Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Horror Cinema: A Revised and Expanded Filmography of Their Terrifying Collaborations, 2D Ed.

ISBN-13: 9780786435043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 408 str.

Mark a. Miller; David J. Hogan

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Acknowledgments, 1995 by Mark A. Miller ix
Acknowledgments, 2019 by David J. Hogan xi
A Note About the Text, 1995 1
A Note About the Text, 2020 2
Forewords
 "The Gruesome Twosome," by Robert Bloch 3
 Sir Christopher Lee, CBE 4
 Peter Cushing, OBE 5
Introduction to the 1995 edition by Mark A. Miller 7
Introduction to the 2020 edition by David J. Hogan 10
 1. Christopher Lee, the Years 1922–1948: Childhood, Education, Heroism and Height 13
 2. Peter Cushing, the Years 1913–1948: Childhood, Hollywood, War and Marriage 18
 3. Two Fortuitous Pairings: Hamlet (1948) and Moulin Rouge (1952) 28
 4. The Color of Blood: Hammer's The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) 39
 5. Hammer's Coup de Maître: Horror of Dracula (1958) 66
 6. The Definitive Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) 88
 7. Ancestral Entrapment and Intolerance: The Mummy (1959) 103
 8. Chill Winds of Fatalism: The Gorgon (1964) 115
 9. Hammer's Blood Cousin: Amicus and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1964) 129
10. Love's Paradox: Hammer's She (1965) 141
11. The Warped Perspective of Evil: Amicus' The Skull (1965) 154
12. Characterization on the Boil: Night of the Big Heat (1967) 165
13. Small Parts and Spare Parts: Scream and Scream Again (1969) 182
14. Amicus' Four-Pack of Irony: The House That Dripped Blood (1970) 199
15. The Good, the Bad, and the Nasty: I, Monster (1970) 217
16. Emasculating Anachronism: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) 235
17. The Pain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Train: Horror Express (1972) 251
18. The Last of the Best: The Creeping Flesh (1972) 261
19. The Stuff of Cardboard: Nothing but the Night (1972) 274
20. Better Is Still Not Good: The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) 286
21. Kiddie Matinee: Arabian Adventure (1979) 301
22. A Gala Disappointment: House of the Long Shadows (1983) 310
23. Busy Years and Brushes with Death, but Not a Single Double on Film 322
Epilogue 334
Appendix I: Key Figures Since 1995 337
Appendix II: The Curious Case of Who Slew Who 354
Filmography 357
Chapter Notes 367
Sources 377
Index 387