@peymaania It's spelled - according to credits and Wheatley's book - as "van Ryn" with a lower-case "v" on "van." I'm sorry I don't know enough about the names of the Flemish and Dutch to enlighten. I doubt, though, he was a Boer, and Germans would usually be "von." There was enough traffic between England and Holland/Flanders - not to mention the reign of William and Mary of Orange - to make for native Brits with Dutch-sounding names.
Y'know when you first see an interview with Christopher Lee + you think: "Oh my God he really talks like that!". But in this (the one time he plays a good guy) I think his voice is a little different. There's a slight sharpness that isn't normally there.
@TheAlienFan Just a thought, why didn't they cast him as James Bond instead of Sean Connery/George Lazenby/Roger Moore, he could have been even better than Connery, tall, intelligent, handsome, etc. and a damn sight more interesting then Moore. A very underrated actor, if there was ever one! Then we would not have had 'The Man with the Golden Gun' with Roger Moore, oh dear what a pity!
@NCW250 Christopher Lee had been an agent/commando in WWII.
If you can, check out the bonus disks on The Lord of the Rings. The director, Peter Jackson were filming the scene where Saruman (Lee) was knifed in the back by Wormtongue.
Jackson wanted him to cry out but Lee explained that is not how someone sounds when stabbed in that manner!
He knew because in his commando role he had dispatched a few men that way.
be sure to note the personal names of the main characters. they have symbolic connotations. rex obviouly means ""king" - a reference to a chess piece, as well as to the paternal types - and duke de richleau maybe an oblique reference to cardinal richleau, a catholic cardinal, hence jesuit order, who i believe are behind movies of this kind, to disseminate false info about satanism, spiritualism, and paganism, and to drive people back to the church. this does not mean its not great drama. it is.
wow isn't Christopher Lee so handsome in this (even with the facial hair)
ashemaria16 1 month ago
@peymaania AS I recall from reading the book it was spelled 'van Rijn'.
nostromoau 3 months ago
Wonderful film & a close adaptation of the book. Excellent cinematography and sets.
A remake would be a gamble.....who would play the villanous Mocata after the standard set by the incomprable Charles Gray ?...
CnBurn61 3 months ago
Im surprised Simon is still alive after a blow that kept him out cold that long
BlackAdam1231 4 months ago
Id recommend curse of the crimson altar or its american title if you like this similar but with lee the villain, and boris karloff in it too
puddypuss 5 months ago
@peymaania It's spelled - according to credits and Wheatley's book - as "van Ryn" with a lower-case "v" on "van." I'm sorry I don't know enough about the names of the Flemish and Dutch to enlighten. I doubt, though, he was a Boer, and Germans would usually be "von." There was enough traffic between England and Holland/Flanders - not to mention the reign of William and Mary of Orange - to make for native Brits with Dutch-sounding names.
caitsidhe 6 months ago
And so, mindless medieval superstition sabotaged the earliest attempts at a Hadron chicken collider.
caitsidhe 6 months ago
Y'know when you first see an interview with Christopher Lee + you think: "Oh my God he really talks like that!". But in this (the one time he plays a good guy) I think his voice is a little different. There's a slight sharpness that isn't normally there.
LLydarth 1 year ago 3
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@LLydarth When he's the good guy, he means business!
girlofsummer489 8 months ago
@LLydarth Well actually there's a little sharpness in "Dracula" as well. Mostly at the scene when you first see him greet Dr. Jonathan Harker.
Clubs4Metal 6 months ago
There is something very Crowley about this film....one of the best Hammer Films!
Azreal93 1 year ago
It's funny to see Christopher Lee handling the cross.So much for him not being typecast. Very handsome man : )
TheAlienFan 1 year ago
@TheAlienFan Just a thought, why didn't they cast him as James Bond instead of Sean Connery/George Lazenby/Roger Moore, he could have been even better than Connery, tall, intelligent, handsome, etc. and a damn sight more interesting then Moore. A very underrated actor, if there was ever one! Then we would not have had 'The Man with the Golden Gun' with Roger Moore, oh dear what a pity!
NCW250 1 year ago
@NCW250 That would have been brilliant : )
TheAlienFan 1 year ago
@NCW250 Christopher Lee had been an agent/commando in WWII.
If you can, check out the bonus disks on The Lord of the Rings. The director, Peter Jackson were filming the scene where Saruman (Lee) was knifed in the back by Wormtongue.
Jackson wanted him to cry out but Lee explained that is not how someone sounds when stabbed in that manner!
He knew because in his commando role he had dispatched a few men that way.
So yes, he would have made an excellent Bond!
TheArchangelxxi 6 months ago
perhaps its the wrong way round for a reason
mtsartv 1 year ago
be sure to note the personal names of the main characters. they have symbolic connotations. rex obviouly means ""king" - a reference to a chess piece, as well as to the paternal types - and duke de richleau maybe an oblique reference to cardinal richleau, a catholic cardinal, hence jesuit order, who i believe are behind movies of this kind, to disseminate false info about satanism, spiritualism, and paganism, and to drive people back to the church. this does not mean its not great drama. it is.
mtsartv 1 year ago
Well, the Duke's no chess-player. Check the board over Rex's shoulder at 5.40 - it's the wrong way round!
Krzyszczynski 1 year ago
At least the chickens are saved.
ComedyStuff76 1 year ago 8
love the ambientation of this movie and actually of all of hammer movies .... ;)
mylifeinrome7 1 year ago