It just snowballed...

Just went mad and ordered five, no six Lee-films. I will probably have to wait until summer to recieve them all, but never mind. Amazon is just... ugh.

I found The Three Muskeers and it just snowballed from there. I have only seen excerpts from Crimson Pirate - as with Bitter Victory - but as I love theese pre-fame films, I couldn't resist. Taste of Fear is a new acquaintance - so far, I have only known it by name. I want Beyond Mombasa as well, but it'll just have to wait. Though it was painful not to order it on spot... 

Night of the Big Heat is a joy. Very hot!

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• The Crimson Pirate [1952] [DVD]
  James Hayter, et al
  Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L. 
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• Night of the big Heat (uncut) english audio
  Ronald Liles, Terence Fisher
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• Bitter Victory [DVD] [2007]
  Richard Burton, et al
  Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L. 
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• The Three Musketeers/the Four Musketeers [DVD]
  Richard Lester
  Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L. 
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• Taste of Fear [DVD] [2010]
  Christopher Lee, et al
  Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L.

Who's the most #badass???

Motivation:

"The Action Hero: The ultimate badass with an unquenchable work ethic, Christopher Lee is still popping up in the likes of The Hobbit, while LOTR and Star Wars saw him kicking ass well into his 80s."

Here is the entire list of the oldest and coolest action heroes.

Guess who tops the list.
Thank you, thank you! Chuck Norris has nothing on Christopher Lee!

The way they were

OK, OK OK. This is absolutely lovely footage of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing bantering. If this was the way they were with one another, I understand why sparks was flying on screen.

What a marvellous caption of dear and good old friends! Beautiful. I just got something in my eye... Thanks to Peter Cushing Appreciation Society, UK.

Oh my!

Just found this. A very handsome Christopher Lee in footage from Scream and Scream again, 1969, set with some really nice music. Great fan stuff. Make sure you watch this full screen!!

Additional note: This film was shot in May and June 1969, released in December that same year. Both Peter Cushing and Vincent Price hold roles in this thriller. Lee comments in Films of Christopher Lee:

"The only time that Vincent and Peter and I ever appeared in the same film. [Written before House of the Long Shadows] However, we were all three virtually defused. I had about eight minutes of screen time(...) I shot one whole sequence in Trafalgar Square. If you can remember your lines with all the traffic, and the crowds of people behind the camera watching - you can do anything."

It got mixed reviews. Some really, really good ones, some ... not so good.

I knew that all along...

I am well aware that I am a nerd. But when seeing Hobbit my heart jumped at the scene of the White council, at that voice. Sir Christopher Lee has been in two of the greatest film sagas of the last decades, and now he is in a third series of great films... He is flipping epic. That is just the way it is.

For so long only nerds like me kept track of what he was doing. And now, and especially after LOTR and the launching of his metal albums, he exploded all over You Tube. His cult status has gone though the roof, he is the "coolest person EVER" - the "ultimate badass", the ruler of Chuck Norris (!) (when "Christopher Lee sings Chuck Norris sits down to listen"), and after Charlemagne most probably the ruler of the entire Universe. His voice is "legendary", sends "chills" down peoples spines. Some fans are swooning - "sexiest actor ever." "Sexy man god!"

An example:
"Christopher Lee killed Nazis with the guy who made James Bond, then went on to set the world record for number of films by becoming a legendary vampire, a Sith Lord, and a great wizard. And on top of all that, get this - he's a motherfucking metal musician. I'm not kidding. This guy, a 90 year WW2 vet/acting legend - plays fucking metal music. If that doesn't make him the single biggest badass that has ever walked the earth, I don't know what does. Move over, Chuck Norris. "

Or this:

He is 90 and he still kicks ass!!! A living legend.

Or this...

Christopher lee is a god among men


I knew all of this many years ago. Jeez, I wish I had had You Tube back then.

Here is a clip on how Peter Jackson persuaded SCL to film with him again. Pretty good impersonation. "Am I still in the movie?"

Got to love Martin Freeman, by the way.

Worth a special blogpost

Sweet Lord in heaven.
I seriously need some ice-cubes to cool off.

OD:ing

Okay, I am seriously risking OD:ing right now. A great Twitter friend hinted that Tumblr is a great source on SCL - and sure I've seen some of it. I wished this girl would update again, but it looks like she doesn't anymore.

Anyway, then @Sarah_Fleischer sent me this link, and now I am seriously considering starting a website on Tumblr as well. Seriously risking taking an overdose on SCL right now - mad, beautiful and wonderful pictures. THIS! Gaasssppp!!

Films so far

I just enjoyed myself by making a list of (most) productions I have seen with Sir CL. I probably missed some of them, but so far it is around 50. I feel like an freaking amateur, considering some of you fantastic friends out there. And considering the supply.
Hugo, Return ofh Captain Invincible and a couple of others stand in line at the moment.

Some classics I have yet to watch. Oh, so much joy to look forward to! :) Films within brackets I have seen parts of even though I could have watched all of it.

Anyway, a list, not sorted:

(They were not divided)
(One step beyond)
(Sherlock Holmes and the deadly necklace)
Beyond Mombasa
Curse of Frankenstein
The Dracula-series
Mummy
Rasputin
Whip and the body
Night of the big heat
Two faces of dr Jekyll
Sign of Satan
Hands of Orlac
I, Monster
The man who could cheat death
Face of Fu Manchu
The torture chamber of Dr sadism
The house that dripped blood
Count Dracula 1970
Dr terrors house of horrors
Poor Devil
Horror express
Wicker man
The devil rides out
TMWTGG
To the devil a daughter
3Musketeers
4Musketeers
1941
Airport '77
How the West was Won
House of Long shadows
Gremlins2
Shaka Zulu
Young Indiana Jones
Around the World in 80 days
The disputation
The Many faces of CL
Sleepy Hollow
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
LOTR
Star Wars
The Resident

Kurt Menliff!

Christopher Lee's character in The Whip and the Body.

"You always loved violence!"

My preccciousssss!!!!

Two weeks ago, Little Film House (hey, #FF @Littlefilmhouse on Twitter!!) suddenly advertised that they had this poster signed by SCL.

I actually caught an RT, made by one of my followers. The tweet was like two minutes old. I jumped on it and could not believe my eyes. I once had that poster as a small postcard when I was teenager.

Now this wonderful poster,(in quad-size!) one of twenty like that in the world, signed in november 2008 by the man himself, stared me right in the face. That was almost to good to be true.

After a short but brief minute of agony it was just impossible not to buy. I was incredibly lucky. The following hour the Film House had a great deal of questions on this poster, the poster I had already bought! Can't believe I have been so lucky!

This afternoon when I came home, it was waiting for me! My wonderful poster! Do I need to say that my heart was pounding when I unpacked it?! 

It comes with a certificate that it is authentic. 

I'm sorry, but this is just insanely cool. 

The fangirl within is squeeling!!!

 

Oh, dear me! I used to have this as a small postcard as a teenager. Now it is mine as signed poster! Wooowww!!

 

This man is a living legend!


   
Can't believe I have it! My preccciouuuussssss!