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TheWorld's

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This issue, an overdue salule 10 our far-awayfiends across the Big Pond . . . Hammer Fi. ms ofGreat Britain. An entire issue dedicated to thestudio that brought back to the screen suchtraditional terrora as Frankenstein's Monster the

Chris Lee Dracula, the ma)nolent Mummy, ~ e i r d

Th. ·Mons.... t J ~ ~

Volume 1,No.8

PAG3 HORROR OF DRACULA:A f right -filled f i lm. a fantas ti c feature articleon the grand-daddy of the Hammer vampire fl ix .

Werewolf and the arand old Phantom of the HAMMER HORROR HISTORY:~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ W ~ h ~ k ~ t ~ w ~ i l l u r k s ~ ~ e ~ e a k e ~ ~ a n ~ ~ H a m m e f l ''3!linq,this pnllqhtening chrcniGle.The

feature article inour

HammerIlSUe is on

the vampire film Bram Stoker would have beenmost likely to love . . . HORROR OF DRACULA.One of the most monstrous monsters of all time;the father of all Hammer Horrors, the role thatbrough Chris Lee fame, fortune and fangs.

By the way , there's a new face around the

Monster Times office; namely me, your new editor

AUan Ashennan. You 've read my articles in TMT'searlier issues (THINGS TO COME, STAR TREK ,etc.)

Chuck McNaughton, due to personal reasons (Asickly uncle in Transylvanja?) is taking a leave of

absence. He will continue to treat us to rus creativearticles, starting in . . .

The SPECTACULAR, EXCITING, HORRIFICIssue # 10, entirely devoted to the classic E.C.Comix of the 1950's. Sci-fi , the most horriblehorrors ever pictured, along with mystery andimmortal monsters. E.C.; the people who made

comix a fine art, and created new meanings for theword FEAR, with stories by Ray Bradbury and artby FrazeHa, Krenkel, WiUiamson , Wood andothers.

Getting back to me for the moment . . . I'm a

fan of everything within the realm of TMT;science-fiction, horror, fantasy, comu , etc . I'll do

my best to cover all these fields and more . . .

whatever YOU want to !lee .I' d like to get to know you all; what you like,

and want to see in print (and photos). So keepthose cards and letters coming in, folks.Remember that we are here for YOU , our readers.

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TIlE HAMMER HERITAGE:Come see the Hammer Horrors. compared with their pastthe Unusuals of Universal.

YE OW E COMPLEAT HAMMER HORROR CHECKLIST:What's the good and what's the bad . . . and the ugly?Names. dates and mini-rwiews.

TIlE CURSE OF TIlE WEREWOLF:Carlos Garzon (artist) and the Great Gerani (writer) combine

to tell the frightening story of this woeful wolfman.

INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER LEE :Who dared to visit the house of Dracula and returned to

tell you about it? Borst and WnofOski, the Bobbsi Twins, that's who!

DRACULA DOUBLESPREAD:See the Count return to life. as Bill Nelson 's masterful artwork

lights up your mind in livid living color.

TERROR TOYS LOOSE IN LONDON TOWN:What are little toys made of? Don't be too sure uyou've see these little goodies.

20B.EAUI1ES OF THE BEAST:The beautiful harem of Hammer.TMT rweals them in all the ir goulish. girlish glory .

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TIlE MONSTER TIMES TELETYPE:Once again, reporter Bill Feret digs up the facts of

com ing Hollywood Horrors.

HORRORS! :Drake Douglas' book is reviewed for all ou r readers.in all its horrendous. horrible details.

DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE PHONOGRAPH:A fine record album .. . But does anyone know where to buy i t?Find out what and who. in our product test of the issue. .

THIS ISSUE'S COVER is a fascinating piece of fantasmagorial fright . Chris Lee as Count Dracula,

in DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE . An exerpt our centerfold. drawn by talented, Virginiaartist Bill Nelson. Monstllr Times readen will _ more of his wori< in ou r coming issues.



-MOnster Times ..

OF DRACULA was the

.It had mood, and relative·It had a fearfully.

up and downstairs three at ae you'd expec t a vampire

the anemic, weak-kneed staticBela ' Lugosi, Chris

Lugosi, the screen's first talking DraaJla,the way for Chris Lee's portrayal of the

.

the count's ferociousAfter. all, the prince of

to be going pretty

just as (we believe) Bramof DRACULA,

do, were he aroundthe film . . . .

May 18, 1812

he coach neared its destination, the

rider gazed ou t across the warmcountryside and wondered if the

sun shower could ever fully· what unnamed evils lay only

morning's white curtain.Harker left the coach at the

and. began the climb to Castleon foot. Not at all the awesomehe had grown to expect, the

to )lj.S

at last the journey had ended.home for so distinguished a

. to be sure, but generouslyand aesthetically mature

open the huge front.entered what appeared to be

. Draped in quiet majesty,huge chamber beckoned him

On a table in theof the room was a prepared meal

casually brushed aside the tray with hisarm and knocked it to the floor. Kneelingdown to recover the fallen plates, asudden tiilgling crept up his spine. He was110 longer alone, in the chamber.

A young woman stood over him with

pleading eyes."You will help me, won't you?" she

cried. "He keeps me here against mywill. "

"Who keeps you .here? CountDracula?" he asked incredulously.

The girl suddenly tightened, drew awayfrom him and ran from the room. Harkerfelt . .

.spectator. i j i ~ $ c P e e r e 4 s l o w ) y upward .

to the head"ora ·great staircase, arid thenhe saw the giant.

"Mr. Harker, I am Dracula," the voiceechoed powerfully through the hall. "I

welcome you to my home."

The enormity of the man wasastounding. He looked to be seven feettall as he came bounding down thosestairs. Harker might have placed his handin a vise for the strength of his host'shandshake.

"I'm sorry that I could not be herewhen you arrived," Dracula apologised."I trust that you found the meal I left foryou satisfactory?" .

Having completed the accustomedsalutatory courtesies, Dracula suggestedthat they adjourn to the upper levels of

the castle where Harker might unpack

and begin organizing the library. Afterall,that was why he had come to CastleDracula, wasn't it? He had been hired aslibrarian in the Count's employ. _

The Count lifted his bags with amazingease and led him quickly up the stairs to amoderately sized bedroom. These wouldbe his living quarters for the duration of

his stay. As Harker unpacked hisbelongings Dracula left the room insearch of candles and a eandelabrum.Upon his return he noticed. that Harker·had placed the picture of a young womanon the dreSSing table.

"Your wife?" he asked ."My fiance," he explained. "Her name

is Lucy Holmwood."

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"She's lovely," remarked the Count."Mr. Harker, as 1 shall be away much of

the time 1 think it best that you confineyour exploring to this room and to thelibrary. These corridors are very old andhold hidden dangers for those unfamiliarwith them."

"I shall respeCt your wishes," Harkeranswered, and with that the Count left.The door was bolted securely from theoutside. The Count was taking fewchances, it seemed.

Now Harker set about transcribing thisinitial meeting with Dracula in his note

book : "Dracula has welcomed me into hishome and accepts me as a librarian. Hedoes not suspect my true purpose. 1 willdestroy the propagator of unspeakableevils, and end this man's reign of terrorforever. "

Below his window, Dracula preparedyet another terrible night of slaughter.

CHAPTER 2:

AT STAKE

The slow turning of the door handlewoke him from a cautious sleep, yet hefound the out !!r co rridor completelyempty when he found the courage to pullopen the door. Harker crept down thestairs and entered the library. The door

closed abruptly behind him, leaving himM . i:.<b.P. . . . : ... " . ,ioU I ' ........... _ i

''Please help me. You must," she cried.

"Please take me with you. 'I'm a prisonerof Dracula. You cannot know what anevil man he is."

Harker was touched by hervulnerability and drew her to him .

"I'll help you," he smiled. She felt thewarmth of his chest , and came still closer,

No one is safefrom th e avli of Dracula.

Come in to my ,parlor, said the spid.,. to the fly, thinlcl Dracula _ he sizes up the bloocttYp8 Of

Harteer, his next unwitting victim.

lips. He flung her back in horror as the

pain tore threw him. This girl, this sweetpleading girl thirsted for his blood. Shewas a vampire. A female vampire.

, An outer door burst open and with itflew a demon from the bowels of hell. Itwas Dracula, his face twisted beyond any

dream of sanity, consumed by the hatredof centuries. An animalistic, gutturalscream emanated from somewhere deephis body. Pools of blood slobbered fromhis lips as he jumped ,onto a table and

then down to the floor, tearing hismistress from her unwilling prey. They

tore at each other savagely until the

Count overpowered her and forcefUllylessened the numbers of this awful cultby one. Harker fainted" and the memoryof this night slept with him bu t he knew

that Dracula would return shortly . . . forhim.

He awoke in the late afternoon. A

moment of sweet forgetfulness, and thenthe realization. How had he gotten backto his room? Had it all been a dream? Hefelt longingly about the skin on his neckand lifted a small hand mirror. There they

were, the two small bruises near the

throat. It wasn't a dream, but anightmare. Now he belonged to Dracula.

, Would he soon roam the countryside at

night in search of human prey? But, wait.I'm still Jonathon Harker, he thought. Itis daylight and 1 am awake. The

transformation 'had not been completed.Now, while he still retained some control

over his body, he must seek ou t and

discovered the female vampire. Some sixfeet further on was the resting place of

Dracula. He lay there, smugly confident,

asleep in his earth box:

"I'll soon end that," thought Harker.He removed a long, sharp stake .from hisbag with a hammer, and placed them over

the heart of the one who had asked forhis help in the library. He would grant it

now in the only way that he COUld. The

hammer came crashing down and plungedthe stake deep into her body. Her screamsobliterated the silence, jolting the- Count

from his sleep. His eyes opened wide with

horror until a natural shadow p ~ d over' his face from the window and brought a

hideous smile to his ancient lips. Harkerhad delayed for too long. Sunset hadcome.

The coffin was empty. Harkerstruggled to catch his breath as he saw the

h\lle shadow descending the stairs. Count

Dracula stood before him, blocking any

hope of escape. The blackness of his capegrew ever darker as he slammed shut the

door and blocked out the daylight fromJonathon Harker forever.

CHAPTER 3:

FRIENDSHIP AT STAKE

When a certain Doctor Van Helsingarrived at Castle Dracula, he found ttdeserted. Together with Harker, he haddevised his plan for gainlngentrance to



. :

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. lymeta

TrnosyIvania!The giant,

undead frame

of Dracula

floats forth

to satisfy-

his curse;

eternal

bloodlust.

slightest hint of fangs protruding from'hi s

lips. Van ReIsing lifted the r e m a i r i ~ n g stake from the floor and griihlypositioned ' it over Harker's body. I:fisfriend would have wanted it this way.' :, '

Arthur ' Holmwood only knew thathisbeloved sister, Lucy, was , dead ; "liewanted no excuses. A strange series '.Qf

events had led to this most recent andheartbreaking tragedy, and now th is man,this Dr. Van Helsing was trying to td l

him an improbable fairy tale of modernday vampirism. Wasn't it enough that

Lucy had suffered at the queer death :of

her fiance, imd then taken suddenly il l

herself had died? Now this charlatan, was

trying to tell him that Lucy was not trulydead , that she walked at night , preyingupon the life's blood of helpless victims.Well, Arthur Holmwood had no patiencefor such rot. Not until the housekeeper'slittle girl was found roaming about th e

neighborhood after dark , in hernightgown, and was brought home by aconsiderate constable. The girl had told-abizarre story of being lured from he r

room by a ' lady who promised her asurprise, but the lady's hand was cold and

she was frightened. Mina Holmwoodshared her husba nd's disbelief.

"But who was this lady, dear," 'sJieasked? , ,

And the child replied, "I t was A ~ l l t LucY." _ '

It wasn't a pretty_.story -for H ~ J m ~ d-:to -hea r.....buH).e listened anyway, listened

and knew Of the _plot to kill Drac,u!1J,knew of Harker's terror on that last- evilnight and knew of Dracula's plan ' ,tosubstitute his beloved sister, LucYI (or

Harker's lifeless corpse. So when the :lit.tlegirl met ' her strange playmate on .tl1efollowing evening there were .twouninvited observers waiting at the crypt

to greet them.

' \Arthur, dear brother ," she squealedwith delight, racing toward him to

- embrace his warm, full-blooded body.

Van Helsing was between them in aninstant, warding her of f with the smallgolden cross that he held in his ·hand. Shebacked away from him, hissing andscreaming like a cornered animal. Whenhe pressed the body of the cross to herforehead it burned ,a mirror image into

the skin. and she fled, whimpering, intothe crypt. After seeing the child back to

the safety of her bed, the pair returned to

the crypt and gave Lucy the eternal peaceshe had been denied.

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trademark to

in the opening'or sci-fi filfTI, or

hQuSe... or rather, pack,movie h o u ~ , with passles of

-patrons of de-pravedscurrying,

psyChos- grabbingthe

scruffof

their; -trlcera ops ana rontosaurii

,ar veins, putty-facedin the,r

of blood, and blood and

al ish. But they'veout so much blood andout so much pulpy plastic

that it's , hard to tell thethe baddies. Thafs

Mark Frank to weed out'of the gross dross, and fill us

more notable efforts ofhorror cycles

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its beginnings as a distributionn the 1940' s,Ha mmer Films

the most successfulWhile

',they all make money. From an

, point of view, however, Hammer

so consisten t. Hamnierout classics and chaff with

of brilliance on some occasions,giving new meaning to the word

on others.of Executive

The poor fellow with the

hairy Mods has feltTHE ' REVENGE OFFRANKENSTEIN.Pe18r

,Cushing, wOikingwith

his young...mant on

• moiln. .y braintranspI ... . prOveS ous diet FRANKENSTEINMUST BE DESTR'OYED.

and goshawful gore are added for spice,often seasoned with a pinch of sadism.

Throw in colorful settings and a dramaticmusical score, and you have anotherHammer box-office blockbuster, grossinghundreds of thousands per week in local

theaters and drive-ins across our greatland . . .

Without apparent ,concern for the oldadage that you can, indeed , suffer from

etc., each initial entry being followed byseveral sequels of generally diminishedquality.

AND HAMMER SAID:LET THERE BE FRANKENSTEIN!

After producing a number of

forgettable dramas and a couple of

low-budget . experiments with science .

CURSE 0 FRANKENSTEIN was born.

For the first time the exploits of theparanoiac Baron Frankenstein were

depicted in pulsating color as he piecedtogether bits of dead flesh to create hisimmortal Monster. Peter Cushing wassuperb as the aristocratic genius whosedream of creating life leads to a deathsentence. In the role of the Monster,

Christopher Lee displayed only an iotaof

the talent which he was to unleash inlater pictures.

Terence F i ~ h e r . directed with a slant

toward dynamic action and long,lingering closeups of such goodies as

disembodied eyes floating in

formaldehyde.Two years later, in 1958, the Baron

was back and burning at both ends inREVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN.Picking up just where CURSE had ended,

we learn that Frankenstein (Cushing,

again) has managed to elude the gallowsby having a priest executed in his stead.An intelligent screenplay by JimmySangster has him succeed in creating anear-perfect man - _ until, that is, his

creation degenerates into a half-paralyzedcannibal that terrorizes the countrysideuntil it is fmally destroyed. In the lastreel, the Baron himself falls victim to ahorde of sick and injured men whom hehad used in his experiments. Broken and

bleeding, his body is carried to the lab byhis assistant, Dr. Cleeve (FrancisMatthews), who transplants the Baron's



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"Are these th e hands of a murderer?" asks the Monster in HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN. displaying nimble digits to unconvinced companion.

absent from the production of THE EVIL

OF FRANKENSTEIN, although directorFreddie Francis and the consistentlyremarkable Mr. Cushing did what they

could with a weak script by John Elder (ap ~ e u d o n y m for producer AnthonyHinds) . Returning to ,the castle of his

original experiments, the Baron discoversand revives what is supposedly his original

creation: Kiwi Kingston in makeup that

would have had the man Who designedBoris Karloff's · FRANKENSTEiN

o, " ; " . ' , r " . " ' . •O l a k e , . u p > - ~ , ~ ~ k .. , 1!ierce;1, \Il stltches..., " , , ~ '- "- .

who tracks down and mutilates thoseresponsible for the boy's death. In thecapable directorial hands of Terence .Fisher, this entry was considerably moreinteresting than THE EVIL OF

FRANKENSTEIN, though not up to parwith the first and second films of theseries.

The fmal film to fea ture Peter Cushing

as the bad Baron, FRANKENSTEINMUST BE DESTROYED, displayed thecharacter as far less sympathetic than he

had been ~ p ! ~ v i o u s films. : 1 ! ~ ~ ! ~

portrayals in films such as TASTE THE

BLOOD OF DRACULA, made his debutas Baron Frankenstein in HORROR OFFRANKENSTEIN. Bates is arrogantenough in the role, but is hardly the

accomplished actor his predecessor is. Infact, the entire film appears to be alavishly produced joke that strives forhumor but succeeds only in making

.Frankenstein and his creation little morethan a bad vaudeville ,' comedy teain.

5.exual - e n c o h t e r ~ and - r ~ ' ( i e <louQl,e

; : J ~ ~ ~ { 7 o t ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ g ~ 1 ~ cannot help but wonder if this is tlie -

ignoble end of the FrankensteiIl series;hardly a fitting demise for the vehicle-'

that began the Hammer horror cycle.

HAMMER'S DRACULA

GREW ANEMIC

By far, Hammer's most popular and

successful horror series has been its"Dracula" pictures, and other filmsrelated to the vampiric legends. The first

movie in the series, HORROR OFDRACULA, made an indelible impression

on audiences everywhere. Directed byTerrence Fisher, HORROR OFDRACULA contained the sort of

dynamic action that Hammer was tobecome famous for, and stood in sharp

contrast to the sedate, "stage play"quality of the Tod Browning DRACULAof .1931. Christopher Lee chose to instill

a truly demoniac dimension into hisUndead Count, and it remains one of hisfinest performances. Peter Cushing wassimilarly striking as the vampire's

nemesis, Dr. Van Helsing. Everythingabout the film, from the art direction byBernard Robinson to the musical score byJames Bernard was handled with a

.professionalism that makes the film

"But. . . bu t I hardlY even know you!"

deserving of the praise it has receivedfrom fans the world over. Many consider

-. it to be Hammer's finest achievement;others actually rate is as the best horrorfilm ever made.rotests shy vi.ctim upon receiving THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE, . .

Apparently burned to death in a fieryconflagration, three years later he wasrevived again for FRANKENSTEIN

CREATED WOMAN. The major menacein this film was not a creature piecedtogether by the Baron, but rather, abeautiful young girl (Susan Denberg)"created" by Frankenstein from the

crippled body of the village imikeeper's

off heads and - in a sequence cut fromthe American print - rapes lovelyVeronica Carlson. The "monster", on the

other hand, is portrayed by Freddie Jonesas a victim of unfortunate circumstances.The unwitting recipient of a braintransplant, Jones evokes much pathos asthe confused victim of the Baron'sexperiments. Trapped once again in a

Fisher followed with a direct sequel

three year later, in 1 9 6 P Though titledTHE BRIDES OF DRACULA, the Counthimself was conspicuously absent fromthe proceedings. Cushing, however, was

on hand as Van Helsing, this time battlingthe evil Baron Meinster (David Pee!), ahandsome young disciple of the King

Vampire. Generally less exciting than theoriginal, BRIDES climaxes with a thrilling

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In' 1963, Hammer enlisted Don Sharpto direct THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE

-from a Screenplay' by John Elder. NoelWillman was cast as the sinister leader of

a vampire cult in exotic Bavaria. Though

on the surface the plot is fairly routine, it

reaches interesting depths and, at times,extends the limits of the vamp.re legendsdeveloped . in previous pictures· .. TheU n d e ~ d in this film fort;xample., a r q u i t e capable of moving a b o u t . d u i ~ n g the day,though they shun the direct raY$ of thesun. Ravna (Willman) alludes to tho fact

that he has become a v a m p i r ~ due to ascientific experiment that "went wrong:"No other fIlm before it did as much to

explore the deep-rooted sexualsymbolism of vampirism as did THE KISSOF THE VAMPIRE.

In 1965 Hammer ingeniously revived

Count Dracula himself, reunitingChristopher Lee and director TerenceFisher for DRACULA -- PRINCE OF

DARKNESS. Opening with the climaticsequence from HORROR OF

DRACULA, the sequel went on to showhow the vampire's servant, Klove (PhilipLatham), uses the blood of a fresh victim .

to unify the powdered remains .of his~ " : " " ; . . . .master. Walking the earth once a g a mhissing monster -who d,oes not speak: a .

--'isulgle -·,.ow-0ld>,: ",qurmg"" Ute- _ i r : ' .~ 1 ' i t i r t i a t e ' 1 Y 4 i f ( j w n ~ l : l ' - , ..the . running water of his awn . JnOlltt ;'

Though -it suffers in compa,rison tot h ~

original ·1)RACULA - PRINCE OR

DARKNESS is still a ftpe example of

sincere horror filni production.

The Thirsty Count lay buried beneaththe ice-covered moat for three years, until .

the blood of an injured priest happenedto pass his frozen lips. Soon thecountryside was resounding with the cry:DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE

GRAVE! But, by this time, Lee'scharacter had been reduced in stature and -screen time, the bulk of the actioncentering around cliched romantic

entanglements. By the time were allinvited to TASTE THE BLOOD OFDRACULA, in 1970, Chris Lee held whatamounted to a bit part.

The latest in Hammer's Lee/Draculaseries, SCARS OF DRACULA, is a notch

above TASTE but still a mere shadow of

the first entries. Some intriguing technical>touches (Dracula scaling the steep walls

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lo n Chaney Sr. and Herbert lo m

in th e 1925 and 1962 versions of

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

Chaney had no rna.n n en ,

and lo m liked jumping off high balconies.

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THE HAMMER

HERITAGEMonsters were n't always a part of

our lives. 'Way ba ck in the 20's

-Universal Pix here in the good 01'

U.S.A. started the blood-coveredcameras cranking . .: 1 f l e ystill cranking the m out here, and

in Great Britain have inspired

Hammer to retail the tales of the

American monste rs as if they have

always been British citizens.

Here are their versions of OUR

furry, demented fiends.

Karloff's Universal portrayal of THE 1932

MUMMY had him speaking 8nd seeking a lostlove. The 1968 Hammer Mummy just groaned

whenever the director told him and bandaged asmany people as he could.

Kartoff as the

Monster in the 1931

FRANKENSTEIN was asimple-person wh o

just wanted to be

friends. Unfortunately

he was ugly, and had ..

terrible temPer.Chris lee's Monster

of the '57 CURSE OF

FRANKENSTEIN was amurderous creaturetrom the start. He

started Ooe F rankenstain on the road to

the guillotine and

future atrocities.



pag.-10

Aduet of ;'By the Light of the Silvery Moon?"

or maybe she just didn't agree that he's the greatest Werewolf ever filmed

From all dark realms they come,

slinking, crawling on their

bellies, flapping their wings,

treading on their claws, these

contributors to THE MONSTER

TIMES. Word got out that we

were doing an all-Hammer issue,

and from the unholy hamlet of

Mattagrosso, Pennsylvania (of all

places!) came into our Post

Office Bo x this ,rather

unsolicited manuscript, a '

checklist of -the best and most

often seen and forthcoming

Hammer Horrors. Well, we hadoriginally planned an interview

with Peter Cushing's tailor (the

guy r who makes all thoSe Van

Helsing vests into which

watch pockets Mr. Cushing

always resides his thumbs), but

at the last minute, when / this

checklist came, we postponed

the slated tailor's article for

another issue. Like sometime in

1995. Hencely, we now proudly

present new MT contributor

Steve Wynn's contribution . . .

YeDlcle,CompleatHammerOlecklist

Compiled by Steve Wynn

Key to Ratings: * - Poor•• - Fair

•• • - Good•••• - V ery Good

. . . . . . . - Excellent!

THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN OF

THE HIMILAYAS (1957)-lntel·I igently conceived bu t generally

slow·moving account o f search fo r

legendary "Yet i" with Peter Cushingand Forrest Tucker as your guides.

" M o n s t e r . s " make br i e f

soft-snow·shoe appearance at

finale. ..THE ANNIVERSARY fT968}-Since

Bette Davis made WHA T EVER

HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?

producers have sought to star her in

various "horror hag" roles; this one,in w h i c h sh e p l a y s ' a

mbnsterish-acting, one-eyed mom is

strictly for Bette Davis fans. %•

Kharis? Those days ar:e gone, fOIi

Ham m er has b e a ~ t i f u l an d

voluptuous Valerie ~ e o n as their

latest "Mummy" and its her beautiful

spirit (reincarnated in the form of a20th Century lass) who's killing of f

the desecrarors of her tomb. No t

released in U.S.

TH ·E BRIDES OF DRACULA

(1960)- Typically elaborate Hammer

atmosphere sustains suspense

throughout this early followup to

HORROR OF DRACULA. Cushing

once again uncovers Vampirism in

Central Europe.And a young discipleof he "undead" Dracula. *•• •

C O U N T E S S D R A C U L A

",971)-based on the legendaryElizabeth Bathory of the Middle

Ages, who murdered dozens o f girls

that she might remain forever

youthful, bathing in their bl ood.

Recently filmed and modernized as

DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS, this

Hammer adaptation . follows the

original legend and gets in the swim

o f hings. .. .CREATURES THE WORLD

FORGOT (1971)-A new low for

Hammer. Clipping from the cutting

room floor. It 's Ifke watching ON EMILLION YEARS B.C. without any

d.i n osaurs whatsoever, some

nice-lookin' girls, and a lo t more

senseless brutality and eating of raw

flesh. .%

TH E ' CREEPING UNKNOWN

(1956)-First major Hammer success

(and first in their "Ouatermass"

series with Brian Donlevy as

deteriorate into a, huge, pulsating

shapeless, planNike monstrosity.

Slow-goings at first, bu t stick withit ! ......%

CRESCENDO 1t970}-1f you've seen

this one, count yourselllfJS among the

unfortunate fewl Watner Bros.picked this loser up fbr US release

and after a few early playdates found

they had a bomb. This was a

predictable remake of Hammer's

earl ier PSYCHO'inspired film,

PARANOIAC. %"

THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN

(1957)-Hammer's remake of the

Karloff r:;ANKENSTEIN, the first

THE CURSE OF THE MUMMV"S

- TOMB fT964}-Story of mummy's

tomb being discovered I by

archaeologists who live (but no t too

long) to regret their trespassing(sound familiar?). .. .

THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF

(196T)-Thbught fu l , restrained

adaptation of Guy Endore's TheWerewolf of Paris. One of Oliver

Reed's first starring roles and a film

considered by many to be' the btlst

Lycanthrope picture eiler made.

Beggar rapes a Inute girl and the

off-spring becomes werewolf. Film

traces the unfortunate lad's life into

manhood and his inevitabledestruction. .. ......%

THE DEVIL'S OWN (1967)-Who

would eve, suspect .that witchcraft

could exist in this day an d Bfle insuch a quiet Comish village? ......

D I E ! D I E I MY DARLING

fT965}-Over-iong and often tiring

story of young widow's visit to

secluded country home of her

mother-in-law only to discover the

ol d lady's a religious fanatic who will

stop at nothing to cleanse the girl's

soul • •. even if it means a blood

sacrmce! Ho hum! Watch fo r Donald

(M·A"*S·H) Sutherland in the

supporting role of the lumbering

handyman • •%

DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE

( 1 9 7 1 } ~ H a m m e r ' s newly-discovered

"horror man," Ralph Bates, stars in

this new'takfHJff of the Robert Louis

Stevenson concocted tale of aVictorian doctor who seeks to

separate the good and evil from his

soul. The twist in this version is that

through the use o f female hormones,

the good doctor transforms into

beaut i fu l bu t wicked Martine

Beswick. Reports from abroad are

surprisingly favorably towards this

permissive adaptation of the classic

novel. To be released here later this

. change by the time it ' turns up in the

s ta tes s o m e t i ~ e o·ne"ir t year.

Someth ing l ike DRACULA:

CHELSEA 73 . Film marks the sixth

Hammer·Dracula for Christopher Lee

bu t differs from the previous outings

because of its contemporary settIngin mod, no t merry old England. Plot

has a group of young black magic

practitioners raising the Count's spirit

back from the grave. Unreleased,un·rated.

DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE

GRAVE (1968}.,. . .Sequel to

D R A C U L A - P R I N C E OF

DA R KNESS even lacks the

excitement of that first followup to

Hammer's originat HORROR OF

DRACULA by containing DrlllCula in

the claustrophobic surroundings ofan old dank cellar with highlights

ranging from the highly unlegendary ·

ability of the vampire to yank a stake

from his own heart, to the twO

heroines bickering over who 'will

unzipper their boyfriend's pantsl Still

and all, Lee manages to come

through and save the proceedingsfrom total mediocrity. • • •

D R A C U L A - P R I N C E OF

DARKNESS (1965}-Hammer's

sequelto

their classic HORROR OFDRACULA is often unfairly

maligned by those who would

'compare it with . the original.

Actua l ly , ' it 's a well.mou'!ted,

excellently cast and exciting horror

film, bu t with its best sequences

lesser variations on those. fromHORROR OF DRACULA. • .. .%

THE DEVIL'S BRIDE (1968}-Blsck

magic, hypnotism, nightmares, n i l



ster Times

.>

Lookl Up in the sky . . • it's a Bird .. • it's a PIIIM .. •

F R O M S P AC E

in the "Quatermass"o f sf-horror (following THE

UNKNOWN) with

. moments being lOme

&tIqIHNJCBS feeturing anBLOB-lilce mIJU

mBllkind's extinction.

IntBl/igent fo r this typeIHHrffI.\ ••• '

EVIL OF FRANKENSTEINthe . seemingly

horrific adventures ofn Frenkenstei/1 (Cushing) wh o is

p,tr , f!IIiVing BIId co-ordinatingn Qfhis homef1llldB monster.h_ to be

MILLION YEARS TO EARTHthis film was originally

it wa s qlI ic lc ly

by Kubrick's 200t and

OF THE APES, althoughis far more Intriguing than

thOMl two pictuIK Third

IIIst "OuatetmllSS" lIKitlS find.

indtimiteble professor combating

tribe from Mars who

originally responsible fo r

mlllJ's age-old belief in theno t to mention

ow n intelligence, also.script culminates with

of the horned "dellil"

RBCBntly telecast on CBS• • • • •

U R·SIDED TRIANGLEand silly SF about

who can't hllllB the girl of

so he creates a double of

The joke is that the thing'sIKiouslyl ."

CREATED

(1966)-Only the Baron

could take a deed boy's

and a deformed girl's body, andthe two in the personage of

atumni Susan Denberglusual, he couldn't foresee the

consequences as ' the

only

is to kill those who werefo r the boy's death.

bu t sustained by

wi t and polish_ ..

dilembodied heads,' horrible lIisagesand o t h e r i n cong ruous

sensationalistic thrills. .. "

THE . GORGON (1964)-Leisurely

paced, wel/-mede yam with aJekyll-Hyde/werewolf slant. Youngwoman becomes snake-haired

mythological creature whOle gaze

turns men to stone on nights of thefu l l moon. Stars Lee an dCushing • • • •

HANDS OF TH E RIPPER

(1971)-Yet unseen by Americanaudiences is this most unusual of all

"Jack the Ripper" films. Premise hasJack the Ripper murdering his wife infroni of their young daughter to stop

her f rom denouncing him.

Subsequently ' he lIanishes, only to

return years later supernaturally to

force the daughter to take up wherehe left off. Unreleased, un-ratBd_

.....

T H E HORROR O F

FRANKENSTEIN (1970)-We never

thought we'd see the day Hammer

would make a film so wretched. Asemi-satiric remake of their originalCURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

Cushing is replaced by Ralph Bateswho is often more interested inseducing his housekeeper thananything else, although he does

manage to create a monstBrreminiscent of the same in JESSEJAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S

DAUGHTER. Bad interiors and poor

cllsting doem't help. " •

T H E H O U N D

BASKERVILLES

OF THE

( 1959)-After

seeing the latest TV-made lIersion

with Stewart Grainger as Sherlock

Holmes, this Hammer lIersion nearlyemerges 8s .a classic! Cushing makesfo r an excellent detectille one notch

below Basil Rathbone, and Lee isquite conllincing as Si r HenryBaske",ille. • • • •

H O U S E O F F R I G H T

(1960) -Hammer's lIersions of

famous nOllels (this one being aversion of Stevenson's Jekyll-HydeJ

..... '1

NO. it's Herbie "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" Lom leaping his last in the '62 Hammer remake

very debonair Mr. Hyde, bu t theuniquentlSl could no t elellate the film

to the stature of the Frederic

March-John Barrymore or Spencer

Tracy lIersions. .. "

HYSTERIA ( t965)-Tr i te, bu twe/I-made little shocker loaded with

the usual Mysterious Voices and ellena shower-murder obll iously

"inspired" by PSYCHO. ..

THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE( t 963) -Young honeymooning

couple become inlloilled with 'lIampirecult in tum-of-the-century Ballaria.

Sounds commonplace, but far aboveallerage due to sensuous and eroticdellelopment o f the Undead.

Released to TV butchered (with

additional ly-fi lmed scenes by

Unillersal), re-titled KISS OF

EVIL ....

LOST CONTINENT (1968)-Terrible

effects and childish ,edllentures on a• "moMttH-ridden" continent (you71''''lje surprised to learn that this

continent is abouta mile square!) is athrow-back to the darlc ages of

cinema macabre. Really a stinker and

hardly a worthy adaptation of DennisWheatley's novel Uncharted Sea •

LUST FO R A VAMPIRE

(1971)-Terrible miscasting of

lIampires (who aren't abolle making

love to humans to the tune of"Strange LOlle"), week production

lIalues and n e ~ t to no thrills in thisdisappointing followup to far better

VAMPIRE LOVERS. .. "THE MAN WHO COULD CHEATDEATH ft959)-Elaborage restagingfo r the better o f 1944 chiller. THE

MA N IN HALF MOON STREET. Aphysician prolongs his life by over ahundred years through glandtmnsplanrs. • • •

MANIAC (1!J63)-You71 become 8maniac if you're forced to sit throughthis drawn-out mess. It is . •• oncemo re . •• in the PSYCHO

"tradition." " •

THE REPTILEw. once a beautifulyoung woman, bu t

nOw just another

sn•• n-the-gr_.

thanx to .. upper_ t ide reptil.

worshippingdevil cult.

MOON ZERO TWO (t970}-Would

you believe a space horse-opera ofsorts? That's what this essentially is

and it's no t worth Sitting through fo r

free, hBllllen forbid paying to see it l

GawrJ.awful special effectsl ."

TH E MUMMY (1959}-First of

Hammer's · lamentable "mummy"

ser ies i, nea r ·exce l len t

conglomeration o f ' plot elementsl ifted from the old Karloff-ChaneyJr. fil ms. Lee is the monster ; Cushing

his nemesis, and the settings arepar t icu la r ly eerie in theiratmosphere. • • • •

TH E MUMMY'S SH RO U D

(196B)-/f compared . to the filmab o ie, this f i lm prollides anindication of ho w much Hammer has

slipped in ten yean. The zipper

running down the mummy costumeis plainly lIisible and although there

are a couple o f 'horrifically inspiredmoments, chalk this one up as anover-all colossal dudl

THE NANNY (1965)-The first film

Bette Davis did for Hammer is farsuperior to THE ANNIVERSARY.

She's a "nanny" who's responsiblefo r the accidental death of one o f her

charges. The demile she's blamed on

the girl's older brother. Back· from

school, the boy is placed ' in thewoman's care onee more, and a duel

of wits commences, to see who canmurder the other first. • •

NIGHT CREATURES (t962}-a

much more terrifying lIersion of the

same story about smugglers and

pirates which Disney more recently

did on TV as "The Scarecrow o f

Romney Marsh. ,. Features PeterCushing. • • •

NIGHTMARE (t963}-The ol d

familiar drive-the-young-heiress-m«i

story benefits from some fine black

and white photography. .. "TH E OL D DARK HOUSE

(t963)-Any similarity between thisWilliam Castel co-production with

Hammer and the classic Karloff film

o ft 32 is purely accidental.

Un-funny in the extreme. ."

ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.(1966)-We a:l know that callemenand dinosaurs lilled ages apart from

one another bu t who really cares,especially when we halle RaquelWelch on the one hand and RayHarryhausen's bril l iant dinosauranimation on the other? It pu t' anaudience in every theater, and a girlin ellery dinosaur. • • • •

PARANOIAC (1963)-ls the figure, the young lady sees at night her

long-dead brother returned from the

grave or someone ou t to drive her

mad? It won't take you long to figureout. • •

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

(1962) -qlYl' , '. hoqi,fyjng- - makeup of Lon Cf)aney; gone is 'the

beautiful romantic orchestral scorefrom the Claude Rains version; " , .

third time around fo r this Gaston

Leroux story is crude and insulting.laced with cheap blood and gore

thrills. Herbert Lam's Phantom i.

decidedly and deleriously dull. • - "

THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES(1966)-Abolle-allerage Hammer,

about inexplicable deaths occurring na small Cornish lIi11age traced to alocal Voodoo Cult. The zombie

makeup is horrendously ollerdone,almost comic, bu t the script and

performers make up fo r thedeficiency. • • • •

.RASPUTIN - THE MAD MONK(1966)-One of Christopher Lee's

most memoreble roles as ·the Russian

monk who sought to contror the

nation through its Czarina lackshistorical details and concentmtBs onthe supposedly superhuman powersof the insane clergyman. A preacherfeature. • • • •

THE REPTILE f t966)-A man ispunished ,by a stiange c,ult which

causes his beautiful daughterto change into a snake

woman. The repti l ian makeup

scaled new frightS. • • •

Continued onpage 24



The Monster Times

HE .WAS BORN INTO AN ' AGE OF SUPERSTITION AND FEAR . . . A TIME OF MYSTERIOUS L:EGENDS

AND H I D D ~ N TRUTHS. HE WAS A MAN LIKE NO OTHER MAN, FOR HE WAS LEON, AND HE BORE THE

MANY YEARS AGO A BEGGER CAME TO A SMALL

SPANISH, VILLAGE IN SEARCH OF CHARITY. HE

FOUND HIS WAY INTO THE HOME OF THE VILLAGE

MARQUIS, ONE OF THE RICHEST-AND

CRUELEST-MEN IN THE LAND.

OF COURSE,

, BUT YOU MUST

BEG FOR IT!

BEG,DOG!

BEG FOR YOUR DINNER!

UNKNOWN •TO THE MARQUIS AND

UNHEEDED BY HIS SADISTIC GUARDS,

THE CELL THE YOUNG GIRL WAS

LOCKED IN WAS NOT EMPTY! TWAS

THE HOME OF A LONG FORGOTTEN

I'RISONE.R .. .

THE MARQUIS FINALLyc: .qEW

TIRED OF HIS "PET" AND HAD HIM

THROWN INT O ONE OF THE

DUNGEONS, . '

YEARS PASSED AND THE BEGGER WAS LONG

FORGOTTEN. THE MARQUIS' ILL·TEMPER HAD

LOST HIM THE FEW FRIENDS HE HAD, AND HE

BECAME A WITHERED RECLUSE. ONE DAY,

THE MARQUIS EYED THE VOLUPTUOUS

SERVANT·GIRL OF .HIS CASTLE.

WAIT A MOMENT, , .

I'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE!

YOU'RE THE MUTE GIRL

WHO WORKS BELOW

IN MY DUNGEONS!

COME HITHER, WENCH!

I WISH US TO

HAVE A

"TALK", . .

DON ALFREDO, I'M FRIGHTENED!

SUPPOSE . . . SUPPOSE THE CHILD

IS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY???

YOU' DO NOT K ...OW OF

THE CUR.SE! WOMEN OF

MY VILLAGE BELIEVEA CHILD BORN ON

CHRISTMAS DAY

IS A DEMON . ,.

. .. AND HE WAS NAMED LEON!

/ '



FATHERI .. • I HAVE

HORRIBLE DREAMSI

I FIND MYSELF HUNTING

THE FORESTS AT NIGHT.

SEARCHING FOR ANIMALS .

SEARCHING FOR PREYI

OH, HELP ME FATHER,

HELP MEl '

YOUR SON, DON ALFREDO,

IS A WEREWOLF!

ONLY YOUR LOVE

AND CARE CAN SAVE HIM

FROM A HORRIBLE FATE! .. .

INSPECTOR, MY SON CANNOT REMAIN

IN YOUR JAIL!

TO BE BRUSHED ASIDE.

TONIGHT WHEN THE MOON

HAS FULLY EMERGED,

NO BARS CAN HOLD HIM!

YOU MUST PERMIT ME

TO TAKE HIM AWAY!

/SENOR YOU ARE MADI

GpODDAYI

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R.R

LEE INAN E X C L U S I V EONSTER INTERVI

2

MONSTER TIMES contributingeditor, Ron V. Borst knows of whathe speaks when it comes to

, vampires, an d partiC;l;IlarlNHammer's head vampire, C"ris lee,

._d ~ t r . l , . e e fearfully ; r i e n d l y . ~ q J j ! t ~ Y . J i 9 .. ~ ; ~ ~

British actor's household severaltimes, interviewing Mr. le e atlength, in preparation for a book,forthcoming. Chris lee's residenceis not so much an abominableg o t h i ~ decorated in gri.stle and hide,~ f ,. ii , U da t .e, d . . l g . c ~ J t s . $

s

brownstone ' in london. How littleMr. lee's 'neighbors suspect, thatliving right down the street fromthem, that fellow who golfs avidlyon weekends and always keeps hisJaw.n neatly cut, during 'the workingj veek ..llrai,n,s ...t h ~ ~ J o o d J romVQunggirls" tortures children, slinks aboutin' graveyards, pieces together hunksof dismembered corpses intoliving-dead monstrosities, and sings -opera.

But what's most intriguing to

In

T A S T ETHE BLOOD

OF DRACULA,Dracula tasted

the blood of others.

As the

Terror of

the Orient,used rickshaw salesman

Chris playsTHE FACE

OF FU MANCHU.

Mr. and Mrs. Chris ·Lee

relax in their London home.

readers of TMT, we suspect, is notso much of the gratuitous gore

.Chris' le e has spilled, as whatfuture masterworks of fear ' andfantasy Chris lee 's .been

perpetrating. So, Ron Borstswitches on his tape-recorder, andlets Mr. le e Hammer away withamusing and queasving quotes . . ;

TMT: Since your European remake otStoker's Dracula, COUNT DRACULA, iscurrently tied up in litigation here (SeeTMT No.4, "Dracula Goes to Court," by

Jim Wnoroski, Editor.) perhaps you couldtell us you r views on the film?

MR . LEE: The film was made in ,Spain,mainly. There was talk of doing some of

Following in her pa's footsteps,Christina Lee beckons menacingly(?1

it in Czechoslovakia and Germany . I'm

not quite sure whether they did some of

the exteriors. Made in Barcelona. Jess



"Stop using that greasy it's to o late,warns Chris in THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN."

Harker, is played by a purewith the slightly improbable

of Fred Williams. I think he mayto chanle that! Dr. Van Helsing is

.Cameraman is Manolowho's done most of the T o ~ e r s

""excellent _ameraman. Good

uiIle, 'a9od quality. Some ofvery 1000. WIi'lt I've

"D,i stil1a l ~ o k s

very~ o d .

.ci Q oply iay that it comes nearer to

DRACULA, than my other

. I've made about thisc h a r a ~ t e r . It's a1ao n e ~ e r to the

the special effects are like, I haveidea. I, in my appearance, am

DRACULA the way he wroteas an old man and getting

to the

although, of course, it's

to makebook into a film would need

the film wouldfor two and a half hours. Indeed, a

of mine, but whether or not you'd

the inspiration for Bill Nelson'sof this issue .

the money up for a picture of that

don't know. It goes back to thethat for a film of this kind they

won't spend more than so much

They're not interested, quiteof this

they term in a somewhatfilm-for more

of money. Theywon't, it's as simple as that. With the

at theof making a

picture; J .haven't 'apne my dubbing and.post s y n c h i n g ~ so I )e not seen anythingon the screen.

I suppose it will be successful, I onlyhope so. It still isn't the fuU .def"mition of

what Stoker w r o t ~ , bu t it's the nearest, Ithink, that 's e.vei- been to it. I don't go

. ushing . around · in cape and absurdevemng ; ~ ' d i e l f S 1ird . t " ' e ~ a o r d ~ . fDd

Years ago, someone told THE MUMMY to go

dry up •• • and he did! (Chris in 1959)

things like that because I think it's really

spoiling the story.I go aroun'" wearing a black frockedcoat, and an Inverness-a short capedcoat-a top hat and moustache. I saysome of the things Stoker wrote. So, at

least we made a brave attempt.

TMT: What are your favorite horrorfilms? Short horror stories?

MR. LE E : Horror films . . . ConradVeid t ' s M AN WHO LAUGHS,

NOSFERATU-the greatellt vampire filmever made, I think. George Clouzot'sWAGES OF FEAR, very definitely ahorror film. PSYCHO, perhaps. It aUdepends on what category you pu t horrorinto. Looking back to the Germandays-THE GOLEM, the second version Ithink. (See TMT No : I and articles on

NO S F E R A T U a n d THE

GOLEM-Editor.) THE FLY, in someways; was a very exceUent film I thought.Very weU done, indeed. It's not reaUy ahorror film, but very horrifying-CarlDreyer's DA YS OF WRATH-a Danishpicture which appeared some years ago,based on witchcraft. Many of the picturesmade by Lon Chaney, the greatest masterof them all. PHANTOM OF THEOPERA, HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE

page 15

EXcerpted from an article prepared fo r PHOTON magazine. Copyright (C), 1972 by Mark Frank .

anything by Poe, Machen, Lovecraft,Bradbury or Bloch. You can take your

pick. Very difficult to answer as I'vehundreds of books of short 'horror stories.Maupassant, Balzac. Every great writerhas contributed to this vein. Blackwood,of course. Bierce, E.F. Benson-"The

Room In the Tower." Montague RhodesJames, fomer provost of Eton College,who actu.uy interviewed .me in 1935 formy schol8rship at Eton. I suppose "The

Ghost Story of an Antiquary." Almostanytbing he wro.te. "Whistle QIId I7l

Come to You My 'Llld," "The A. h Tree,""Count MtIg1Iul." For sheer terror andsuperl> w r i ~ , I dOD't think you caD"re8llv b'ftfhim.-

TMT: You've often ,stated that you havetried to "ring a ~ e r t a i n sadness .or

loneu.tess to your portrayill of Dracula.Where is this loneliness particularlyevident in HORROR OF DRACULA?

MR. LEE: It's only exprel8ed in anoccasional way of sayma something. It's

Jlot in the ~ o g u e itself of course. Thesadness may not have come to me in thecourse of doing the first HammerDRACULA . Perhaps it was somethin8that strock me later, I don't exactlyrecall. There was certainly much more

speed in the first one because I was muchyounger at that time and did more things I

physicaUy.

TMT: Do you have a stuntman whoregularly serves you in the capacity of a"double?"

M R . L E E : Y e s , E d d i e

Powell . . . charming chap; very good! He j

was in a smaU part in SHE as well as thetitle character in THE MUMMY'SSHROUD.

TMT: One of Hammer-s better fJJ.ms inrecent years has been THE 'DEVILRIDES OUT (U.S.: THE DEVIL'SBRIDE). Would you agree .with . that .assessment?

. .CASTLE OF -THE LIVING DEAD.

MR.. bEE: Except in one respect-specialeffects. They llkimped OD ·. .specialeffects which were not convincing, bu t itwas a good looking f"Ilm. It mJdealot ofmoney in Eqland; but it WItS badly

promoted and presented in- Americaunder a different title because one of theAmerican exhibitors sa.id everyone willthink it 's a western!

TMT: Could you eiaborate on some of

the accidents or amusfug anecdotes duringthe course of your career'!

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'1'1 IRB U'1'1ES yJimWnoroski

OIinks

Berova

shows usTHE

VENGEANCE

OF SHE

HAMMER'S HAREM:THE PRETTY LADY

DEPARTMENT

Ever since England's Hammerits

of horror films inCURSE OF

cinematic female beauty. Each

ma yor may no t bebu t in

you can be sure that anamount of flesh will be bared

the current starlet-even more so· years due to the

reater permissiveness.

But returning to the early years,o of the first girls to enter into

of pulchritude

\

'IIIEBFASI'

Gaunt, whothe first two horror remakes,CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and

HORROR OF DRACULA, both ofwhich are now considered screenclassics.

Miss Gaunt played a curvaceousservant maid in CURSE and then

became the sinister vampire girl inDRACULA; while Miss CoUrt hadthe more conventional heroine part

in the former film. Mter / theseinitial outings, Miss Gaunt dropped

ou t of the pictu,:e as it were, butbeautiful Hazel went on to suchother fine productions as TH EMAN WHO COULD CHEATDEATH and the Poe-Corman films.

The sexual affixation continuedalong a somewhat subdued line infollowing films such" as TH EMUMMY, HOUND OF THEBASKERVILLES, and KISS OF

Valerie Gaunt

conjures up ideas other than just

horror or terror), while elements.such as assaults and worse stuff inCURSE OF THE WEREWOLFindicated a step toward more overtsensualism.

But the first female to really usea Hammer film as a stepping stone

to bigger and better things wouldhave to be the great s ~ r e e n beauty

Ursula Andress in the role of theevil temptress SH E. The film, whichalso starred Peter Cushing and

. Christopher Lee, was on e of themore lavish of Hammer'sofferings-although the MGMpicture simply failed to live up to

its projected expectations. Andnow even the show's superb violentscenes are cu t for TV, with onlyMiss Andress remaining to treat theeye!

And following SHE, the order of

All wired to go; SuSan Denberg

& Peter Cushing

in FRANKENSTEIN

CREATED

WOMAN

beast shifted drastically in offern lib, with the films being more ashowcase for actresses rather than

promoting horror content. Playboy

Playmate Susan Denberg appearedin FRANKENSTEIN CREATEDWOMAN in 1965; a borderlinepiece saved only by the talents ofPeter Cushing and character actor .Tho r l e y Wal t e r s who

tongue-and..cheeked it all the way.Even the publicity stills were"flesh" primed with body shots no t

even from the motion-picture.

Th e next Hammer femaleextravaganza was the first in a longline of prehistoric epics basedloosely on the Hal Roach work of1940 starring V ictor Mature. ONEMILLION YEARS B.C.; the filmthat no doubt catapulted RaquelWelch to world wide sexual



Raquel Welch

prepares to get

a new fu r coat in

MILLION YEARS B,C,

and

have a sure hit-and it

So Hammer kept th e BCsets standing until they

squeeze ou t a quickie entitled

WOMEN, with

co-star Martine

and a then new coming sext Edina Ronay. But even these

o great figures, as well as all th e

extras, could no t dispele lack of talent and Ray

model animation that

Don Chaffey's B.C.

Also at this time, Hammer wasthe lesser known starlets

quick as th e young lasses reached

proper age; giving them just

billing rather than th e

"Beauty and the Beast." An inseperable couple, ever since Carl Denham sent his camerasinto the jungle to photograph Fay Wray and King Kong. Movie producers now know

that horror is more horrible, monsters more monstrous if there are beautiful womenaround to reveal true horror (and themselves) to the audience. But even though th e

creature and the girl are now an accepted fact in movie lore, only one studio seems to

have made the selection of their women a fine art. Finding gorgeous, buxo m Europeangirls and turning them into sensual, sex-symbol women is a sideline that probably provesas interesting to Hammer Films 'personnel, as it is profitable in box-office terms.Recruiting little-known models and actresses, or those already on the roadto fame , s a formula that may account for the fact

that Hammer almost never loses money on any of their films.

Veronica Carlson

doing the

Bunny Hop

with Peter Cus hing in

FRANKENSTEIN

MUST BE DESTROYED

were next to abyssmal.Carita had to fight th e sight oflocation trucks in th e background

shots in THE VIKING QUEEN, and

her measurements kept ·most of th e

viewer's eyes in th e foreground

anyway. Buxom Dana Gillespiemade a wonderfully envelopingappearance in TH E LOSTCONTINENT . . . to o bad it was

he r last. Andf i n a l ~ y

cool beautyElizabeth S e l l e r s ~ e p t even th e

Pharoah's blood boiling in THEMUMM'f"S SHROUD.

Then, toward the end of the

sixties, with permissivenessbecoming the order of the day ·inth e U.S., the new beauties begandisrobing a great deal faster an d

showing a great deal more.

TH E GRAVE, following with

FRAN 'KENSTEI-N MUST BEDESTROYED, an d SCARS OF

DRACULA. Although she never

went "all th e way", she stands asone of the best Hammer Beauty

Queens-she could ac t as well aslook good to the male audience.

Then in 1970 came THE

VAMPIRE LOVERS, Hammer's

first venture into the skin scene.Th e film boasted Peter Cushing aswell as five of th e most sensuallyexciting females to come along insome t ime- the prettiest of whowas Swedish born Ingrid Pitt. Both

Miss Pitt's screen · charisma and

measurements (not necessarily inthat order) prompted Hammer

If SHE

DRIPPED BLOOD, and people in

the know are predicting a bright

future fo r her in horror/suspense

films.Bu t in th e true Hanuner tradition

of churning out the quickies, theear ly seven t i es sa w such"masterp ieces" as DOCTORJEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE an d

HANDS OF THE RIPPER hi t the

British screens. Victoria Vetri andfriends bounced their way to fame

and f o r t u n e in WHENDINOSAURS RULED TH EEARTH, and Julie Ege of Bond

film fame doffed al l for he r starring

role in Columbia's CREATURES

THE WORLD FORGOT.So the curves and smiles and long



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AlP's FROGS, had its WorldPremiere in Panama City, Florida afew weeks ago, so watch for it inthe N.Y. area any day, if it's not

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of his castle ; telepathically commanding a

vicious monster-bat; etc.) are marred byextremely low production values. Lee is

anemic as Count Dracula, covered with

pasty makeup and trying his best to rise

above the material he has been forced to

work with. Here in the United States, we

are still awaiting the release of his

COUNT DRACULA, what is rumored to

be a far more faithful re-telling 'of the

Dracula legend than any of the Hammer

products (See DRACULA goes to court,

in ·MT No.4-Ed.).Simultaneously with its "Dracula"

films, Hammer initiated the first of a

series of movies centered around thevampire created by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

in his Carmilla. Released in 1970 as THEVAMP fRE LOVERS and produced bythe dedicated team of Harry Fine and

Michael Style, the ftIm starred sensuous

beauty Ingrid Pitt as one of the survivingmembers of the vampiric Karnstein

family. Containing a t m o s p h ~ i i c settings,fme acting (especially 'by MiSs Pitt and

Peter CJJshing) and a few.novel touches,THE V AMPIRE LOVERS was a

refreshing variation on the typical

Hammer vampire fare . Jt followed

with an immediate sequel; LUST FOR A

VAMPIRE, with. the less talented (i fequally VOluptuous) Yutte Stensgaard as

QarrniUa.lUJph . B ~ i e s J l l ! l k l ! ; notable: - a p ~ .. . a, fapp.isJt. dent::o£·the

occult: and there' is enough bare femaleanatomy on view to compensate for itsplot deficiencies. .

MONSTERS FROM AGRAB-BAG

, qJRSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961)presented Oliver Reed as one of the most

Continued from pag& 15

MR. LEE : I've had terrible accidents inall of them, practically. I've broken ribs,and pulled muscles; pulled the muscles in

my back and shoulders in THE MUMMYand cracked my kneecaps in that swampwith aU that machinery that provided the

bubbles an d jets of water in the samefilm. The dog bit me at the end of THEHOUND OF THE BASKER VILLES. InHORROR OF DRACULA, during thescene when I was to throw MelissaStribling's double in the hole in theconclusion, I, lost my balance and fell inon top of her the first time!

THE GORGON was the funniest insome respects. In this, Peter Cushing andI bad a lot of fun. We're great kidders andboth of us caught the habit of making theother one laugh, which is, sometimes,quite disastroUs. In THE GORGON,Peter was called Dr . Namaroff. So, oneday I called him Dr. "Nasty Cough." Wew ~ e f'mished for the rest of the film.

Everytime I said Dr. Namaroff, he lookedaway_ I said it looking up in the air-we

just couldn't look at each other!Same with Vincent Price and myself in

THE OBLONG BOX. There I was,spoIlting blood aU over the place and hehad this huge cape on. He couldn't get upbec:ause I had rolled over on it , so he said,"Yoa're ou my train!" I had to roll overapia .

ferocious lycanthropes ever offered, as

well as an interesting story based on Guy

Endore's The Werewolf of Paris. Our

special MONSTER TIMES comic strip

this issue is . CURSE OF THE

WEREWOLF, incidentally.One fmal horror .series worth

mentioning concerns psychologi«;:althrillers, such as MANIAC (1962),NIGHTMARE (1962) and DIE! DIE! MY

DARLING! (1965.), all patterned after

the WHAJ EVER'HA.PPENED TO_P , , -YJANE-type psycho drama iliat we 'ye aU

become too familiar with over the years.

SCIENCE FICTION,BRITISH STYLE

In 1952 Terence Fisher directedHammer's first sci-fi flick, FOUR-SIDED

TRIANGLE, based on the William F.

MR. LEE: Ruined by the appearance of

the demon! I think that things like thedemon's tongue sticking out and firec'oming out were quite unnecessary. Inthat director's earlier film, THE CA T

PEOPLE, one of the most frighteningscenes I've ever seen was the one with thegirl in th e darkened swimming

pool . . . because you never knew exactlywhat was menacing her! That's theanswer to how to make good films of thiskind-what you don't see is what's not

behind the door. or is!

TMT: You completed a film in Spainprior to COUNT DRACULA which hasbeen released abroad as THE BLOODYJUDGE or THE THRONE OF FIRE.Could you give us a preview of what it'sabout?

MR. LEE: I play the part of Lord JusticeJeffries-Baron George Jeffries of Wem,who was Lord Chief Justice of Englandduring the reign of James II. Heultimately became Lord Chancellor ofEngland, something' he particularlywanted to be . He was a very complex, .

very confusing character. He was a greatman in many ways, a man of immensewit, great charm, great intelligence,brilliant brain.

At the same time, the judge was a manwho, as they say, "frequented lowcompany, drank greatly and was oftenseen in the company of loose women!"Also, a man who was capable of violentgusts of temperment and anger. One

Is it the bird man of Alcatraz ?no it's a flyinl! Pteradactyl

from WHEN DINOSAURSRULED THE EARTH.

Temple novel of the same name. It was a

rather boring little tale of a scientist who

creates a machine that can duplicate

anything and decides to make a double of

the girl he loves, having lost the real thingto a rival. Fisher also directed '

SPACEWAYS the following year, with an

equally unimpressive. result.

With THE CREEPING UNKNOWN in

1956, Haffimer broke . into the worldm a r k e t 'for the fust time and found

themselves p e r - h i t First in the

series.created bf the fertile mind of NigelKneale about Prof. Bernard Quatermass,

the picture was a cerebrally satisfying

blend of science fiction and horror. Itssequel, ENEMY FROM SPACE, had

Brian Donlevy repeating his role as Prof.Quatermass, this time fighting an alien

invasion which has taken root in a secret

hemorrhoids. This may have contributedtowards the lJloody Judge's savageattitude towards the prisoners in the dockand towards his refusal to let them plead.They were damned before they evenopened their mouths; "You rogue, youdog, you will hang!"

"How Can I kill thee . . . Let me Count the ways,"

This is historical fact and a great dealof what I say in the picture is actuallytaken from the trials themselves, whichare quoted in books of the period. I canonly say that I did my best within theconfines of the script to create a

government installation. It was ten years

before the third and fmal Quatermassfilm FIVE MILLION YEARS TO

EAihH , reached the screen. Andrew Keir

inherited the role of "Prof. Q" the

forceful scientist, and Nigel Kneale

provided his most brilliant screenplay yet;a faSCinating premise that juxtaposed thethreat of Martian invasion with the

terrifying thought that we had already

\ been invaded - millions of years ago bydying Martians who had mutated our

simian ancestors in an attempt to create acolony by proxy on our planet. The fmal

reel depicts the conjuring up of the living

image of the devil, .hundreds 0'£ feet high,draWing on the unconscious minds of thepeople aroun d it for its power.

HAMMERING AWAY WITHA STONE AXE

This fmal category covers a multitude

_of sins, such as the ftlmic adaptations of

H. Rider Haggard's SHE (with UrsulaAndress) and THE VENGEANCE OF

SHE (with Olinka Berova); the awful

THE LOST CONTINENT, based on a

novel by Dennis Wheatley; _and _the_

prehistoric problems encountered by such

lovely ladies as Raquel Welch and

Victoria Vertri in ONE MILLION

YEARS B.C . and WHEN DINOSAURS

RULED THE EARTH, respectively •. Ofcourse, despite the obvious special effects

provided by the heroines, the main claimto fame of these otherwise plain saoo'&stone epics are the marvelous visual·accomplishments of Ray H a r r y h a u ~ n and Jim Danforth, d i n o ~ u r ' experts;both.

cO.ur bd ef:survey H a R l I l l e r a ! t l i a S , by no . means, intended to ·pr6vide ' thereader with a comprehensive listing of the

fantasy ftlms made by that studio over

the past twenty years. Rather, it was our

desire to skim over the type of fare

Hammer has been offering us and, with

the proper prospective, look to what theypromise us in the future . •

don't know what they mean by that. Imaintain that the test comes with a badpart, because if you can surmount the

difficulties that are against you and not inyour favor and still do something which isrecognizable and create a character,you've overcome great disabilities and

disadvantages and I thinkthat is

moreto

your credit if you can achieve this. . .

Thus ended this first interview. ChrisLee was to give several' more interviews to

Jim Wnoroski and myself, over the courseof the next two years. I have since beencompiling a book [rom them, which willbe published in a few months, and

probably be reviewed in THE MONSTER

TIMES.

Then we were given a picturesque tour

of Chris Lee 's mini-manse, poring over hisgothic library of ancient bound volumesof forgotten horror lore, and saw some

beautiful photos and paintings whichgrace his walls.

Finally at the end o f the day, thelov ely Mrs. Lee offered us some

refreshment and drink and young

Christina gave us each a "sweet" whichwe la te r post-dubbed, "Chris Lee

Candy " - ke eping the charm as asomewhat special souvenir o f the day.

So all in all, it was a quite eventfulafternoon for the both of us as wegrudgingly said farewell to the

Christoph er Lee household, bu t we both

k new th e thrilling memories would linger .on and on! As we trudged back to our



the Monster Ti'mes

HORRORS by Drake DouglasPublished by John Baker,Pall Mall, London, S.W. 1

"Dear Reader:Lay in a stock of silver bullets,

necessary for killing werewo lves. Openth e ,window to the sunlight thatvanquishes vampires. You are about tomeet the most terrifying assortment of

beings ever to stalk the pages of a book orto cause an audience to squeal in horror.

' Many of these charmers first appeared

in classics of literature, later to star inclassics of the films. Dracula, for instance,

ot his first taste . ot blood in BramStoker ' s novel and was then

unforgettably portrayed by Bela Lugosi

in. th e movies. Mary Shelley'sKarloff with

Elsa as THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

his masterly role as th e monster, to befollowed by many other actors, althoughhe remains at the head of th e class . Therewere Frankenstein sequels ad

infinitum - and, in the case of a littlenum ber called I Was a Teen-agedFrankenstein, ad nauseam. JohnBarry more made his first big motion .picture success in Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde; Lon Chaney, Sr. made history asthe Phantom of the Opera. Edgar Allan

approach to his bizarresubject is Ugh thearted but his research is

vast, into both the llterature of horrorand its translation into fi lm s. He hasproduced the definitive compendium ofhorror entertainm ent, and a handyvolume to have by yo u to settle

arguments about, for example, the nameof Frankenstein's monster (Adam) andthe first true horror movie (The Cabinetof Dr. Caligari, in 1919). Eight pages of

macabre photoJ;raphs add to th e fun. "

. • nice introduction . . . makes you

thinK you're going to enjoy the book,

Right? Wrong! That's the selling copy on

the book's dust jacket.

Published in Great Britain in 1966

(Remember . . . this is an 'Everything

English' issue), HORRORS (and we do

mean Horrors) seems to be a rushed-out

product of the British . horror-cycle

war!<edby!hl! Hammer F,ilm .factofY,,,

page 25

flick, then sat down and realized he

didn't know too much about it. However,

determined man, this didn't stop

him from wanting to do a book_ So he

decided write a "serious history" in a

funny sort of way. Unfortunately, the

two extremes don't come off too well,

and we're left with a book that's no t

much fun , has some errors, and is no t

likely to hold any place of importance onanyone's bookshelf. . .

Tre author goes through the different

types of monster, and is very careful no t

to mention too many specific years (for

instance, he mentions Universal's 1932

version of THE MUMMY as dating "f rom

the early 'thirties"). The knowledge he

used in his book seems to come mostly

from seeing the films, and are filled with

his personal, and somewhat cockeyed

, Drake D o ~ g l a apparently set ' out to

make a detailed histofy of the horrorChaney J,:s hair today and gone'tomorrow if the-moon don"t shine on ·THE WOLFMAN.

recollections (Maybe he- wrote the booklate one ·night).

Some at tempt at giving the

background of the monster films is made,

with historical descriptions of vampires,

ancient Egypt, voodoo, but with the lack

of information on the films, this

background just becomes boring and

disconnected from the real purpose 'of the

book.

The real mistakes are in the fotos.

First off,' there should have been many

more pix (there are only 12 in the entire

book of 32 6 pages). Douglas should have

realized that good pix could have mac!e

his book as interesting as the writing

SHOULD have made it.

The photos that were chosen are ones

that are commonly seen in all th e otherbooks. They are also uninteresting shots,

not showing the action or the main idea

of the film. As supplemental iIIos they

would have been fine. But as th e only

stills in the book, they just don't work.

The captions are filled with errors.. For

instance, a portrait of Karloff as

Im-Ho-Tep in "The Mummy" is credited

as being a photo of Karloff as "the first

Karis."

A still from the 1941 version of Dr.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (MGM, starring

Spencer Tracy) mentions it is from the

1954 version of the film.

The book sells in England for 30

shillings. We don't know how much that

is in American loot, but if its mol l ! than

the 2 bucks we go t it for in a New Yorkbooks hop, then it isn't worth the price

Douglas' lack of accuracy makes his

book unsuitable as a reference WOI"k on

th e subject. But they also make

HORRORS enjoyable in a non-serious

way. F or those who want light reading on

the monsters themselves, and the films

they appeared in, this reviewer finds



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Old Chelsea Station, N.Y, 10011.

Obviously, the album wasreleased about the same time as the

bomb film, D.P.O.D., hoping to

pick up on its publicity. No suchIu c k . . . and doubtless to the

eventual obscur i ty of th e

HIS

MONSTERS'

DRACULA . . . but every othercharacter in the whole book. A tour

of forceful voice control, that.Johnathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing,

old Slavic peasants, Englishmen,

aged, withered witchlike crones,

page 27

lifted from the soundtrack mastertape of some Hammer horror flick.

The record is a fun but unfunny

record, slowly paced on side one,

setting you up . . . on sides two and

three, the plot has gotten quite

compl icated, with DRACULA

stalking the streets of London,

sucking blood .. from its teemingmillions, building an army of the

undead . . . or trying to . . . you

soon find yourself caught up in the

exci tement as DRACULA is

thwarted . . . bu t escapes to his

native Transylvania . . . and the

thunderous chase across Europe is

chronicled to its (yeah, I'l l say it ,

cause it really is a) thrilling '

conclusion. One Chris Lee, one

Stoker novel, and one manic-Iyintoxicated orchestra equals one.shivering evening.

TH E ORIGINAL

STORY, Portrayed by

l ee, 2 records.by Craig Tennis.

V O I C E ~ ~ ~ ~ - : r 4 record . . . which is at least betterthan the f i lm . . . for several

reasons.

everyone. It boggles the mind. Butthis bi t of information is smuggledin at the tail-end of theliner-notes . . . after that lengthy

synopsis of the story which only aspoilsport would read.

To sum up, the 2-record Chris

Lee DRACULA is pretty darngood . . . bu t if you're really into

spoken word, scour the sciencefiction and comix conventions . . .

there's at least one outfi t there

by: Stamford Records,

Summer Street, Stamford,

06906

, . e first thing one recognizes

the album jacket is itsof information. The

tells us that Chris LeeThen there's a

misleading -reference, to

First and foremost, it's a ratherfai thful adaptation of Bram

Stoker's novel . . . bu t again, here

that al bu m ~ k e t defeats

itself . . . for it synopsizes the story

of DRACULA on the back . . . readit and you ruin half the fun for

yourself. And it doesn't make clearthat 'this is a faithfUl adaptation.O p e ~ up the jacket (it's a

wrap-around') .. and yo u ~ t a r ~

The production of the album is

credited to Russ Jones and Roy

Taylor.

that sells a 1 hour tape of OrsonWelles' Mercury Theater version of

DRACULA, produced in the late1930's. We saw it there the last dayof the Luna-Con SF Convention, acouple of weeks back, but wererushing somewhere, and didn't have

a C' .h a n c e t o p i c k it

up . . . well . . . more of that, some

other product test . . . probably-tt l

o ~ ~ sRec,iaL DR.A.<;..lJ!.A i ~ s ~ " ,TM '#iI'lft"S • 'RAClJL A .

.-" --- . ,__ :c . Ji _ c . ~ . .•

b-e m u s e.d I y a t 0 v e-r y.

What's , intrigu ng about therecording (aside from Chris Lee'sdoing every voice) is the music(which is also uncredited) which is

v G , .rrtu 5 ' ... screec mg, shrieking

OF DARKNESS; wfiictJ,s ,notfl'ing whatsoever to do, with

e 2 records in the album sleeves,than Chris Lee, who happens

be star of that picture.

informational pieces ofl>lack paper.Yeah, plain black pa 'per. Moody

Stuff, I suppose.The jacket notes do tell you that

Christopher Lee not only · portrays

s t't.l f.," - .' ee-r fe - \ffO'Ii n s a rl'd

h u r ricanes of cacophonous

cat-yelping orchestrations. Who

composed it , we shall probably

never know, though possibly it was

(And : if. an 'y of our readers'know

where this set of records can be

obtained [and its cost] please write

us the information. Thanx.-E;d.)

OlOE COMPLEAT

HORROR

from page 11

HE R EV ENG E OF

f1958J.,-lm

to THE CURSE OF

The good ol d

scientist-nobleman

in

city under the alias of "Dr.

Exceptionally intelligentbu t fails in delivering any

• • •

(1949J-The Fi m

Horror Film. One which is

although it hasseen on American televiSion,

It's a low-budget versionf Marie Belloc-Lowndes' "Jack the

novel, The Lodger hampered

a plodding screenplay. Perhaps it

best forgotten!

OF DRACULA

sequel to TASTE

E BLOOD OF DRACULA.

remindful of HORROR OF

bu t the overall quality

you just can't make a really

horror film without adequate

A couple of young lovers

become involved at Dracula's castle

before Drack makes an ash ou t of

himself via a lightning bolt!

Christopher Lee's pasty-white

complexion and slicked-down wig

give him appearance of a sick BelaLugosi! ••

SCREAM OF FEAR (961) - Trouble

with the Hammer PSYCHO

"thril lers" is that they're all the

same! As if you haven't guessed by

now! This is one of their first ones,

and still one of their best. Youngheiress' dead uncle's body seems to

tum up in the most illogical places,

including at the bottom of a

swimming pool before the old-hat

Plan To ' Drive The Girl Crazy isrevealed. . . ~

THE SHADOW OF THE CAT

(1961J-Greedy relatives murder old

dowager. Her pe t cat is the only

witness to the crime. To free their

consciences, they attempt to destroy

the animal bu t meet grisly ends

instead. Imaginative photography

often portrays the action through thecat 's eyes. • ••

portrayed here by Ursula Andress.

Able support from Peter Cushing and

Christopher Lee can't save it from

being below average. Exciting

spectacular climax, good music;

beware of cuts in TV version. .,,"

THE SNORKEL (1958!-Unmystify

ing murder-mystery in which a man

kills his wife and plans to use the

same gimmick on his step-daughter.Stink or swim. *%

SPACEWAYS (1953J-Eariy SF-spymelodrama about man's first space

exploration with special effects by EICheapo (the folks who do so l ittle so

often!) Originally 'labeled as

England's first SF f i lm... i t

wasn't!

TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA

0970J-Chris Lee's total screen time

in this "vampire" adventure is about

eight minutes; film prefers to lovingly

dwell on the perverse adventures of a

trio of dirty old men. When they

murder Dracula's diSCiple, the

vampire gains his vengeance on them

through their children. Do dirty old

men have children? • •

before his Fu Manchu films. The

. daughter of an English sea captain ismurdered by a Tong society in Hong

Kong, and the man is determined to

revenge her death at any cost. ••

THESE AR E THE DAMNED

f1961J-Highbrow Hammer SF about

an American playboy who becomes

involved with a beautiful woman, her

hoodlum brother and a group of

experimental radioactive children

who are the British government's

answer to post-WW II I survival.Builds slowly to an unexciting

climax; if you're looking fo r typical

Hammer horror this one is definitely

not for you" • • •

TWINS OF EVIL (19711-Peter

Cushing stars as the fanatical leader

o f a gr o up 0 f Puritanical

witch-hunters on the trail of the

vampiric Karnstein family in what is

rumored to be one of Hammer's bestto date! We probably. won't see it

unti l early nex·t year. Unreleased.

Un-rated. Twin s related.

THE UGLY DUCKLING

(1959)-Before Hammer decided to

make a serious version of Jekyll-Hyde(HOUSE OF FRIGHT), they fiimed a

comical parody on the Stevenson

classic which was sadly n ever released

here, bu t seen by this luckyreviewer! ••

VAMPIRE CIRCUS

(972)-Vampires, vampires, and

more vampires in a film which is

scheduled to be released in Britain

sometime this year. In America,

maybe next. Sure sounds better'n

Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey!

On the sound of t: * . * ~

.- C.M. Richards

novella Car milia features Ingrid Pitl

as a not-quite natural (even fo r a

vampiress) vampiress. First 01

Hammer films to contain a sampling

of nUdity, bu t tastefully done and

restrained. Peter Cushing is featuredin a proper supporting role. .* ••

THE VENGEANCE OF SHE

(1968)-Mediocre sequel to Ursula

Andress' SHE is notable only in its

lack of support from Cushing and

Lee and in its larger-chested Olinka

Berova. * ~ ,

WHEN DIONSAURS RULED THE

EARTH (1970)-Hooray! Although

Ray Harryhausen's achievements

have been continual/y ignored by the

Academy ,of Motion Pictures year

af te r year, Jim Danforth's

stop-motion effects fo r this film have

been nominated this year! Majority

of effects are superbly animated,with failings obviously due to rushed

production schedule. Forget the plot,

it's the same old caveman meets

cavegirl nonsense. . ' " ' '

X-THE UNKI'JOWN f1956J-ln the

mid-fifties, before the flew horror

cycle caught on, Hammer felt the

money was in making SF-horror; this

one is similar to THE CREEPING



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Y a n Helsing was spending much of his

time at Holmwood's dwelling now as they

went over their calculations again and

again. T4e answer had to be in there

somewhere. Where was Dracula??? The

shipping clerk who had handled th e

count's baggage could be bribed easilyenough but his information had come to o

late. The .undertaker wh o receiVed the

earthbox of Count Dracula found, upon

their arrival, that it had been removed

during the early morning houI'S. HadDracula left any further clue that they

had somehow overlooked?

Holmwuod interrupted the discussionlong enough to remove a tiny crucifix

from his vest pocket and ask: that Minawear it to insure his peace of mind. She

was looking paler than usual, he noticed,

and seemed somehow reluctant to accept

it . When he insisted, she relented and

succumbed to his wilL The pain was too

much for her. She fainted when the

charm seared th e skin on her hand .Tragedy had struck, closer than

Holmwood ha d' ever imagined. His own

wife had become prey for the Undead.

How had Dracula gotten to her, he 'wondered? Did he take her when they were ou t tracking him? What bitter irony.

In any event , this musn't be allowed to

happen again.

'" '" '"Holmwood an d Van HeIsing positioned

themselves about th e grounds that

evening. I f Dracula tr ied to enter th e

house tonight, they would be waiting fo r

him. In he r bed-chamber Mina paced the

floor anxiously. She had tasted th e horror

of Dracula, ye t found herself strangelydrawn to it, caught in some queer exotic

At dawn, satisfied that the da nger hadbeen averte d this night , HolmwGQd andVan Helsing ret urned to the warm th of

the house for a cup of Brandy and some

needed rest. Holmw ood bid his f riend to

relax wh ile he che cked on Mina. Hisanguished cries bro ugnt th e doctor

running to his side. Th ere, carelesslydraped over th e side of th e bed, lay MinaHolmwood in a poo l o f her own blood.

She was still alive , h It barely . Helsingarranged fo r an immedia te transfusion of

blood . Holmwood, hi mself, was the

donor. When th e ope ration hadsuccessfully concluded , the two

companions repaired to the study , now

thoroughly exhausted. Bewildered, they

struggled for some glimpse of reason.

How had Dracu la gotten into th e housewithout their knowing it? His earth box

must be hidden som ewh ere near. BUT

WHER E?Holmwood recalled th at he and Van

Helsing had no t ye t had the opportunity

to taste the Brandy. A drink now would

be soothing so he asked th e housekeeper ,Gerda, to fetch a bottle for them.

"Oh, Sir, I don't like to ," she replied."But why not, Gerda," he asked.

"Madame said th at 1 must, under no

circumstances, go down to the cellar."

The realization hi t Van Helsing like athumterb 'ol t . He , ou t of his .chaiLin.an -

cry -o:f t he ->-"

vampire.,The ed , lOCKing the

door behind hi m. Helsing placed his crossin the _ earth box and flew after his

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Van Helsing teaches his little friend how

croSs the street safe from vampires.!

adversary. His fists pounded on the door

as he screamed for Holmwood. When

-Holmwood came at last , all signs of the

Count had vanished. God,'-had they lost

him again? '

"Where . . ; Where," Helsing pleaded.Gerda was screamIng-in the bedroom.

Helsing leapt over th e staircase and burst

into th e room. She was hysterical, and -babbling almost incoherently.

"He picked her up just like she was ababy, and carried her out," she sobbed.'

Dracula carried Mina away as insurance

fo r his survival."There's only one place he _ an heaq

/ for now," Van - H e l s i n ~ explaind. "His,heme." "'" ',< . -- '



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A wisp of air blew into the room fromthe outside and cleansed the evil.

In the court yard, Arthur and MinaHolmwood found 'each other again.Arthur looked at her hand and smiled.

.The scar had disappeared and, with it, the

last ves!ige of evil. Dracula was no more.

)CHAPTER 4:

Come to Stake a bat on de ending?

Two great stallions ran ' valiantly"through the night, carrying the desperate·companions to a final test of strengthwith Satan. At the end of the road lay

their destinies.It was nearly dawn when their coach .

pulled up in front of Castle Dracula.Mina's screams brought them running to .the castle doors where Dracula, in a mad,frenzied attempt at revenge, had thrownher into an open grave and hurriedly

' begun , burrying her alive. Holmwood ,attended to his wife, while Van Heising

"I always knew you didn't agree

with mi, bu t THIS is ridiculOus,"

croaks the crumbling Count.

chased Dracula back into the castle. The

chase ended abtuptly at the foot of the ,stairs with Van ,Helsing hopelessly lost.Dracula knew the castle. Helsing 'did not.

How had he escaped? He was only just

a h e ~ d of me a moment ago, he thought.The doctor retraced his steps and ran

into the library. There, with one foot

alteady through the door, was Draculapreparing his escape through a chamberbeneath the floor paneling.

His eyes filled with hatred, he hurled aheavy golden · candlestick at the brazenmortal intruder and attacked him with

fury undreamt of. ' Van Helsing foughtwildly for his life, but his was no t astrength to match Dracula. There on the

floor he fainted while Dracula's hugehands closed tightly about his throat.

That awful smile appeared on the Count'sface once again. In a moment; Heisingwould belong to him.

Van Helsing opened his eyes and 'kicked Dracula away from him. As hebacked off, Van Helsing noticed themagnificent windows of the library andthe massive draperies needed to ' coverthem. He jumped atop the long tabie, ran

. The

- its length and then lunged for the

curtains, tearing them off of their hinges

as he fell. . / .

Sunlight streamed through the

windows and ' bume'd the library withdramatic intensity! '

Dracula fell to the floor in agony,writhing out of its path. -

Helsing raced toward a pair of candlesticks and crossed them into the shape of

a crucifix. He stood there and watchedtire vampire's death throes. -.

It wasn't a pretty sight, and he soongrew nauseous. 0

Dracula was turning to dust before hiseyes.

in.

:rhe aqualine noble nose collapsed.The cold eyes disintegrated.The cheeks, once ruddy and p roud, fell

The fingers crumbled in pain.o A chilling hiss whistled in the hall as

the vampire's chest sank into nothingness.The air was vile and putrid with the

smell of death. ' •



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