ASA The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) a film directed by Terence Fisher with Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)Sherlock Holmes gets the Gothic treatment in this mix of mystery and supernatural horror from Britain’s Hammer Films. Peter Cushing is perfectly cast as the great detective, the very embodiment of science and reason (which also made him a great Van Helsing in the Dracula series) in a case wound around a legacy of aristocratic cruelty and a devilish dog wandering the swampy moors. Christopher Lee is a less satisfying fit as the last of the Baskervilles, as he w