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The following article is based upon a press release received from the press office of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television.

After acquiring the fascinating collections of Hammer make-up artists Phil Leakey and Roy Ashton - including Dracula's fangs and Frankenstein's eye-balls - the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television is presenting a special screening of the 1965 classic Dracula Prince of Darkness and hosting an interview with the film's leading lady, Barbara Shelley.

On the night you can find out more about the NMPFT's Hammer artefacts and watch a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the promo film Greasepaint and Gore. Roy Ashton's widow Elizabeth will also be present.

The Dracula Prince of Darkness/Barbara Shelley evening takes place from 7.30pm-10.00pm on Saturday 28 November 1998. The venue is the Pictureville Cinema, part of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford. Tickets cost £5 / £3 and are available from the box office. Telephone +44 1274 732277 for details.

Bruce Sachs and Russell Wall's book, Greasepaint and Gore - The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton, is available now from Tomahawk Press (ISBN 0 953 19260 1).