By Lee Pfeiffer
Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff collectively made countless films that varied widely in terms of quality. However, they always brought dignity to every role they performed. Sadly, the two icons of the horror film genre only worked together twice.The first time in the late 1950s in "Corridors of Blood" and the second and last time in what turned out to be the final film of Karloff's career, the 1968 Tigon Films production of "The Crimson Cult" (released in the UK as "Curse of the Crimson Altar" and in some territories as "The Crimson Altar" and "Black Horror"). Karloff barely got through the arduous shoot during a particularly cold and unpleasant British winter. However, always the ultimate professional, he persevered and continued the film until completion, even after having been hospitalized with pneumonia. The result is a film that is not particularly well-loved by horror film fans...
Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff collectively made countless films that varied widely in terms of quality. However, they always brought dignity to every role they performed. Sadly, the two icons of the horror film genre only worked together twice.The first time in the late 1950s in "Corridors of Blood" and the second and last time in what turned out to be the final film of Karloff's career, the 1968 Tigon Films production of "The Crimson Cult" (released in the UK as "Curse of the Crimson Altar" and in some territories as "The Crimson Altar" and "Black Horror"). Karloff barely got through the arduous shoot during a particularly cold and unpleasant British winter. However, always the ultimate professional, he persevered and continued the film until completion, even after having been hospitalized with pneumonia. The result is a film that is not particularly well-loved by horror film fans...
- 6/27/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Over at the official Rondo Awards site, you'll find Fangoria up for Best Magazine of 2012, Best Interview for Rod Labbe's talk with Dark Shadows actress Marie Wallace in issue #313, as well as Susan Svehla's interview with Hammer's Veronica Carlson and Virginia Wetherell in #318, Best Magazine Column for beloved actress Debbie Rochon's ongoing "Diary of the Deb" and very excitedly, Best Magazine Cover for Ama Lea's stunning Barbara Crampton/Stuart Gordon cover of issue #317. You'll also notice our very own Managing Editor Michael Gingold included in Best Commentary for his contribution to 42Nd Street Forever.
If you feel so inclined, you can vote in all categories at Rondo Award. Thanks for voting, but most importantly, thanks for reading!
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- 2/26/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
Over at the official Rondo Awards site, you'll find Fangoria up for Best Magazine of 2012, Best Interview for Rod Labbe's talk with Dark Shadows actress Marie Wallace in issue #313, as well as Susan Svehla's interview with Hammer's Veronica Carlson and Virginia Wetherell in #318, Best Magazine Column for beloved actress Debbie Rochon's ongoing "Diary of the Deb" and very excitedly, Best Magazine Cover for Ama Lea's stunning Barbara Crampton/Stuart Gordon cover of issue #317. You'll also notice our very own Managing Editor Michael Gingold included in Best Commentary for his contribution to 42Nd Street Forever.
If you feel so inclined, you can vote in all categories at Rondo Award. Thanks for voting, but most importantly, thanks for reading!
If you feel so inclined, you can vote in all categories at Rondo Award. Thanks for voting, but most importantly, thanks for reading!
- 2/26/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
Over at the official Rondo Awards site, you'll find Fangoria up for Best Magazine of 2012, Best Interview for Rod Labbe's talk with Dark Shadows actress Marie Wallace in issue #313, as well as Susan Svehla's interview with Hammer's Veronica Carlson and Virginia Wetherell in #318, Best Magazine Column for beloved actress Debbie Rochon's ongoing "Diary of the Deb" and very excitedly, Best Magazine Cover for Ama Lea's stunning Barbara Crampton/Stuart Gordon cover of issue #317. You'll also notice our very own Managing Editor Michael Gingold included in Best Commentary for his contribution to 42Nd Street Forever.
If you feel so inclined, you can vote in all categories at Rondo Award. Thanks for voting, but most importantly, thanks for reading!
If you feel so inclined, you can vote in all categories at Rondo Award. Thanks for voting, but most importantly, thanks for reading!
- 2/26/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
Submit your vote for Reviewer of the Year!
Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!
Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.
Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!
Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.
- 2/26/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Any film featuring either Christopher Lee or Boris Karloff is an instant must-see for horror fans. The two terror titans joined forces the first time in 1958′s Corridors Of Blood, a grimy graverobber/mad doctor opus that took place in 19th century England. Ten years later came their second and final collaboration, Curse Of The Crimson Cult (aka Curse Of The Crimson Altar or simply The Crimson Cult) and this time cult siren Barbara Steele, the reigning queen of horror, joined them as well. With this type of fright wattage, you’d expect Curse Of The Crimson Cult to be some sort of classic much-discussed by monster kids just for the cast alone (it’s even got Michael Gough!), but that’s not the case with this strange but confused brew of devil-worshipping, witches, creepy old mansions with secret passageways torture devices, and ritual sacrifices. It’s considered to be...
- 9/21/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Former James Bond girls and Hammer stars Caroline Munro and Martine Beswicke reunited at Bray Studios
If you couldn't be at Bray Studios' historic Hammer Horror reunion last weekend, Cinema Retro's man on the scene Adrian Smith gives you the low-down:
On August 4, over 150 fans and many Hammer stars and personnel gathered at Bray Studios on the banks of the River Thames to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Curse of Frankenstein. Amongst the guests were writer-director Jimmy Sangster, director John Hough, Margaret Robinson, the widow of art director Bernard Robinson, and actors Virginia Wetherell, Madeline Smith, Ingrid Pitt, Janina Faye, Vera Day, Caroline Munro, Martine Beswicke, Carol Marsh, Yvonne Monlaur, Valerie Leon, Douglas Wilmer, Damien Thomas, John Cater and Edward de Souza. It was the first time for many of the fans in attendance that they had been able to visit Bray, the spiritual home of Hammer films.
- 8/10/2007
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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