IT'S A WIN WIN WIN BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR PETER CUSHING HAMMER FANS

It's a Busy weekend coming up at the UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page! There's still time to enter their 'Evil of Frankenstein' blu ray competition, but they will be announcing the winners this weekend. There's some first time on blu ray copies of  Hammer Films 'The Brides of Dracula' from Final Cut Entertainment to be won. Four copies of Reel Solutions monograph Peter Cushing:  'Putting The Grand In Guignol' Limited Edition AND some terrific and rare candid photographs of 'someone' relaxing during the production of a Peter Cushing classic. https://www.facebook.com/petercushingblog

 

FESTIVAL OF FANTASY SCI FI AND HORROR: HAVE YOURSELF A FANTASTIQ WEEKEND!

The Fantastiq Festival of fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror which takes place in Derby this weekend starting Friday 9th August! With the BBC having just announced the casting of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor the Fantastiq festival celebrates Peter Cushing's portrayal as 'Dr Who' in the sixties movies Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)! Alongside these and many more classic horror and sci-fi film screenings, there will be screening of  Peter Cushing's  'Hammer house of Horror' episode, 'The Silent Scream', 'The Beast Must Die' along with an interview with director Paul Annett and Hammer Films 58' 'Dracula' There's a great guest list also  including Dez Skinn, the legendary creator of iconic seventies monster magazines House of Hammer and Starburst.

Here is a run down of the THREE DAY event:

FANTASTIQ – THE FESTIVAL OF FANTASY, SCI-FI AND HORROR

AUGUST 9-11 2013
Friday 9th August
1pm Hammer House Of Horror Double Bill
2pm From The Vault: Heavy Metal (15)
3pm Bug (15)
4pm Orson Welles’ The War Of The Worlds
5:30pm Ghostwatch (adv 15)
6:00pm Preview – Upstream Color (15)
7:15pm Stephen Volk In Conversation
8:00pm From The Vault – Heavy Metal (15)
8:40pm Book Signing Whitstable
9:30pm Spectral Press Presents…Dracula (12A)
10:00pm House (Hausu) (15)

Saturday 10th August
10:45am From The Vault: Silver Bullet (15)
11:00am The AckerMonster Chronicles
1:00pm Dez Skinn In Conversation
1:15pm Corruption (adv 12A)
3:00pm Jason And The Argonauts (U)
3:15pm The Sorcerers (15)
4:45pm Johnny Mains On John Burke & The Sorcerers
6:00pm The Beast Must Die (15)
6:30pm Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (U)
8pm Paul Annett In Conversation
8:30pm From The Vault: Silver Bullet (15)
9:30pm Preview – Kiss Of The Damned (cert tbc)
 
Sunday 11th August
11:00am From The Vault: The Black Belly Of The Tarantula (15)
11:30am Horror Tour Of Derby with Darrell Buxton
1:30pm Dr Who And The Daleks / Daleks: Invasion Earth Double
Bill
2:00pm Filmmaker’s Forum Panel Discussion
4:00pm Zombie: The New Undead (adv 18)
5:30pm Cinema Retro Presents…Vampire Circus
6:00pm Orson Welles’ The War Of The Worlds
7:15pm Robert Young In Conversation
8pm From The Vault: The Black Belly Of The Tarantula (15)
8:45pm Closing Night Preview – John Dies At The End (15)

FANTASTIQ CUSHING CENTENARY MONOGRAPH LIMITED RUN

Here's some great news just in from Tony Earnshaw and Fantastiq. It's a very interesting Peter Cushing Centenary publication, with an impressive line up of contributors. Snap them up before they all go, it's a limited run. 

"The first Fantastiq monograph is a 20-page centenary tribute to that gentle man of horror, Peter Cushing. Illustrated with portraits and behind-the-scenes photographs, it includes a complete filmography and features contributions from filmmakers and co-stars such as Bernard Cribbins, Kate O’Mara, Peter Sasdy, Kevin Connor, Peter Duffell, John Hurt and Val Kilmer. Limited to just 250 copies, this one-off publication is available for £5 including P&P in the UK, and £10 including P&P elsewhere in the world. We are taking pre-orders now. Payment by bank transfer, cheque and Paypal. Send your order to: tony@reelsolutions.co.uk " 

News on Fantastiq's three day film and TV festival focusing on fantasy, sci-fi and horror. - coming up later....