Do you remember when ?

Old Soul · 5th January 2002, 01:15 AM

Do you remember when you became a fan of Mr. Lee?

Do you remember what movie it was that had caught your eye of this fabulous actor?

Would you like to share your experience?

For me it was way back when I first saw The Hound of the Baskervilles. Back then I was very fond of Mr. Cushing, and Mr. Lee was an added bonus, so tall, dark, and handsome

elizabeth vanharlingen · 5th January 2002, 01:30 AM

"Poor Devil", also starring Sammy Davis Jr., and Adam West. All the actors were fine, really. But it was such a bit of light-weight drivel. And to think that was my introduction to Christopher Lee!

Vandevere

saruman12 · 5th January 2002, 07:10 PM

My first encounter with Mr. Lee was in "Gremlins 2" .
A very funny role, because the secret to comedy is to play straight in the weirdest situation. I still always laugh at Mr. Lees
"mean" face at the scene when Gismo starts to dance on front of him.

David Barbour · 5th January 2002, 07:56 PM

Depending on your way of thinking, I was given the ultimate introduction in film to Mr. Lee.

When I was a little tyke, my Dad used to buy 20 minute, silent 8mm versions of all the old horror films and one of them was the HORROR OF DRACULA. It terrified me to no end of course but the 20 minutes included all of Lee's big scenes in the film.

Just as well I couldn't hear James Bernard's pulse-pounding music and Lee's hideous snarls at that tender age!

A few years later, my Dad would take me and my brother to an big old movie house (late 60's/early 70's) where they would show three old horror/sf films in a row every Saturday afternoon for 50 cents a pop.

And that's where I first got to see HORROR OF DRACULA and many other Hammer/Amicus/Toho pictures with sound.

Great Memories indeed!

**Joakim Lundberg** · 5th January 2002, 09:10 PM

Beeing Swedish I was introduced to Mr Lee from "Mio in the Land of Far Away" on television at a very young age (he was dubbed). Then one late night I saw Horror of Dracula of course on tv as well and on that way it's been ever since and here I am 19 years of age moderating HIS website and have learned to know his daughter.

**Alfonso Casal** · 6th January 2002, 12:20 AM

The earliest memory I have of seeing Mr. Lee on film was of watching Horror Hotel on a saturday night 'creature feature' program as child. Of course, I didn't know that was Christopher Lee -- I didn't even know the name of the film, I just called it the "movie with the witches that burn when they see a cross."

Sometime after that, my father took me to the movies. Our film of choice? Dracula has Risen from the Grave, of course! To say that that film hjad an impact on us would be an understatement. To this day, I'm surprised that my poor mother survived with her sanity intact. What with me running around the house with a towel tied 'round my neck trying to scare everyone; and my father, staring at my mother and saying (with his Spanish accent) "Na-oo mai ray-vench ees complee!"

Around that time, I found a copy of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, and learned the identity of that extraordinary actor. I've been a fan. . . and a rather odd fellow. . . every since.:D

**Alfonso Casal** · 6th January 2002, 12:27 AM

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When I was a little tyke, my Dad used to buy 20 minute, silent 8mm versions of all the old horror films and one of them was the HORROR OF DRACULA

I remember us having 15-minute super-8 reels of HOD and COF that came with a floppy plastic record that ones was supposed to synchronize with the film in order to have sound. Of course, we never managed to get it right and the sound/dialog was always a second or two before or after the action. Kinda Hammer by way of Toho!:D

**Joakim Lundberg** · 6th January 2002, 12:36 AM

I've been a fan. . . and a rather odd fellow. . . every since.:D [/b][/quote]

Indeed you have my dear fellow..LOL!!!

We all have. LOL!!:D :D

**Jacob Remery** · 6th January 2002, 01:18 AM

The first time I watched a movie With Christopher Lee was about 20 years ago.
I think I was around 10 years old.
It was during a very hot summer and The Wicker Man played on Dutch TV.
Normally I would be send to bed at that hour, but because it was so hot outside I was allowed to stay up watching TV
Everyone was sitting outside while I watched The Wicker Man.
I didn't understood the movie, but I loved the atmosphere of this whole movie.
Didn't knew who Christopher Lee was at that time of course but never forgot his name or the movie title.

Later when I was in my teens I became interested in the Horror genre and saw To The Devil A Daughter.
This was another movie that impressed me with again a great performance by Mr Lee.

After that I started to try to collect his movies.
Which wasn't an easy task. They were hardly available in the local video stores.
My only available source was the BBC or a (horror/cult) video shop in Amsterdam.

Luckily we have credit cards and online internet stores now. :D

**Alfonso Casal** · 6th January 2002, 02:27 AM

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I've been a fan. . . and a rather odd fellow. . . every since.:D

Indeed you have my dear fellow..LOL!!!

We all have. LOL!!:D :D [/quote]

Christopher Lee fans, odd? No way!:a4:

Lamoreux · 6th January 2002, 03:47 AM

DRACULA - PRINCE OF DARKNESS was my very first Christopher Lee film, over thirty years ago. I thought he was the greatest Dracula ever. I saw the picture a number of years later and was shocked to discover the Count had no dialogue. I had been so blown away by his performance the first time, it never dawned on me that he hadn't spoken a word.

Doug

**Joakim Lundberg** · 6th January 2002, 04:49 PM

That post was meant as a joke Alfonso.:D

**Alfonso Casal** · 6th January 2002, 05:52 PM

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That post was meant as a joke Alfonso.:D

I know, Joakim. So was my response.

David Barbour · 8th January 2002, 04:45 AM

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I remember us having 15-minute super-8 reels of HOD and COF that came with a floppy plastic record that ones was supposed to synchronize with the film in order to have sound. Of course, we never managed to get it right and the sound/dialog was always a second or two before or after the action. Kinda Hammer by way of Toho!:D

Alfonso:

You just reminded me that my Dad also got ahold of one of those 8mm versions with the little floppy record a few years after he got the silent version and it too would never fail to synch up no matter how many times we ran it!

Thanks for the Hammer-nam flashback!

**Alfonso Casal** · 9th January 2002, 08:17 AM

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Alfonso:

You just reminded me that my Dad also got ahold of one of those 8mm versions with the little floppy record a few years after he got the silent version and it too would never fail to synch up no matter how many times we ran it!

Thanks for the Hammer-nam flashback!

I and a friend of mine would get hold of the 'reverse' switch on the projector and replay the scene where Peter Cushing's Van Helsing slaps Gerda the maid to shock her out of her hysteria over and over:

SMACK! "Now, what happened?"
SMACK! "Now, what happened?"
SMACK! "Now, what happened?"
SMACK! "Now, what happened?"
SMACK! "Now, what happened?"

Needless to say, my father wasn't amused.:1devil: