ISSUE 2 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Format: epub

The text on this page is estimated to be only 15.15% accurate three flat tyres; one would have been believable, nr even four, * . bat three? While filming on location at Heathrow airport, there was a hold-up while Terminal One was evacuated for aver an hour during a bomb scare. Also at Heathrow, fora complicated tracking shot the film crew painstakingly put down tape marks, so the actors would be sure of their exact positions. While they temporarily turned their backs, an overzealous cleaner took them all up again, thinking they were litter! Saddest of all, one of the film crew died ol a heart attack on the first day of filming. Of course, all these events are doubtless coincidental, but, considering the nature of the film, they do seem odd, to say the least . . . A great deal of the film h being shot on location in and around London, with a few days shooting in Germany* and a great deal of effort has been expended on finding exactly the right places The final, climactic scenes were filmed at the Dashwood Mausoleum in Buckinghamshire. TRUE LIFE BLACK MAGIC The mausoleum was built for Sir Francis Dashwood in 1765, and stands at the lop of West Wycombe Hill Beneath the hill arc the notorious caves where the Hell-Fire Club used to meet. The not-so-secret society, which scandalised 1 8th Century England, was formed by Dashwood, and included among its eminent membership Frederick, Prince of Wales. Although the club caused greatest concern by the unlimited number of orgies they held, one of the things that Dashwood was accused of was . . . Black Magic! It’s a massive, brooding structure, surrounded by thick trees, with circular flint walls, stone arches and plaster columns, designed in Roman style, with urns and monuments to the Dashwood family and their closest friends, A miasma; atmosphere of the dark days of the past hangs round the place, and its historical authenticity adds a perfect, doomladen touch to the last, terrifying scenes. “Tf fd had to build this," Art Director Donald Piet on remarked, when he first saw the Mausoleum, “it would have cost thousands. And then it probably wouldn't have looked right,” When the building was restored in the early years of this century, the repairs alone cost six thousand pounds. But things were different in 1765! The whole Mausoleum was built for £495 5s 3d, out of a £500 bequest to Dashwood, in the will of Lord M doom be Regis In those days, no doubt the change would have bought a good few rounds or beer for the builders . . . and they would have richly deserved them! Unfortunately, Christopher Lee was not on the set the day we were visiting, so wc had no opportunity of actually seeing him at work. But we did meet the man responsible for disposing of him no less than eighteen times in various films . . . Les Bowie, the special effects supervisor.

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