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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 27, 2018 13:15:20 GMT
Today would have been Christopher Lee's 96th birthday, he worked in all genres of cinema, but is best loved and will long be remembered for his roles in horror, specifically as Dracula in ten movies.   |
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 27, 2018 14:22:01 GMT
Agreed. He was superb no matter what kind of film he did. You are correct that he will be remembered more for horror films. He was my favorite Dracula, and I'll always cherish his performance as Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man.
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Post by petrolino on May 27, 2018 16:51:59 GMT
Much respect to Christopher Lee. His friend and fellow horror icon Vincent Price was also born today. And today is Linnea Quigley's birthday (she worked with Price on Mark Goldblatt's 1988 zombie comedy 'Dead Heat').
Peter Cushing was born on 26 May.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 27, 2018 17:50:44 GMT
Much respect to Christopher Lee. His friend and fellow horror icon Vincent Price was also born today. And today is Linnea Quigley's birthday (she worked with Price on Mark Goldblatt's 1988 zombie comedy 'Dead Heat').
Peter Cushing was born on 26 May.
Yikes, it's a real plethora of horror icons all having birthdays this week! I love Vincent Price and Peter Cushing too. Linnea, I loved her in Return of the Living Dead as "Trash." |
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Post by NewtJorden on May 27, 2018 18:56:01 GMT
One of the best of all-time.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on May 27, 2018 23:48:13 GMT
And Vincent Price's birthday as well.
Hard to pick favorite Lee performances since he did so many.
I think Rasputin is overlooked--more a horror film than historical.
My signature is a quote by Lee from that film.
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Post by politicidal on May 28, 2018 2:37:58 GMT
Also bear in mind, a possible model for the character of James Bond at that.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on May 28, 2018 4:35:46 GMT
The image of him as Dracula snarling with fangs (Lugosi never wore them) and as the Beatles-haired (before there was a Beatles) Frankenstein monster were two of the most distinctive film images--certainly in horror-of the late 50s.
His Dracula was also the most truly evil version to come along since Nosferatu. I think Lugosi's initial interpretation could be viewed as a Valentino-type foreign lover--at least prior to A and C Meets Frankenstein where he changes into a bat and fights the wolf man, more so than an all out demonic fiend as Lee is presented early on.
After him, how many all out evil Draculas have there been?
I think Charles Macauley in Blacula is the most impressive of the 70s, since Palance and Jourdan are not quite so thoroughly evil like Lee is presented.
Then in the 80s there is Duncan Regehr in The Monster Squad, but other than that, most of the ones have been either somewhat sympathetic or cartoonish.
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Post by teleadm on May 28, 2018 18:00:04 GMT
Something to wish for?   |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 21, 2018 14:06:34 GMT
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Post by egon1982 on Jun 21, 2018 14:31:47 GMT
Been a fan of him for 32 years since i was 4 seeing The Last Unicorn on video even Horror of Dracula on TV and seen his other films on video and cable to seeing Gremlins 2 on the big screen.
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