Episode #017 – The Brides of Dracula

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01/31/13 • -1 min

1951 Down Place

What if you made a Dracula film and the Prince of Darkness is a no-show? Well, that’s the scenario this month for Casey, Derek, and Scott as they get together to talk about The Brides of Dracula from 1960. The film is directed by Terence Fisher and is the sequel to 1958’s Horror of Dracula. Can the good Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) save the day or will Baron Meinster (David Peel) continue to make moves on the ladies in Transylvania? Who are we kidding – of course Van Helsing will win. It’s Peter Cushing after all!

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Works Cited

1000 Misspent Hours and Counting. 2013. 30 Jan 2013.
“The Brides of Dracula (1960) – IMDB.” The Internet Movie Database.
The Brides of Dracula. Dir. Terence Fisher. Perf. Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, David Peel. Universal Studios, 2005. DVD.
Coniam, Matthew. “Miles Malleson: The Cherubic King of the Hammer Films Two Minute Cameo.” The Black Box Club. 24 Nov. 2011.
Greaves, Tim, and Bruce G. Hallenbeck. “Hammer Films Top 10 Sexiest Scenes.” Little Shoppe of Horrors. 1 Sep 2000: 64-66.
Hearn, Marcus, and Alan Barnes. The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films. Revised. London: Titan Books, 2007.
Hutchings, Peter. Terence Fisher. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press, 2001.
Jones, Russ. “Terence Fisher.” Horror Biz Magazine. Spring-Summer 2001: 5-10.
Martinez, Oscar A., and Bob Sheridan. “The Evolution of “The Brides of Dracula”. Little Shoppe of Horrors. Jul 1981: 18-24. Print.
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Pykett, Derek. Michael Ripper Unmasked. Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 1999.
Sangster, Jimmy. Do You Want It Good or Tuesday? From Hammer Films to Hollywood! A Life in the Movies: An Autobiography. Baltimore, MD: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 1997.

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Works Cited

1000 Misspent Hours and Counting. 2013. 30 Jan 2013.
“The Brides of Dracula (1960) – IMDB.” The Internet Movie Database.
The Brides of Dracula. Dir. Terence Fisher. Perf. Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, David Peel. Universal Studios, 2005. DVD.
Coniam, Matthew. “Miles Malleson: The Cherubic King of the Hammer Films Two Minute Cameo.” The Black Box Club. 24 Nov. 2011.
Greaves, Tim, and Bruce G. Hallenbeck. “Hammer Films Top 10 Sexiest Scenes.” Little Shoppe of Horrors. 1 Sep 2000: 64-66.
Hearn, Marcus, and Alan Barnes. The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films. Revised. London: Titan Books, 2007.
Hutchings, Peter. Terence Fisher. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press, 2001.
Jones, Russ. “Terence Fisher.” Horror Biz Magazine. Spring-Summer 2001: 5-10.
Martinez, Oscar A., and Bob Sheridan. “The Evolution of “The Brides of Dracula”. Little Shoppe of Horrors. Jul 1981: 18-24. Print.
Pirie, David. A New Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema. New York, NY: I. B. Tauris, 2008.
Pykett, Derek. Michael Ripper Unmasked. Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 1999.
Sangster, Jimmy. Do You Want It Good or Tuesday? From Hammer Films to Hollywood! A Life in the Movies: An Autobiography. Baltimore, MD: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 1997.

Previous Episode

Episode #016 – The Plague of the Zombies

Derek taps into his painfully-obvious-fandom of zombie movies and, for his birthday month, brings The Plague of the Zombies (dir. John Gilling) to the birthday party happening at 1951 Down Place this month. These zombies aren’t interested in eating your flesh, but they are on the look out for tin.

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Works Cited

1000 Misspent Hours and Counting. 2012. 30 Dec 2012.
Allen, Aaron. “The Plague of the Zombies (REVIEW).” The Zed Word – Zombie Blog. Dec 28 2009. Web. 30 Dec. 2012. .
Johnson, Tom, and Deborah Del Vecchio. Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. Reprint. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012. Print.
Kinsey, Wayne. Hammer Films: The Unsung Heroes: The Team Behind the Legend. Sheffield, England: Tomahawk Press, 2010. Print.
Kinsey, Wayne. Hammer Films – A Life In Pictures: The Visual Story of Hammer Films. Sheffield: Tomahawk Press, 2009. Print.
Kinsey, Wayne, and Gordon Thomson. Hammer Films – On Location. Suffolk: Peveril Publishing, 2012. Print.
Meikle, Denis. A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2009. Print.
Pirie, David. A New Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema. New York, NY: I. B. Tauris, 2008. Print.
The Plague of the Zombies. Dir. John Gilling. Perf. André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce, John Carson. Starz/Anchor Bay, 1999. DVD.
The Plague of the Zombies. Dir. John Gilling. Perf. André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce, John Carson. Studiocanal, 2012. Blu-ray.
Pykett, Derek. Michael Ripper Unmasked. Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 1999. Print.
Raising the Dead: The Making of The Plague of the Zombies. Dir. Marcus Hearn. Studiocanal, 2012. Blu-ray.
Sachs, Bruce, and Russell Wall. Greasepaint and Gore: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton. Sheffield: Tomahawk Press, 1999. Print.

Next Episode

Episode #018 – Ten Seconds to Hell

Thanks to Casey’s birthday month pick, the Down Placers only have . . . Ten Seconds to Hell (dir. Robert Aldrich). This 1959 Hammer film stars Jack Palance, believe it or not, and is a stark departure from what one might expect from the studio responsible for films like Horror of Dracula or The Quatermass X-Periment. Is Ten Seconds to Hell a bomb, or can the Down Placers defuse the film?

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Works Cited

TCM.com. 2013. 28 Feb 2013.
Hearn, Marcus, and Alan Barnes. The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films. Revised. London: Titan Books, 2007.
“Jack Palance – IMDB.” The Internet Movie Database.
Johnson, Tom, and Deborah Del Vecchio. Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. Reprint. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012. Print.
Meikle, Denis. A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2009. Print.
“Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) – IMDB.” The Internet Movie Database.

(Some production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)