tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934787162311039470.post1215535026813505399..comments2024-03-16T12:05:20.781+01:00Comments on A Wasted Life: The Brides of Dracula (Great Britain, 1960)Abrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126027036169180235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934787162311039470.post-41485712363773637182015-10-07T09:42:17.606+02:002015-10-07T09:42:17.606+02:00I think what I hated the most — as in what made me...I think what I hated the most — as in what made me wanna throw my beer at the tv the absolute most — was the whole Cushing being bitten and waking up and saving himself by burning the bite. (Still waiting for that concept to turn up in some cheap zombie flick.) Really, the beauty of the babes, the colors, and the great Hammer production levels are all wasted in this movie. But your take on Cushing's character, I admit, I've never taken into account and is actually a plus in a movie suffering a lot of minuses. Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126027036169180235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934787162311039470.post-76599924763423976772015-10-06T21:08:33.357+02:002015-10-06T21:08:33.357+02:00My biggest kvetch with "Brides of Dracula&quo...My biggest kvetch with "Brides of Dracula" is the scene when the lock just falls off the coffin for no reason. But I love Cushing's Van Helsing in this--he's more dimensional. He's fearful, determined, athletic (LOVE that swashbuckler move on the chain!) and can out-aristocrat the douchebag headmaster of the school. If Peter Cushing wasn't in the movie, it would definitely be a Hammer non-entity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798497706338882909noreply@blogger.com