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Actor: Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing as Van Helsing in The Horror of Dracula (1958)
Peter Cushing as Van Helsing in Dracula/The Horror of Dracula (1958)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

6 June 200013 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Frankenstein Adaptation

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Robert Urquhart, Hazel Court, …
Category: Horror

The Abominable Snowman (1957)

4 September 200031 January 2024

Rating: ★★★

Search for the Yeti

Director: Val Guest
Actors: Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Robert Brown
Category: Horror

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

26 February 200124 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn
Category: Horror

Dracula (1958)

1 February 20012 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Dracula Adaptation

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, John Van Eyssen, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy (1959)

1 March 202220 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Revived Mummy/Hammer Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, George Pastell, …
Category: Horror

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

25 August 200913 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, …
Category: Horror

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

7 November 20009 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Dracula Sequel

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Monlaur, David Peel, Martita Hunt, …
Category: Horror

The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

4 September 20023 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Sandor Eles, Peter Woodthorpe, Kiwi Kingston, …
Category: Horror

The Gorgon (1964)

7 April 20019 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

The Medusa/Hammer Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, …
Category: Horror

She (1965)

31 July 200127 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Lost City/Immortal Queen/Hammer Film

Director: Robert Day
Actors: John Richardson, Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, …
Category: Fantasy

Dr Who and the Daleks (1965)

27 October 200030 January 2024

Rating: ★

Doctor Who Film

Director: Gordon Flemyng
Actors: Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)

15 February 200020 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland, Michael Gough, …
Category: Horror

The Skull (1965)

14 August 20043 June 2023

Rating: ★★

The Marquis de Sade’s Possessed Skull

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett
Category: Horror

Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)

21 December 20015 June 2020

Rating: ★

Doctor Who Film

Director: Gordon Flemyng
Actors: Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Roberta Tovey, Andrew Keir, …
Category: Science Fiction

Island of Terror (1966)

28 June 200220 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Giant Virus Invasion

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray, Eddie Byrne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Torture Garden (1967)

28 June 200224 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Michael Bryant, …
Category: Horror

Night of the Big Heat (1967)

6 February 20003 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Invasion

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Patrick Allen, Jane Merrow
Category: Science Fiction

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

21 November 200019 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters, Derek Fowlds, …
Category: Horror

The Blood Beast Terror (1968)

20 September 20002 February 2020

Rating: ½

Giant Vampire Moth Girl

Director: Vernon Sewell
Actors: Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng, Wanda Ventham, Vanessa Howard, …
Category: Horror

Corruption (1968)

23 April 202423 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Mad Surgeon

Director: Robert Hartford-Davies
Actors: Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen, Kate O'Mara, …
Category: Horror

Incense for the Damned (1969)

5 August 19998 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Psychological Vampirism

Director: Robert Hartford-Davies
Actors: Patrick Mower, Peter Cushing, Patrick MacNee, Edward Woodward, …
Category: Horror

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

19 July 200225 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Veronica Carlson, …
Category: Horror

The House That Dripped Blood (1970)

24 December 200230 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Peter Duffell
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Jon Pertwee, John Bennett, …
Category: Horror

Scream and Scream Again (1970)

20 December 200131 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Mad Scientist/Android Takeover Conspiracy

Director: Gordon Hessler
Actors: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Christopher Matthews, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

19 June 200119 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Lesbian Vampires/Hammer Film

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, Madeleine Smith, Harvey Hall, …
Category: Horror

Twins of Evil (1971)

12 April 200320 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Vampire Twins/Hammer Film

Director: John Hough
Actors: Peter Cushing, Madeline Collinson, Mary Collinson, Damien Thomas, …
Category: Horror

I, Monster (1971)

5 July 200226 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Stephen Weeks
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Hurndall, George Merritt, …
Category: Horror

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

5 January 201511 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Hammer Contemporary Dracula

Director: Alan Gibson
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame, …
Category: Horror

Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972)

29 September 200123 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Disfigured Madman

Director: Robert Fuest
Actors: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Terry-Thomas, Peter Jeffrey, …
Category: Horror

Horror Express (1972)

27 February 200314 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Body-Hopping Alien Aboard a Train

Director: Eugenio Martin
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, Julio Pena, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Nothing But the Night (1972)

18 March 20031 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Mind Transplant Syndicate

Director: Peter Sasdy
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors
Category: Horror

Asylum (1972)

1 April 200214 July 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Robert Powell, Peter Cushing, Charlotte Rampling, Britt Ekland, …
Category: Horror

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

18 February 200117 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson, Joan Collins, Chloe Franks, …
Category: Horror

Fear in the Night (1972)

29 July 200213 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Hammer Psycho-Thriller

Director: Jimmy Sangster
Actors: Peter Cushing, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Judy Geeson
Category: Horror

The Creeping Flesh (1973)

9 December 200129 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Evil Prehistoric Skeleton

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Lorna Heilbron, Kenneth J. Warren
Category: Horror

… And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)

6 January 200521 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Haunted House/Supernatural Retribution

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Ian Ogilvy, Geoffrey Whitehead, …
Category: Horror

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

14 March 20036 March 2025

Rating: ★

Contemporary Hammer Dracula Sequel

Director: Alan Gibson
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, William Franklyn, Michael Coles, …
Category: Horror

Tender Dracula (1974)

10 September 201921 February 2024

Rating: 0­

Comedy About a Horror Actor

Director: Pierre Grunstein
Actors: Peter Cushing, Bernard Menez, Alida Valli, Miou-Miou
Category: Horror

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

14 September 200217 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, …
Category: Horror

Madhouse (1974)

7 July 20048 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Mad Horror Actor

Director: Jim Clark
Actors: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, …
Category: Horror

The Beast Must Die (1974)

28 November 200419 December 2021

Rating: ★★½

Werewolf Whodunnit

Director: Paul Annett
Actors: Peter Cushing, Anton Diffring, Calvin Lockhart, Michael Gambon, …
Category: Horror

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

3 January 20052 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Hammer Dracula/Kung Fu Vampires

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Peter Cushing, Julie Ege, Robin Stewart, John Forbes-Robertson
Category: Horror

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

1 December 201426 June 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, …
Category: Horror

Legend of the Werewolf (1974)

17 August 200227 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Werewolf

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, David Rintoul, Ron Moody, Hugh Griffith, …
Category: Horror

The Ghoul (1975)

17 August 200224 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Deformity in the Attic

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, John Hurt, Veronica Carlson, Alexandra Bastedo, …
Category: Horror

At the Earth’s Core (1976)

7 November 200115 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Lost World at the Centre of the Earth/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, Doug McClure, Caroline Munro
Category: Science Fiction

Shock Waves (1977)

4 April 20003 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Nazi Zombies

Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Actors: Peter Cushing, Brooke Adams, John Carradine, Luke Halpin, …
Category: Horror

Star Wars (1977)

16 December 20009 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Space Opera

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, …
Category: Science Fiction

Land of the Minotaur (1977)

17 January 201024 December 2024

Rating: 0­

Minotaur-Worshipping Cult

Director: Costas Carayiannis
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing, Luan Peters
Category: Horror

The Uncanny (1977)

6 July 199930 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Cat Horror Anthology

Director: Denis Heroux
Actors: Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Susan Penhaligon, …
Category: Horror

Arabian Adventure (1979)

18 June 19994 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Oliver Tobias, Christopher Lee, Puneet Sira, Emma Samms, …
Category: Fantasy

Monster Island (1981)

9 March 20019 January 2025

Rating: 0­

Desert Island Adventures

Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Actors: Peter Cushing, Terence Stamp, Ian Sera, Blanca Estrada, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)

1 November 200226 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Stephen Weeks
Actors: Miles O'Keeffe, Sean Connery, Cyrielle Claire, Leigh Lawson, …
Category: Fantasy

House of the Long Shadows (1983)

12 April 200312 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Old Dark House Thriller

Director: Pete Walker
Actors: Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, John Carradine, …
Category: Horror

Biggles (1986)

9 August 200011 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Time Travelling WWI Flying Ace

Director: John Hough
Actors: Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Peter Cushing, William Hootkins
Category: Fantasy

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)

11 March 202511 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Hammer Films Documentary

Director: Ted Newsom
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Roy Ward Baker, James Bernard, …
Category: Horror

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2019)

30 January 202430 January 2024

Rating: ★★★

Peter Cushing Documentary

Director: Richard Edwards
Actors: Peter Cushing, Derek Fowlds, Valerie Leon, Judy Matheson, …
Category: Horror

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