Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, and Christopher Lee terrified audiences with their roles in traditional horror films – particularly after they labored collectively.

The trio of actors labored with one another on and off over the many years, and so they had been shut buddies until their deaths. I think about they’re on the market someplace within the both enjoying chess and laughing whereas speaking in silly voices. Maybe consuming one thing Vincent whipped up.

To have a good time three of horror’s founding actors, listed below are a number of the films (Cushing and Lee had been in a whopping 24 films collectively) they starred in collectively.

photograph by Terry O’Neill (edited)

Movies Starring Lee & Cushing

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Cushing is Frankenstein and Lee is the Creature in Hammer’s unfastened adaptation of Mary Shelley’s story. Frankenstein tells his life story to a priest as he awaits execution for murdering his maid. He recounts his childhood and the way he bought began on re-animating the useless, adopted by the story of the Creature everyone knows – with some Hammer fashion upgrades.

This was Hammer’s first coloration function, and it spawned a number of sequels, however none fairly as enjoyable as the unique.

through Warner Bros.

The Horror of Dracula (1958)

The film makes use of Stoker’s notorious vampire story as its spine. Kind of. Harker is a vampire hunter, Mina is married to Arthur Holmwood, and Lucy is his sister. What you’re right here for are the performances of Cushing as Van Helsing and Lee as Dracula – and Terence Fisher’s route. All are improbable. This is the primary in various sequels with the 2 actors reprising their roles. This is the one you need to watch, although.

through Hammer Films

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Cushing takes the lead right here as Sherlock Holmes and Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville. It performs the variation of Arthur Conan Doyle’ e book pretty straight and is one in every of Hammer’s highest-rated movies. If you need a extra critical, much less campy film, that is the one for you.

through United Artists

Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)

This anthology facilities on six males on a prepare out of London. The mysterious Doctor Schreck (Cushing being creepy) reveals the others their destiny utilizing a deck of tarot playing cards. Lee’s story known as Disembodied Hand – and the particular results are one thing else.

Movies Starring Price & Lee

The Oblong Box (1969)

Is it the very best work the 2 have executed? No. But they’re doing it collectively.

Julian (Vincent Price) hides his horrendously disfigured brother, Sir Edward Markham, in a tower the place he’s saved in chains. Anxious for freedom, Edward fakes his loss of life with assistance from an immoral lawyer, Trench, and a tablet that places him right into a catatonic state. But the escape plan takes a treacherous flip when Julian unwittingly buries his brother alive — and he’s later unearthed by grave robbers underneath the make use of of malevolent Dr. Neuhardt (Christopher Lee).

through American International Pictures

Madhouse (1974)

Based on the 1969 novel Devilday by Angus Hall, this bombastic story of horror focuses on a disgraced horror actor making an attempt to revive his profession. Paul Toombes (Vincent Price) and his screenwriter Herbert Flay (Peter Cushing) work on bringing Toombes’ most well-known character to tv. Then individuals begin dying in acquainted methods.

This one is bonkers and foolish. Vincent Price primarily performs himself and camps it up within the methods solely he can.

Movies Starring Price, Lee, & Cushing

Scream and Scream Again (1970)

Vincent Price is a mad scientist, and Christopher Lee is the investigator making an attempt to catch him on this oddly structured film. It takes some main cues from Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Frankenstein. All three actors are in Scream and Scream Again, however solely Lee and Price share a scene.

House of Long Shadows (1983)

In House of Long Shadows an American author strikes right into a dilapidated Welsh manor. He quickly meets the remainder of its residents as they host a reunion of kinds. This is extra a celebration of the long-lasting actors than it’s a purposeful film – however that doesn’t imply it’s not value watching this campy romp. It additionally stars the legendary John Carradine.

Pop tradition employees author that has been on the BoLS crew since 2010. Contributor on the One of Us podcast. Marvel, Vertigo, and dystopian sci-fi fan. Enjoys dangerous films, superb stunt performances, and the web. Hates rom-coms. (she/they)

Read the Comments (0)