Hammerin' Fears: "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" (1974)

Hello, Pulp Friends,

Last Hammerin' Fears of the month but not last Hammerin' Fears of Pulp SUnday: there are still many great HAMMER movies to tribute, and these were too much fun to work on too :)

Today we have a personal favorite, a movie I was big fan of since I watched it the first time as a kid (and watched it over and over again since then): The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires! Martial arts with fangs! Come'on, you can't beat that fun, can you? :)
It's close to midnight and I need to put this up so I will leave you with the synopsis of the movie and a little trailer (titled 7 Brothers Meet Dracula for the American market I think) and, of course, my little tribute to this classic :)
Can't believe this Halloween month is almost over :(

Buona Visione and have a Pulp Friday evening everyone! :)

Cheers,
Francesco


Synopsis: Professor Van Helsing (Cushing) had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula (Forbes-Robertson). But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.



Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
"Hammerin' Fears" and "The Vault of Fear" © and TM 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

Hammerin' Fears: "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957)

I usually don't like reposting artwork that has been already shown earlier on this blog, but since my PC crashed and put me behind on my schedule, I didn't have time to draw today's Hammer tribute so... here's a classic from Hammer horrors: Peter Cushing as Doctor Victor Frankenstein (as featuered in the Mad Doctors Week a few months back).

In the original classic trilogy with Karloff (as the creature) and Clive (as the Doctor), the focus of the stories was the monster who gets out of control and overpowers his creator. Things change in the '50s thanks to the famous Hammer Films. Movies like "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957) and "The Revenge of Frankenstein" (1958) - both directed by Terence Fisher - swap the roles between the two main characters. Now the focus is on the mad doctor Victor Frankenstein instead of the creature. He is the real monster, the cold and evil dandy with no scruples. The Creature he created is the victim escaping the lab and the morbose screenings of the so called "science".


Peter Cushing played the mad doctor Frankenstein in these 2 movies and in 3 more movies, 2 directed again by Terence Fisher (1967 and 1969) and one by Freddie Francis (1964), so I thought it would be perfect for this gallery, even more than Colin CLive.
Below is the original trailer for "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957), directed by Trence Fisher and Sarring Peter Cushing as the Doctor, Chistopher Lee as the Creature, and Robert Urquhart.

Hopefully I will manage to get the Vault of Fear piece done for Sunday so I will see you soon (insert maniacal laugh here ;))

Cheers,
Francesco



Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
"Hammerin' Fears" and "The Vault of Fear" © and TM 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

Hammerin' Fears: "The Quatermass Xperiment" (1955)

Hello, Pulp Friends,

today's Hammer Classic is "The Quatermass Xperiment", directed by Val Guest and starring Brian Donlevy and Jack Warner.
Here's the synopsis, for those 2 or 3 of you who don't know about this movie ;)

Britain's first rocket has been successfully launched and returns to Earth but communication has been severed. Only one of the three spacemen (Wordsworth) remains on board whose physical and mental health has been severely damaged. He is put under strict observation but his wife smuggles him out of the hospital only to unleash the biggest threat ever to civilisation. For the survivor is being consumed by an alien force, who gains strength from human flesh to multiple and grow, threatening to engulf and kill all living organisms. Professor Quatermass (Donlevy) must find a way to overcome the thing before it becomes impossible.

I decided to portray what happened on the rocket before it returned to Earth.

Buona Visione and have a Pulp Friday everyone! :)

Cheers,
Francesco



Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
"Hammerin' Fears" and "The Vault of Fear" © and TM 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

Hammerin' Fears: "Scream of Fear" (1961)

Hello, Pulp Friends,

we interrupt Twilight Zone for one day (it will be back tomorrow and, maybe, next week too :)) to air our Hammer Friday feature.

Today's Hammerin Fear is "Scream of Fear" (originally "Taste of Fear"), a Hammer production from 1961 featuring Susan Strasberg and Cristopher Lee. A little thriller with a disappearing (and reappering) corpse and a girl forced in a wheelchair and a bunch of sinister characters who seem to try to get rid of the girl at any cost. Sounds good, doesn't it? :D

Buona Visione and have a Pulp Friday everyone! :)

Cheers,
Francesco




Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
"Hammerin' Fears" and "The Vault of Fear" © and TM 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

Hammerin' Fears: "The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas" (1957)

Hello, Pulp Friends,

due to an unexpected tie between HAMMER OKTOBER and BLOODY PULP, I decided to tackle both topics: hope you guys don't mind me doing so ;)

The title Hammer Oktober has morphed in HAMMERIN' FEARS and will run every Friday in October. Bloody Pulp has morphed into THE VAULT OF FEAR and will run every Sunday (yep, a Bloody Pulp Sunday! :D)

To start, here's a classic from HAMMER Films: "The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas" (1957), directed by Val Guest and starring Forrest Tucker and Peter Cushing.

Buona Visione and have a Pulp Friday everyone! :)

Cheers,
Francesco




Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
"Hammerin' Fears" and "The Vault of Fear" © and TM 2009 Francesco Francavilla.