Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

May 26, 1913 · 113 years old

Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar fac…

Known For

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

1977 · 2h 1m · Movie

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth ...

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Top Secret!

Top Secret!

1984 · 1h 30m · Movie

An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scie...

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Horror of Dracula

Horror of Dracula

1958 · 1h 22m · Movie

When Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula for accepting a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, his friend Dr. Van Helsing pursues the predatory villain.

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Hamlet

Hamlet

1948 · 2h 34m · Movie

Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.

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Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

1972 · 1h 32m · Movie

Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959 · 1h 27m · Movie

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

6.9
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Horror Express

Horror Express

1972 · 1h 28m · Movie

While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.

6.5
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The Curse of Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957 · 1h 22m · Movie

While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.

7.0
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The Mummy

The Mummy

1959 · 1h 28m · Movie

In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.

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Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

1966 · 1h 30m · Movie

Ten years after his demise, Count Dracula is resurrected by his servant and preys on four unsuspecting English tourists who have taken shelter in his castle.

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The Brides of Dracula

The Brides of Dracula

1960 · 1h 25m · Movie

Vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on a beautiful young schoolteacher.

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The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers

1970 · 1h 31m · Movie

Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.

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Asylum

Asylum

1972 · 1h 28m · Movie

In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

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The House That Dripped Blood

The House That Dripped Blood

1971 · 1h 42m · Movie

An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.

6.5
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Dracula A.D. 1972

Dracula A.D. 1972

1972 · 1h 36m · Movie

In 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.

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Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

1972 · 1h 29m · Movie

The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.

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The Gorgon

The Gorgon

1964 · 1h 23m · Movie

In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European village by turning its citizens to stone.

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The Satanic Rites of Dracula

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973 · 1h 27m · Movie

In 1974, Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing investigates a satanic cult on behalf of Scotland Yard, only to discover a plot by Count Dracula to commit global genocide.

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Twins of Evil

Twins of Evil

1971 · 1h 27m · Movie

A religious sect led by Gustav Weil hunts all women suspected of witchcraft, killing a number of innocent victims. Young Frieda, Gustav's niece, will involve herself in a devilish cult, and become an instrument of Justice in the r...

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At the Earth's Core

At the Earth's Core

1976 · 1h 29m · Movie

A Victorian era scientist and his assistant take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.

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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969 · 1h 41m · Movie

Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.

6.7
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Dr. Who and the Daleks

Dr. Who and the Daleks

1965 · 1h 22m · Movie

An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.

5.6
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The Abominable Snowman

The Abominable Snowman

1957 · 1h 25m · Movie

A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.

6.4
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The Evil of Frankenstein

The Evil of Frankenstein

1964 · 1h 24m · Movie

Upon returning to his home village to continue his experimental research, the destitute Dr. Frankenstein revives his old creature, but a hypnotist wants the monster to control for himself.

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The Creeping Flesh

The Creeping Flesh

1973 · 1h 32m · Movie

A Victorian-age scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones unleashing a malevolent being on the scientist's f...

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A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

1940 · 1h 2m · Movie

As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarships to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.

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Scream and Scream Again

Scream and Scream Again

1970 · 1h 35m · Movie

A serial killer who drains his victims' blood is on the loose in London. The police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.

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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974 · 1h 33m · Movie

Baron Frankenstein works with a mental patient to reanimate the dead.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

1956 · 2h 21m · Movie

Philip of Macedonia's son wants to rule the fourth-century B.C. world.

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Island of Terror

Island of Terror

1966 · 1h 29m · Movie

An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.

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Night Creatures

Night Creatures

1962 · 1h 22m · Movie

In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.

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The Skull

The Skull

1965 · 1h 23m · Movie

A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.

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Torture Garden

Torture Garden

1967 · 1h 33m · Movie

An anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.

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Biggles: Adventures in Time

Biggles: Adventures in Time

1986 · 1h 48m · Movie

Daring British WWI fighter pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and 1980s low-level business executive Jim Ferguson discover that they can time travel to each other's eras. They try to stop the Germans from changing the outcome of WWI.

5.6
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Sword of the Valiant

Sword of the Valiant

1984 · 1h 42m · Movie

The Green Knight tricks Gawain of King Arthur's round table, then gives him one year to solve a riddle or die.

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Night of the Big Heat

Night of the Big Heat

1967 · 1h 34m · Movie

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.

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