One of the best ever versions of 'Conan Doyle's Immortal 'Baskerville' yarn and a fine example of 'Hammer Studios' at probably it's peak, with the dream team of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in front of - and Terence Fisher behind the camera. They made a number of excellent flics together, this - with 'Dracula' is up with the best of them !! .... It dates from 1959 and also features the wonderful Andre Morell as 'Dr. Watson', with Francis De Woolf and Miles Malleson in typical ( for them ) supporting roles. If you don't know the storyline .... though I find it hard to Imagine !! .... as this must be, to the general public, (at large) the most famous of all the Sherlock Holmes tales .... it involves a family cursed, down through the centuries by a gigantic supernatural ( or is it ? ) Hound !! .... Holmes & Watson must get to the bottom of the mystery before the last of the 'Baskervilles' meets a grisly end at the paws of this "chilling canine creature" .... Cushing & Lee are,… more »

One of the best ever versions of 'Conan Doyle's Immortal 'Baskerville' yarn and a fine example of 'Hammer Studios' at probably it's peak, with the dream team of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in front of - and Terence Fisher behind the camera. They made a number of excellent flics together, this - with 'Dracula' is up with the best of them !! .... It dates from 1959 and also features the wonderful Andre Morell as 'Dr. Watson', with Francis De Woolf and Miles Malleson in typical ( for them ) supporting roles. If you don't know the storyline .... though I find it hard to Imagine !! .... as this must be, to the general public, (at large) the most famous of all the Sherlock Holmes tales .... it involves a family cursed, down through the centuries by a gigantic supernatural ( or is it ? ) Hound !! .... Holmes & Watson must get to the bottom of the mystery before the last of the 'Baskervilles' meets a grisly end at the paws of this "chilling canine creature" .... Cushing & Lee are, obviously both having the time of their lives in their roles, as I believe they were both, in private, avid 'Holmes' fans and the whole film has that, fast - paced, urgent feel to it ( like Dracula ) that is a hallmark of the best of Fisher's work. It must also be said that Terence Fisher did also make some crummy films !! ( 'Island of Terror' for example, being one of extreme cheesiness !! ) but this is not one of them .... It's a quite often scary movie, though it's not strictly a 'Horror' film in that sense - more of a mystery i'd say and presents a nice moody feel to it's proceedings, with a wild music score by 'Hammer' veteran, James Bernard and guess what ? .... Christopher Lee even actually gets to kiss a female properly in this one !! .... So, under no circumstances should you venture out on the moor, alone .... at night !!