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...anxieties," says Kevin Howley, a media studies professor at DePauw University in Indiana. After Hammer Films in Britain gave makeovers to the classic monsters in the late '50s and early '60s, with actors like Christopher Lee and Peter...

In this article: Wheeler Winston Dixon, Night of the Living Dead, The Blair Witch Project, World War II, Horror movies, Frankenstein, and Dracula

...that fall under that genre these days. The 87-year-old, who helped Britain's legendary Hammer studios breathe new life into the horror genre in the 1950s, says he rarely watches horror films. "I find it quite nauseating what they do,"...

In this article: Christopher Lee, Dracula, Hammer film, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, E mail, Count Dracula, The Wicker Man, Roman Polanski, and U.S.

...Updated: 7:59PM BST 08 May 2009 Hammer, one of Britain's oldest production labels, was launched in 1934 and hit its peak during the 1950s and 1960s thanks in part to Sir Christopher's Count Dracula. The last Hammer film he appeared in...

In this article: Christopher Lee, Hammer film, Hilary Swank, Watchmen, Oscar, Beyond the Rave, MySpace, The Devil Rides Out, One Million Years BC, and Raquel Welch

Queen honors actor, golfer, hairdresser Sassoon, Lee, Faldo in queen's honors list Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, golfer Nick Faldo honored by UK's queen "Dracula" star Christopher Lee knighted in Queen Elizabeth's birthday honors list

In this article: Nick Faldo, Christopher Lee, Order of the British Empire, Count Dracula, British Open, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Cumming, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars

...wenn.com. Lee is one of Britain's most prolific actors with roles in 1973 film 'The Wicker Man', 1974 Bond movie 'The Man with the Golden Gun', and more recently in the new 'Star Wars' films and the 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy. Other stars...

In this article: Christopher Lee, Order of the British Empire, Bond movie, The Wicker Man, Lord Of The Rings, Elizabeth II, Alan Cumming, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Star Wars

...Birthday Honours List. Awards also go to Royle Family actress Sue Johnston, Hollywood star Alan Cumming, celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon and Delia Smith, the TV chef hailed for teaching Britain how to cook. Poetry is recognised in...

In this article: Sue Johnston, Nick Faldo, Christopher Lee, World Cup, England women's cricket team, Oxford University, and Scaramanga

...novelist. Born in New Zealand, she graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in English and Maori before coming to Britain in 1965 to train as an actress at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London. She made her...

In this article: Barbara Ewing, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, Victoria University of Wellington, ITV, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Torture Garden, and Peak Practice

...Lee in Queen's Birthday Honours Nick Faldo, one of Britain's most successful golfers, leads the Queen's Birthday Honours today with a knighthood to add to his six major championship wins. Christopher Lee, best known for his...

In this article: Nick Faldo, Christopher Lee, Andrew Motion, Bob Dylan, Ryder Cup, Allegation, Invasion of Iraq, Scaramanga, and Matthew Arnold

...Diane Langton, Anna Quayle, Sheila Bernette and a host of comedy stars, and ''The Adventures Of... series which broke box office records in the UK. In all he has written and/or directed seventeen feature films internationally, for which...

In this article: Michael Armstrong, Mark Wynter, London, UK, Horror, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and Eskimo Nell