tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post5024055548105871698..comments2023-10-26T04:48:13.179-05:00Comments on From Midnight, With Love: Midnight Movie of the Week #40 - The Legend of the 7 Golden VampiresThe Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09871017982169159144noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-50983867250168679812010-10-09T14:13:04.946-05:002010-10-09T14:13:04.946-05:00AB released it on DVD, too, but it was a cut versi...AB released it on DVD, too, but it was a cut version. Stuart Whitman, Peter Cushing and Ti Lung were the main stars. Monte Hellman was the original director, but got fired three weeks into the shoot. I got pic of Chang Cheh helping him shoot the action scenes. He has some interesting things to say about the film in that book I mentioned. Michael Carreras took over the film when it apparently fell behind schedule.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-21472955248726429302010-10-09T13:36:26.012-05:002010-10-09T13:36:26.012-05:00Thanks for the comments, guys!
@stonerphonic - To...Thanks for the comments, guys!<br /><br />@stonerphonic - Totally agree that it's overlooked - like I said, I forget it too. The fact that it's not Lee just seems to make it second-banana to the others, but on its own it's fabulous.<br /><br />@venoms5 - Wow, lots of cool info! I've never seen or even heard of Shatter til now. Will have to do some more reading!The Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871017982169159144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-50717834391297815052010-10-08T09:32:19.406-05:002010-10-08T09:32:19.406-05:00I've yet to find any pictures of him on set of...I've yet to find any pictures of him on set of GOLDEN VAMPIRES in any of the Chinese magazines I have from 1974, but Chang Cheh did help out on the set of SHATTER with some fight scenes, the second co-pro between the two companies. I posted an image at my site of Cheh with Monte Hellman on the set of that film before Hellman was fired by Michael Carreras as well as several behind the scenes shots from GOLDEN VAMPIRES. <br /><br />Baker himself stated that at one point, the Shaws wanted to take over the film and reshoot the whole thing with a new director and camera crew which apparently was Liu Chia Liang (Cheh's soon to be former choreographer and director in his own right) and not Chang Cheh.<br /><br />Wayne Kinsey mentions this in one of his two recent and excellent Hammer books which contains tons of background info and access to files no one had seen before. If you can find the book (HAMMER, ELSTREE YEARS), it's a great read and covers the entire production of this film (and many others) including interviews with the cast (there's some amazing remarks from the actors), letters about the shooting and even BBFC issued letters regarding what needed to be cut. A Chinese AD is listed, but it's not Chang. <br /><br />Interestingly, in Cheh's memoirs, which contains everything the man worked on (not just directing), his (apparently limited) involvement on SHATTER isn't even mentioned.<br /><br />This is an awesome movie and it seemingly did very well everywhere but America. It did average business in HK, but was a big hit in other Asian territories.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132620721136610844.post-43655126647903821592010-10-08T02:35:57.468-05:002010-10-08T02:35:57.468-05:00so gotta love a movie re-title based on the fear o...so gotta love a movie re-title based on the fear of treading on territorial toes as opposed to something as silly as, say, consumer market research. lol...<br /><br />def one of the more 'overlooked' Hammer Dracula/ vampire films, but still, how the hell could you <i>NOT</i> get your rocks off on a kung-fu based vampire flick?<br /><br />no, really...stonerphonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573438214430666233noreply@blogger.com