULX5p-QfgQQ5zTwoJwpnB6QX86nwnXX5yM-epEBCTM9_8EZQH3mJ0ft8_PGtFn346XEzAO6Uc3bj35C2Ku_CnIBHmt21wg/w400-h293/1.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Christina Gregg DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS Year: 1962</u></td></tr></tbody></table>With shows like CATFISH it may seem somewhat new: grown men soliciting and seducing young naïve girls into their clutches, online, but in the 1961 British New Wave Thriller, it happened pretty much the same way, via payphone...<br> <br> And while a title like DON'T TALK TO STRANGE MEN sounds like a public service announcement, it's ironic that the stranger on the phone is the one advising this to his target, gorgeous girl-next-door Christina Gregg, over five-years older than the character but doing a fantastic job in the vulnerable part: looking a hybrid of two babyface starlets, Diane Baker (before) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (after): she's part of what's more a teenage crush movie than a serial killer suspense, and it's not a one way street despite her doing all the acting facially...<br>

british new wave, christina gregg, crime, janina faye, serial killer, suspense, thriller

CHRISTINA GREGG STALKED IN 'DON'T TALK TO STRANGE MEN'

Christina Gregg DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS Year: 1962 With shows like CATFISH it may seem somewhat new: grown men soliciting and seducing ...