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Did Peter Cushing and Boris Karloff ever meet?

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thebrainfollower	Did Peter Cushing and Boris Karloff ever meet?	Lead	[-]
Dec 22 11 9:56 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Standard question, always wondered since they seem very similar in ways.
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WalesGuy		#1	[-]
Jan 14 12 7:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have never read or heard of a meeting. Their paths may have crossed at Tigon in the late 60s (Sorcerers / Blood beast terror)
PhantomXCI		#2	[-]
Jan 14 12 7:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Probably not even at Tigon. THE SORCERERS was filmed in January '67, and THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR appears to have been shot later in the Spring. Since Karloff made many trips to England during the 1960s, the PR departments for Hammer, Tigon and AIP do appear to have consistently missed wonderful opportunities to set up photo shoots with Karloff, Cushing, Price and Lee. I've also never seen a photo of Vincent Price visiting Bray Studios, or Cushing and Lee visiting one of Price's Poe films, even though there were ample opportunities for them to have been invited.
WalesGuy		#3	[-]
Jan 14 12 8:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for that Phantom, I didn't know any of the shooting dates.
kochillt		#4	[-]
Jan 15 12 12:09 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	THE SORCERERS was shot in January 67, CAULDRON OF BLOOD in Feb, NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT in Feb, CORRUPTION in June, THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR in Aug, TARGETS in Dec, THE CRIMSON CULT in Jan '68. A decent vintage that year, with nary a single hiccup. It must be remembered that Boris Karloff had permanently moved back to London his final decade, and by '65 was a neighbour of Sir Christopher Lee, so he certainly had ample opportunity to meet Lee's famed co-star in terror. Boris did only one previous film in Britain since 1958's CORRIDORS OF BLOOD, and that was DIE, MONSTER, DIE! from Feb '65 (right after which, co-star Nick Adams flew to Japan to do a Frankenstein movie!).
Rick		#5	[-]
Jan 15 12 1:13 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	kochillt wrote: THE SORCERERS was shot in January 67, CAULDRON OF BLOOD in Feb, NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT in Feb, CORRUPTION in June, THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR in Aug, TARGETS in Dec, THE CRIMSON CULT in Jan '68. A decent vintage that year, with nary a single hiccup. Boy, I'm really not sure what you mean by "not a single hiccup." My best guess is that you're saying of those seven movies that none missed the mark. If that is what you mean, I must respectfully disagree. TARGETS is terrific, THE SORCERERS is, at least, interesting. CAULDRON OF BLOOD, NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT, CORRUPTION, and THE CRIMSON CULT all fall in middlin' ground. Some folks are fond of one or more of them to some degree. Personally, I think all four are pretty cruddy. And THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR is atrocious, absolutely one of the worst things Peter Cushing ever got sucked into. I know we're all entitled to our own opinions, but I really do hope that I'm misreading your meaning.
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WalesGuy		#6	[-]
Jan 15 12 4:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love BLOOD BEAST TERROR, though Cushing thought it was one of his worst films.
Ted Newsom		#7	[-]
Jan 16 12 8:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cushing was such a star-impressed fanboy at heart, I think he would have mentioned meeting Boris Karloff if he ever had. I wish it had happened, but he never mentioned it in any interview or two books of reminiscences.
kochillt		#8	[-]
Jan 16 12 4:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm assuming Cushing stated that THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR was his worst film well before TENDER DRACULA, SON OF HITLER, TOUCH OF THE SUN, or BLACK JACK were even in the planning stages. BEAST is quite watchable, the others not at all. Most amazing is that Cushing is wonderful amid the amateurish surroundings on location in Zambia for TOUCH, while co-star Oliver Reed stumbled around as the intended comic relief. These latter titles understandably had trouble finding distribution outside their respective countries, since they had little, if any, audience appeal. Such was the sad state of the British film industry by the end of the 70s that one of its finest exports could only find such unworthy vehicles. Both Cushing and Karloff had nothing to be ashamed of in 1967.
Ted Newsom		#9	[-]
Jan 17 12 4:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Awwww... Son of Hitler has its moments. So seldom do you get to see Cushing do a comedy pratfall. And there he is co-starring with the guy who co-wrote THE TERROR!!!
kochillt		#10	[-]
Jan 17 12 9:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Okay, the main reason Cushing made SON OF HITLER was the rare opportunity to do comedy, but it's rough sledding whenever Bud Cort is on screen. I remember Leo V. Gordon as the guy who wrote ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES. Perhaps he made a better actor than he was a writer.
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