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Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

26/05/1913- 11/08/1994
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE  (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, his most famous roles outside of "Hammer Horror" include his many appearances as Sherlock Holmes, as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977) and as the mysterious Doctor Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1965 and 1966, two cinema films based on the television series Doctor Who. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Dracula

Dracula
7.2/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 22/05/1958
  • Character: Doctor Van Helsing
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.

The Curse of Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein
7/10
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.

Torture Garden

Torture Garden
6.1/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 01/11/1967
  • Character: Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra.

The Uncanny

The Uncanny
5.7/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 24/08/1977
  • Character: Wilbur Gray
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.

The Mummy

The Mummy
6.6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 01/08/1959
  • Character: John Banning
One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.

Dracula A.D. 1972

Dracula A.D. 1972
5.9/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 26/06/1972
  • Character: Professor Van Helsing
Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
6.3/10
  • Genre: HorrorScience Fiction
  • Release: 01/04/1974
  • Character: Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

The Satanic Rites of Dracula
5.5/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 03/11/1973
  • Character: Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.

The Brides of Dracula

The Brides of Dracula
6.6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 07/07/1960
  • Character: Dr. J. Van Helsing
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.

The Skull

The Skull
6.2/10
  • Genre: HorrorThriller
  • Release: 25/08/1965
  • Character: Dr. Christopher Maitland
An occult investigator buys the 150 year old stolen skull of Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
6.7/10
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.

The Revenge of Frankenstein

The Revenge of Frankenstein
6.7/10
Baron Frankenstein, working under the protective pseudonym Dr. Victor Stein, together with his assistant Dr. Kleve, transplants a dwarf's brain into another body and unleashes a deranged being.

Asylum

Asylum
6.5/10
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.

The Creeping Flesh

The Creeping Flesh
6.1/10
A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil he is terrified that it will be passed on to their daughter. He tries to use the skeleton's blood to immunise her against this eventuality, but his attempt has anything but the desired result.

Horror Express

Horror Express
6.5/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 30/09/1972
  • Character: Dr. Wells
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.

From Beyond the Grave

From Beyond the Grave
6.6/10
  • Genre: FantasyHorror
  • Release: 21/02/1974
  • Character: The Proprietor
Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "Offers You Cannot Resist". A nasty fate awaits all of them—particularly those who cheat the shop's Proprietor.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles
6.9/10
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

The Evil of Frankenstein

The Evil of Frankenstein
6/10
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?

The House That Dripped Blood

The House That Dripped Blood
6.5/10
  • Genre: HorrorMystery
  • Release: 22/02/1971
  • Character: Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

The Beast Must Die

The Beast Must Die
5.6/10
  • Genre: HorrorMystery
  • Release: 01/04/1974
  • Character: Dr. Christopher Lundgren
Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in the world. But one creature still evades him, the biggest game of all - a werewolf.

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