Peter Cushing: The Reluctant Globetrotter

What made Peter Cushing so fascinating was his essential Britishness. His love and devotion for his country is something that seems rare nowadays, but for Cushing, he lived it. So much so, his reluctance to travel overseas limited his career options, even when the British film industry went into meltdown during the seventies.

And yet he did work abroad and even travelled to Hollywood with dreams of movie stardom.

For this book, Mark Iveson explores the films that Peter Cushing made abroad. From his glory days in Hollywood to the increasingly strange Euro-puddings produced in the seventies. Against a backdrop of his life and career as a whole, we explore what made Cushing tick, and the many films he was involved with from The Man in the Iron Mask and A Chump at Oxford through Horror Express and Star Wars to Mystery on Monster Island and Black Jack.

A fascinating tribute to the career of a man whose impact on film, television and radio cannot be understated.

Reviews for Cursed Horror Stars:

‘Fascinating and authoritative.’ The Consulting Detective

‘A literate and pacy read. Informative and well researched.’ Amazon Reviewer

Reviews for Vincent Price: The British Connection:

‘ I finished the book immediately wanting to watch the films again, which is clear indication of the passion and reverence which has gone it’s writing – it’s certainly a very fitting tribute to an iconic and unforgettable actor.‘ Amazon Review

255pp approx. 6×9 format paperback book.
ISBN: 978-1-84583-241-4
Published 1 February 2025

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Iveson is the author of Cursed Horror Stars and Vincent Price: The British Conenction both published by Telos. Gateshead born Mark spent his early years in London before returning to the North-East where he currently works as a civil servant for the Department for Work and Pensions.

A lifelong horror fan, Mark has been an admirer of Peter Cushing since childhood. He is also a fan of science fiction, British film comedy and James Bond.

After writing articles and reviews for Up Front, Bite Me and The Geneva Times, Mark became a principle writer for the movie webmag Shadowlocked. Recently, he has written for the celebrated horror magazine We Belong Dead, and has contributed several books produced by the magazine.

Mark’s other passion is music. He is the former bassist for the North East rock band Old Man Goat and currently runs a buskers night at the Associates Club in Gatesehad.

Since the publication of his books, Mark has done several book talks across the North-East and attended several events as a guest speaker. He is regularly involved with the Whitley Bay Film Festival and the Morpeth Book Festival. Most recently, he was guest at the 2022 Sci-Fi Weekender, where he interviewed the popular actress Madeline Smith. He also interviewed author Jo Lyons at the 2024 Morpeth Book Festival.

Mark attends the Swanwick Writers’ Retreat at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, a great inspiration to his writing career.