VALERIE LEON on Working with Peter Cushing and Challenges of Filming Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb

Here’s our latest PRODUCTION DIARY video, this week with actress Valerie Leon, who talks about making the classic 1971 Hammer horror, Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb, including some of the many production problems that they faced, not least of all was when Peter Cushing had to leave the picture after just one day’s filming when his wife was taken seriously ill.

DEREK FOWLDS recalls working with PETER CUSHING on Hammer Films’ Frankenstein Created Woman: DOC-EXTRA

Actor Derek Fowlds recalls spending six weeks at Bray Studios working with Peter Cushing for Hammer Films’ classic 1967 horror shocker Frankenstein Created Woman. It was an experience that had a huge impact on him, which he discussed in detail during a special interview he recorded for our documentary, PETER CUSHING: In His Own Words. Here’s a documentary-extra with additional material from Derek’s interview, which we thought you’d like to see. Continue reading “DEREK FOWLDS recalls working with PETER CUSHING on Hammer Films’ Frankenstein Created Woman: DOC-EXTRA”

PETER CUSHING – Excerpts from rare interview, never broadcast before

We have a very special PRODUCTION DIARY today that features excerpts from a radio interview recorded with Peter Cushing in May 1986, much of which that has never been broadcast before. The interview now forms part of our new documentary PETER CUSHING: In His Own Words, which takes a fresh look at Peter, his life and his work.

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