HAMMER HORROR STARS - Lot 187

HAMMER HORROR STARS 2 Terence Fisher films: Christopher Lee in "The Devil Rides Out" (Les Vierges de Satan, 1968) and Peter Cushing in "Frankenstein Must be Destroyed" (Le Retour de Frankenstein, 1969). 2 photos, vintage silver prints, credits under one image, annotated on backs. Approx. 20.5 x 25.5 cm each. Note: Set of two photographs dedicated to two Hammer Films classics directed by Terence Fisher: Christopher Lee in The Devil Rides Out (Les Vierges de Satan, 1968) and Peter Cushing in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (Le Retour de Frankenstein, 1969). Major figures in British fantasy cinema, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing embodied the golden age of Hammer, the studio emblematic of the European gothic revival of the 1950s-1970s. The Devil Rides Out, adapted from a novel by Dennis Wheatley, is considered one of the best occult films produced by Hammer, while Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed continues the famous series devoted to the scientist Frankenstein, played by Peter Cushing. Under the direction of Terence Fisher, these productions impose a sophisticated gothic aesthetic blending horror, color and baroque atmosphere. Period promotional photographs associated with the great Hammer figures remain particularly sought-after by collectors of classic fantasy cinema.