I have this craving for blood - to blog, I mean, about the actor, Christopher Lee...

...but I'm afraid if I do it'll turn out to be a remembrance, of sorts, and I'm not ready for him to leave this world. He is, after all, 87. However, I just watched the classic British cult movie, The Wicker Man (1973) and I've suddenly got Lee on the brain. So I'll save the blogging for later, and leave you with a few items to wet your whistle:

1) Mr. Lee holds two honors - Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and Commander of the Order of St. John (CStJ).

2) The Carandinis, Lee's maternal ancestors, were given the right to bear the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

3) Lee's great-grandparents formed Australia's first opera company, performing before miners in towns in the outback.

4) Lee served with the Royal Air Force in WWII, is step-cousin of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond spy novels, is a known cigar aficionado with a love for the Cuban cigar brand, Montecristo, his favorite snack is Cheez-Its and has a longstanding personal interest in the occult, maintaining a library of over 12,000 books which is largely devoted to the topic.

Of Lee's 260+ films, his personal favorite just happens to be The Wicker Man (a wonderful horror flick I will delve into on another post), which I'm told he did free-of-charge due to budget constraints. DO NOT see the Nicholas Cage remake. (Obviously, Lee loved The Wicker Man as a sequel is in pre-production as we speak.)

Did I just blog about Christopher Lee anyway?