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Calvin Lockhart, Caroline Munro, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasance, Donald Sutherland, Doug McClure, EC comics, Hammer Films, Ingrid Pitt, Jack Palance, Joan Collins, Michael Gough, Mike Raven, Milton Subotsky, Patrick Magee, Peter Cushing, portmanteau film, Richard Johnson, TIgon Films, Tom Baker, Vincent Price, Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine podcast
In the wake of the surprising runaway success of the Hammer Horrors, any number of budget conscious producers suddenly saw gold in them thar hills, ranging as far distant as Roger Corman’s California production house (with the much lauded Hammer-derived “Poe cycle”) and as close to home as Kevin Francis’ short lived Tyburn, Tony Tenser’s far more credible Tigon…and a Shepperton Studios based, yet American founded company with an obsession for EC Comics and the portmanteau format, namely Amicus films.
