Hi from the NW coast, USA

**Rich Carlson** · 15th April 2008, 10:52 PM

Hello one and all!

Rich Carlson here. A long time admirer of Mr. Lee's wonderful, passionate and very entertaining work. I live in Kirkland, Washington.

What "turned me on" to Christopher Lee?

It may have been certain Hammer films... When I was a kid they scared the dickens out of me!...

And The Wicker Man, cripes! A film that, whenever it's on television, you have to sit whoever is around down to watch it.

Perhaps a couple of LP's I enjoyed, I think they were called "Tales of Horror", just my favorite readings of all time of Poe stories, that's all...

Lee's reading of The Exorcist...wow... And so on, through his potent powerful performance as Saruman, and beyond... All of it.

I grew up with Christopher Lee's films and I'm sure glad I did. And I'm glad he's done so many different projects so we could be, and can continue to be, surprised and delighted to see and hear him again and again down through the years.

Anyhow, nice to be here and I look forward to some fascinating, or just plain fun, conversation!

**Helen Dyer** · 15th April 2008, 11:22 PM

Hi Rich! Welcome to the CLW. I hope you have a wonderful time here and will be looking forward to more of your posts.

Cheers,
Helen

**Stuart Ball** · 15th April 2008, 11:35 PM

Hi Rich

A very warm welcome to the site. Hope you enjoy your time here!

**Steve Thompson** · 15th April 2008, 11:41 PM

Hi Rich. A warm welcome from the NW of England.
I look forward to reading your posts on this great site.

**Luzmila Frisancho** · 16th April 2008, 08:19 AM

:)Welcome to the CLW.

**Rich Carlson** · 16th April 2008, 09:58 AM

Helen, Stuart, Steve, Luzmila, thanks for saying hey and nice to meet you.

**Andrés Verdú** · 16th April 2008, 11:21 AM

Hello everyone,

A very warm welcome to CLW, Rich! I hope you will enjoy your time here, and I look forward to reading more of your posts in the future. I particularly enjoy Mr Lee's "voice work" (or audio recordings) and it's great to see them mentioned in your post. As an enthusiast of Poe's work, I too would single out those recordings, and The Exorcist is also a good one. There is a section in Mr Lee's autobiography, Lord of Misrule, where he discusses recording the latter work, and how the description of the Black Mass was so "vile" it left him feeling sick. I guess this is some indication of the authencity Blatty strove for in his book. Anyway, take care and all the best:

Warmest regards,

Andrés

**Brenda Rabisa** · 16th April 2008, 07:19 PM

Hi Rich,Welcome I just recently joined myself. I live in Tacoma. I love Christopher Lee's Dracula movies,no one could have made a better vampire than him!

**Kelly McDaniel** · 17th April 2008, 02:19 AM

Hey Rich,

Nice to see another webbed-toe washingtonian has joined the group! Actually, we're [i]almost[i] nieghbors! Welcome and look forward to seeing more posts.

**Rich Carlson** · 18th April 2008, 01:26 AM

Hey Kelly and Brenda, howdy neighbors!, and Andres, interesting about the Exorcist. I love these details so I think I came to the right place. Nice to meet you all.

**Isabel Alves** · 18th April 2008, 01:47 AM

A little late I want to say the welcomes to the main place for us to discover innovations on Mr. Lee.

A hug of here of Brazil.

**Rich Carlson** · 18th April 2008, 11:56 PM

Well thank you Isabel. Good to meet you here.

**Josh Dorsheimer** · 19th April 2008, 04:35 AM

Hello Rich! Nice to meet you! Thanks for saying hello on my thread ^^

**christian gonzalo irigoyen** · 20th April 2008, 01:26 AM

Dear Mr. Carlson,
Have a special welcome from Buenos Aires!
It´s amazing have a person of your age into our community! Thank you for share your magic whith us!

All the best,

Christian

**Aaron Singh** · 25th April 2008, 08:44 AM

Hey Rich - you're new? I was just trolling through the welcome boards to find fellow newbies and I was surprised to see you here - I'd read some of your other posts and was like, this guy sounds like a regular...

Welcome anyhoo! :)