The Alien Encounters/Dear Diary...

The Alien Encounters/Dear Diary...
Dear diary, I'm feelin' UHF today...

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Rest in Peace Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee
1922-2015

For fans of a certain age, Christopher Lee will be fondly remembered as the quintessential Dracula from his roles in the Hammer horror films of the 1950s-70s.


For those born more recently he simply was the traitorous wizard Saruman the White from The Lord of the Rings trilogy (or perhaps as Willy Wonka's dentist father as my neuro-typical wife would refer to him).


For me though, Christopher Lee will be forever etched into my brain as the deceptively charming Lord Summerisle from The Wicker Man (1973).



A rule to live by: never underestimate an eccentric English lord rocking a mustard yellow turtleneck/tweed jacket combo and crazy-man hair without suffering the same fate as poor ol' Sergeant Howie.

Here's a short clip of Lee in The Wicker Man: