Table of Contents
Acknowledgments, 1995 by Mark A. Miller
Acknowledgments, 2019 by David J. Hogan
A Note About the Text, 1995
A Note About the Text, 2020
Forewords
“The Gruesome Twosome,” by Robert Bloch
Sir Christopher Lee, CBE
Peter Cushing, OBE
Introduction to the 1995 edition by Mark A. Miller
Introduction to the 2020 edition by David J. Hogan
1. Christopher Lee, the Years 1922–1948: Childhood, Education, Heroism and Height
2. Peter Cushing, the Years 1913–1948: Childhood, Hollywood, War and Marriage
3. Two Fortuitous Pairings: Hamlet (1948) and Moulin Rouge (1952)
4. The Color of Blood: Hammer’s The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
5. Hammer’s Coup de Maître: Horror of Dracula (1958)
6. The Definitive Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
7. Ancestral Entrapment and Intolerance: The Mummy (1959)
8. Chill Winds of Fatalism: The Gorgon (1964)
9. Hammer’s Blood Cousin: Amicus and Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1964)
10. Love’s Paradox: Hammer’s She (1965)
11. The Warped Perspective of Evil: Amicus’ The Skull (1965)
12. Characterization on the Boil: Night of the Big Heat (1967)
13. Small Parts and Spare Parts: Scream and Scream Again (1969)
14. Amicus’ Four-Pack of Irony: The House That Dripped Blood (1970)
15. The Good, the Bad, and the Nasty: I, Monster (1970)
16. Emasculating Anachronism: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
17. The Pain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Train: Horror Express (1972)
18. The Last of the Best: The Creeping Flesh (1972)
19. The Stuff of Cardboard: Nothing but the Night (1972)
20. Better Is Still Not Good: The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
21. Kiddie Matinee: Arabian Adventure (1979)
22. A Gala Disappointment: House of the Long Shadows (1983)
23. Busy Years and Brushes with Death, but Not a Single Double on Film
Epilogue
Appendix I: Key Figures Since 1995
Appendix II: The Curious Case of Who Slew Who
Filmography
Chapter Notes
Sources
Index

About the Author

The late Mark A. Miller (1956–2014) wrote for many periodicals, including Filmfax and Shivers. He taught English in Gahanna, Ohio. David J. Hogan worked for nearly 30 years as an executive editor in Chicago book and magazine publishing. He has written for a variety of film magazines, contributed essays to multi-author cinema monographs, and written more than half a dozen books about horror films, science fiction, film noir, and movie comedy. Hogan lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Reviews

“Covers a lot of ground, but Miller does it with such purpose and charm that it’s impossible to get bored reading this book”—Psychobabble

Reviews of the first edition:” “a model of research and presentation...not just an excellent film book...it’s an excellent book, period”—Filmfax

“marvelous”—Video Watchdog

“all 22 of Lee/Cushing’s collaborative films are examined, dissected, and most importantly, fairly critiqued”—bare•bones.