Comments on: The First Leading Lady of British Horror http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:12:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3152 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:32:33 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3152 Thanks for the generous offer, Dom but I'm going to go ahead and look into getting those German DVDs for myself. They sound like they'd be a good investment if you're a Hammer fanatic. Tenko only seems to be available on VHS in the states right now but it is available on R2 DVD. the cats looks really good! Thanks for the generous offer, Dom but I’m going to go ahead and look into getting those German DVDs for myself. They sound like they’d be a good investment if you’re a Hammer fanatic.

Tenko only seems to be available on VHS in the states right now but it is available on R2 DVD. the cats looks really good!

]]> by: dom http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3145 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:48:55 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3145 Yes, it's annoying when the commentaries are missing from other releases. You can pick up some of the German dvds on Germany's amazon site ( amazon.de ) & ebay.de, they released about 20 Hammer films under the title "Hammer Edition", they also feature some interesting interviews with Hammer actors, directors & people like James Bernard taken from the 1990s filmed at the UK Festival Of Fantastic Films in Manchester. Some of them fetch high prices as they're out of print. I could rip my dvds of them & put them on rapidshare for you to download if you'd like to hear the commentaries. Tenko was a famous BBC series in the UK, not sure how well known it is in the US, it may not have been shown. It's certainly a difficult subject to dramatise & I'm sure it would not be commissioned today, though it was sensitively made. It's one of those shows that has a devoted following, particularly amoungst women & the gay community. Yes, it’s annoying when the commentaries are missing from other releases. You can pick up some of the German dvds on Germany’s amazon site ( amazon.de ) & ebay.de, they released about 20 Hammer films under the title “Hammer Edition”, they also feature some interesting interviews with Hammer actors, directors & people like James Bernard taken from the 1990s filmed at the UK Festival Of Fantastic Films in Manchester. Some of them fetch high prices as they’re out of print. I could rip my dvds of them & put them on rapidshare for you to download if you’d like to hear the commentaries.

Tenko was a famous BBC series in the UK, not sure how well known it is in the US, it may not have been shown. It’s certainly a difficult subject to dramatise & I’m sure it would not be commissioned today, though it was sensitively made. It’s one of those shows that has a devoted following, particularly amoungst women & the gay community.

]]> by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3137 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:31:59 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3137 Dom - I wish they would have provided these commentary tracks on the US DVD releases. I haven't seen Tenko or heard of it before but you've made me curious about it. Dom - I wish they would have provided these commentary tracks on the US DVD releases.

I haven’t seen Tenko or heard of it before but you’ve made me curious about it.

]]> by: dom http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3133 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:01:06 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3133 There are commentary tracks on the German Hammer Edition dvds of Dracula Prince Of Darkness & Rasputin, that feature Barbara Shelley ( & C. Lee, S. Kendall & F. Matthews ), unfortunately they're now out of print so they're expensive to buy. My favourite extra on the dvd is where Francis Matthews slags Christopher Lee off...he calls him a "one upper" & talks about how Lee always has a better story to tell than anyone else. I think she looks more attractive with short hair & not unlike Richard Wordsworth in the Quatermass Xperiment! Btw, Kimberly, have you seen the BBC tv series "Tenko", set in a Japanese P.O.W. camp? Because they're in the tradition of the Camp On Blood Island films...all worried sweating women with no make up! ( that sounds horrible I know, but never mind! ) There are commentary tracks on the German Hammer Edition dvds of Dracula Prince Of Darkness & Rasputin, that feature Barbara Shelley ( & C. Lee, S. Kendall & F. Matthews ), unfortunately they’re now out of print so they’re expensive to buy. My favourite extra on the dvd is where Francis Matthews slags Christopher Lee off…he calls him a “one upper” & talks about how Lee always has a better story to tell than anyone else.

I think she looks more attractive with short hair & not unlike Richard Wordsworth in the Quatermass Xperiment!

Btw, Kimberly, have you seen the BBC tv series “Tenko”, set in a Japanese P.O.W. camp? Because they’re in the tradition of the Camp On Blood Island films…all worried sweating women with no make up! ( that sounds horrible I know, but never mind! )

]]> by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3110 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:30:06 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3110 I've still only seen a bit of The Secret of Blood Island so I really need to see the whole thing. I love how she looks with that super short haircut in the promo shot above. She reminds me of David Bowie in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. I’ve still only seen a bit of The Secret of Blood Island so I really need to see the whole thing. I love how she looks with that super short haircut in the promo shot above. She reminds me of David Bowie in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.

]]> by: ARBOGAST http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3109 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:53:06 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3109 I'd dearly love to see <b>The Secret of Blood Island</b> again, as my only viewing of it was as a boy. She did grimy-androgynous surprisingly well. I’d dearly love to see The Secret of Blood Island again, as my only viewing of it was as a boy. She did grimy-androgynous surprisingly well.

]]> by: Kimberly Lindbergs http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3107 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:35:09 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3107 Mark - I completely agree that she's terrific in the Quatermass film! But I have soft spot for her character in Dracula, Prince of Darkness which is one of my all-time favorite vampire films. It's great that you were able to get her autograph even if you didn't get a chance to meet her yourself. It's nice to know she was so nice as well. Mark - I completely agree that she’s terrific in the Quatermass film! But I have soft spot for her character in Dracula, Prince of Darkness which is one of my all-time favorite vampire films.

It’s great that you were able to get her autograph even if you didn’t get a chance to meet her yourself. It’s nice to know she was so nice as well.

]]> by: Mark Hodgson http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3106 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:42:28 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/the-first-leading-lady-of-british-horror/#comment-3106 Her character transformation in DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS is a highlight of vampire cinema. Though my favourite film of hers is QUATERMASS AND THE PIT. She adds the glamour but never sacrifices the intelligence or reality of her character. Her ability as an actress shows its range in her possession scene - she successfully 'sells' a wildly impossible situation. My husband met her last week at a Birmingham film fair. Said she was lovely and on good form. I was really thrilled to get her autograph but was shamed I didn't meet her myself. Her character transformation in DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS is a highlight of vampire cinema. Though my favourite film of hers is QUATERMASS AND THE PIT. She adds the glamour but never sacrifices the intelligence or reality of her character. Her ability as an actress shows its range in her possession scene - she successfully ’sells’ a wildly impossible situation.

My husband met her last week at a Birmingham film fair. Said she was lovely and on good form. I was really thrilled to get her autograph but was shamed I didn’t meet her myself.

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