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karohemdAn excellent start to the day.
First I had a look at the Great Photographers in History exhibition at the museum which was good and interesting.
Then it was time to meet up with friends for the first film: Bloodbath at the House of Death. Only knowing that Vincent Price was in it and having cultural reference fail regarding Kenny Everett, I had no idea what to expect, not an early slasher horror, but a horror comedy, a farce even. As soon as I had realised what was going on and switched my mindset, it was incredibly good fun. Extremely cheesy and bad but in a good way.
Then, the seminal Horror Express. 'Nuff said.
Afterwards, a Horizon special in TV Heaven on SciFi which had interviews with the likes of Arthur C Clarke and Asimov talking about their visions. Now, 60 years on, very fascinating indeed in terms of their predictions and what has and hasn't become reality.
After a brief dinner at a Chinese buffet I met up with @Crawther and later @Avalard for chats in the pictureville bar before heading into the cinema for Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, the extremely cheesy Hammer/Kung Fu crossover with Peter Cushing doing Van Helsing for the last time. There was spontaneous applause from the audience after the first mass fight scene. :D
Then, a quick jog to the Cubby for the screentalk with Peter Sasdy, veteran director of both classic TV and Hammer films. I enjoyed this immensely, not just because of the insight he gave into his work and the amusing anecdotes but also his genuine honesty and modesty. What a wonderful person.
I'm writing this in a brief winddown break in my hotel room while listening to Santana improvising away on BBC4. Now I'm off to see the "Midnight Screamer", the director's cut of The Exorcist on the big screen, yeah!
First I had a look at the Great Photographers in History exhibition at the museum which was good and interesting.
Then it was time to meet up with friends for the first film: Bloodbath at the House of Death. Only knowing that Vincent Price was in it and having cultural reference fail regarding Kenny Everett, I had no idea what to expect, not an early slasher horror, but a horror comedy, a farce even. As soon as I had realised what was going on and switched my mindset, it was incredibly good fun. Extremely cheesy and bad but in a good way.
Then, the seminal Horror Express. 'Nuff said.
Afterwards, a Horizon special in TV Heaven on SciFi which had interviews with the likes of Arthur C Clarke and Asimov talking about their visions. Now, 60 years on, very fascinating indeed in terms of their predictions and what has and hasn't become reality.
After a brief dinner at a Chinese buffet I met up with @Crawther and later @Avalard for chats in the pictureville bar before heading into the cinema for Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, the extremely cheesy Hammer/Kung Fu crossover with Peter Cushing doing Van Helsing for the last time. There was spontaneous applause from the audience after the first mass fight scene. :D
Then, a quick jog to the Cubby for the screentalk with Peter Sasdy, veteran director of both classic TV and Hammer films. I enjoyed this immensely, not just because of the insight he gave into his work and the amusing anecdotes but also his genuine honesty and modesty. What a wonderful person.
I'm writing this in a brief winddown break in my hotel room while listening to Santana improvising away on BBC4. Now I'm off to see the "Midnight Screamer", the director's cut of The Exorcist on the big screen, yeah!
