![]() ![]() Another challenging one because there is no English dialogue, but hey, Raquel Welch! ‘One Million Years B.C.’ with Raquel Welch. Please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. 1970” and “The Satanic Rights of Dracula”, the latter of which finally convinced Christopher Lee to give up the character.Īs for “Vampire Circus”, that movie is just plain nasty, but no Whovian would mind mocking it, since I don’t think Lalla Ward, herself, thinks very much of it.Īnd while Cushing played a Hammer witch hunter, Lom played one for another company, and Oliver Reed never did. “Taste the Blood of Dracula” is a Victorian era Dracula story. “Seven Brothers” and “Seven Golden Vampires” are the same movie they just used different titles in different areas. Otherwise, even some of the hippie-era later Hammers–where Cushing, Herbert Lom or Oliver Reed played puritanically corrupt Witch-Hunters/Inquisitors, hypocritically cracking down on peasant orgies/covens out in the woods that just wanted to Do Their Own Thing–but that would mean doing “Twins of Evil”, and…well, darnit… :)And no Doctor Who fan dare suggest taking on “Vampire Circus”, lest that mean joking at Lalla Ward. chop-socky.Īlthough it would still run up against the same problem as “At the Earth’s Core” (even though that was Amicus):Namely, that Peter Cushing is just too darn lovable in anything he does, and such a stalwart good sport in his roles to riff, that all you can do is just beat the same Star Wars jokes into the ground. ![]() The Original EricJ: I always confuse “Seven Brothers” with “Seven Golden Vampires”:Thought they were the same movie, where Cushing never seems to be in the same shot with all the Shaw Bros. If you so much as TOUCH Quatermass & the Pit, John Carpenter will send hordes of possessed backlit zombies from “Prince of Darkness” after you to avenge it. Maybe one of the “modern” 70’s-London Christopher Lee hippie-era Draculas, like “Dracula 1972” or “Taste the Blood of Dracula”–Imagine the “Mod young people” jokes from the first few scenes of “Deadly Bees”, only with a story that gives more opportunity to joke about big collars and plastic boots.Īka – “Quatermass And The Pit”.Subway excavation in London uncovers an ancient Martian spaceship.I love the Britishness of this movie with its thousand year backstory. Otherwise, even some of the hippie-era later Hammers–where Cushing, Herbert Lom or Oliver Reed played puritanically corrupt Witch-Hunters/Inquisitors, hypocritically cracking down on peasant orgies/covens out in the woods that just wanted to Do Their Own Thing–but that would mean doing “Twins of Evil”, and…well, darnit… :) And no Doctor Who fan dare suggest taking on “Vampire Circus”, lest that mean joking at Lalla Ward. chop-socky.Īlthough it would still run up against the same problem as “At the Earth’s Core” (even though that was Amicus): Namely, that Peter Cushing is just too darn lovable in anything he does, and such a stalwart good sport in his roles to riff, that all you can do is just beat the same Star Wars jokes into the ground. I always confuse “Seven Brothers” with “Seven Golden Vampires”: Thought they were the same movie, where Cushing never seems to be in the same shot with all the Shaw Bros. Lots to DVR off TCM this October…īut of course “The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula”–I mean LOTSGVs inspired this thread.I’ve riffed the heck out of that one with friends. This thread reminded me just how many of the great ones I still haven’t seen. In the final confrontation, Peter Cushing weirdly emphasizes “Dracula…COUNT Dracula!”: “What, were you expecting DUKE Dracula? How long have we know each other, seriously?” The last of the three vampires in the cave-attack falls, so their zombie army immediately loses interest and just wanders out: “Union break! (yawn)” The 7th vampire gets his bat medallion ripped off: “It was covering his air nozzle!?” “Well, now it’s the legend of the 6 golden vampires” I’ve riffed the heck out of that one with friends.Ī ‘What’s Up, Tiger Lily?’ reference, when the old guy tries to save his daughter from the sacrifice: “Everyone just drops in when we have girls to tie up.” I’ll go with “Twins of Evil”, because I remember it being ‘meh’ enough to benefit from from being jazzed up with professional riffing.īut of course “The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula”–I mean LOTSGVs inspired this thread.
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