The Cult Films of Christopher Lee - Jonathan Sothcott Reviews
Description:ISBN 0953909204 / Genre: Music / Stage / Screen / Author: Jonathan Sothcott / Paperback / 280 Pages / Book is published 2000-09-22 by Eaton Books
Newest Review: ... The author likes The Creeping Flesh a lot, this one featuring Lee and Cushing as brothers who become embroiled in a mystery ... more
... involving a strange skeleton Cushing's character finds in New Guinea. The Devil Rides Out chapter is pretty good and the author explains how Lee got to play the hero for once, a sympathetic Duke who must protect people from a Satanic cult. Lee's original go as Dracula is generally held up here as the best and throughout the Dracula chapters there is always a lot of interesting background stuff about the production of the films and Hammer's fluctuating fortunes. Because Lee was a such a commanding and polished pre...more
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by - written on 23/02/11 (Very useful, 74 readings)
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The Cult Films of Christopher Lee was published in 2000 and written by Jonathan Sothcott. The book takes a look at 29 'cult' films the veteran actor has appeared in and includes over 400 rare photographs (many of which I believe were supplied by Lee himself). As you'd expect, the book is heavy on Hammer Horror capers but does find time to crawl out of the crypt now and again into the sunlight and dwell on some non-fanged (and Peter Cushing free) baubles of cinema. Naturally though, this book is going to be of most interest to fans of British horror rather than devotees of The Return of Captain Invincible or whatever. The films are dissected with a decent amount of depth . Read the complete review
