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Post by Johnlprobert on Jul 2, 2008 9:56:58 GMT
I first saw TASTE as the end of a Chris Lee horror season on ATV, which went something like Dracula, The Mummy, Dracula AD 1972, Scream & Scream Again, The Wicker Man, The Creeping Flesh, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Taste the Blood of Dracula. I must have been about 11. And these things were on week after week, every Friday. Going to school on a Monday morning wasn't so bad because you knew you were another day closer to the next one. Just wonderful.
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Post by carolinec on Jul 2, 2008 10:10:24 GMT
Sorry I haven't been joining in much - pretty busy of late - but I've been following this thread with interest as you've been discussing some of my favourite films, the Hammer Draculas, The Skull - basically, anything starring Chris Lee, Peter Cushing or, even better, both of them together. I didn't realise there were film tie-in books for most of these. Anyway, enjoying the thread, even if I haven't been joining in. Thanks! ;D
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Post by killercrab on Jul 2, 2008 10:15:09 GMT
I should add - initially my Mum wasn't going to let me see it. I traipsed off the bed - later a knock on the door. 'That film you want to see is on' - turn off the lights when you are finished. Me - alone with Dracula in colour for the first time ! - gotta say it's the most impressionable film moment of my life I reckon - which is why when any naysayers start carping about TTBOD - I go deaf!
ade
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jul 2, 2008 10:35:43 GMT
We were a bit late in changing to colour TV so most of my early viewing was in black and white. First colour film was Tales From The Crypt - a major event. Almost ruined by a kerfuffle in the papers on the day of transmission over whether the film had been out for five years or not. Thankfully it got shown and I saw blood in its proper colour on TV. Huzzah!
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jul 2, 2008 12:24:52 GMT
Vault of Horror was another of my 'first films'. I made a cassette tape of the soundtrack by propping the tape recorder up against the TV's speaker. The result was hissy and there were big clunks where I switched it off to cut out the adverts. But I can still quote the whole film. In fact there's an idea - the one man Amicus show!
It took me bloody years to catch up with Tales from the Crypt.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jul 2, 2008 12:44:27 GMT
Nice one Lord P. ! I had a cassette recording of Dracula Has Risen From The Grave! Rupert Davies reading the exorcism as the thunder crashes was one of my favourite bits. It was bloody hard to find any of Dracula's words - apart from 'Get that thing out of my sight! Throw it away!' at the end.
NB When this came out Christopher Lee appeared as a guest on popular TV show The Golden Shot. Not being horror savvy at the time, the clip they showed scared the heck out of me (at Sunday tea-time! How embarrassing!).
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jul 2, 2008 12:58:00 GMT
I made one of that too! The opening title music used to scare the cat silly. I can't remember much of that one, though. But for some reason I can also quote the entirety of Horror Express, The Satanic Rites of Dracula, & From Beyond the Grave.
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jul 2, 2008 13:33:46 GMT
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Caroline - once I realised that train sets and stamp collecting were what everyone else did I made it my (very) youthful object to track down as many horror movie tie-ins as possible, which was bloody difficult being 11 & living in a small Welsh town with parents who thought you needed a passport to visit England. I started off by writing to the publishers and received crappy little tick box generic letters from Pan, Sphere et al saying 'We're not reprinting this - oh my goodness me no. Your best bet's a second hand shop, spotty'. I still managed to have an entire shelf full by the time I left home - everything from Dr Terror's House of Horrors to Halloween III. I particuarly proud of my mint Hammers (and From Beyond the Grave), but I'd love to have a copy of the novelisation of 'Asylum'.
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Post by carolinec on Jul 2, 2008 13:47:07 GMT
I still managed to have an entire shelf full by the time I left home - everything from Dr Terror's House of Horrors to Halloween III. I particuarly proud of my mint Hammers (and From Beyond the Grave), but I'd love to have a copy of the novelisation of 'Asylum'. And now I'm SOOOOOOOO jealous!
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Post by David A. Riley on Jul 2, 2008 14:03:45 GMT
Dr Terror's House of Horrors was one of the very first horror novels I ever bought. When I bought it the film was out at our local cinema but I was still too young to go and watch it. I still have that copy of the book now. Oddly enough, I think John Burke's novelisation was actually an improvement on the film, which I found a bit disappointing by comparison when I eventually, some years later, managed to watch it. Which says a lot for Burke's writing.
David
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Post by dem bones on Jul 2, 2008 16:59:26 GMT
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Post by killercrab on Jul 2, 2008 18:12:50 GMT
I've got Dr Terror's - in fact I nearly started reading it last week. I'm a Burke fan too ( well what I've read) - I thought his The Reptile adaption first rate - The Gorgon slightly less interesting ( though I like the film lots). Must read Plague Of The Zombies next ...
ade
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Post by carolinec on Jul 2, 2008 18:42:57 GMT
Super, Dem. I must admit, I haven't really explored your site "proper". I must do so some time. It looks great!
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