DRACULA STAR SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE WAS KNIGHTED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES AND HAILED THE HAMMER HORROR MOVIES THAT MADE HIS NAME FAMOUS. THE PROLIFIC ACTOR FAMED FOR HIS SPINE CHILLING ROLES AS COUNT DRACULA AND OTHER DARK CHARACTERS SAID HE WOULD ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO THE STUDIO THAT CREATED HIS PERSONA. LEE, WHO WAS KNIGHTED BY CHARLES AT A RECENT BUCKINGHAM PALACE INVESTITURE CEREMONY, HAS APPEARED IN MORE THAN 250 FILMS AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS AND WAS HONORED FOR SERVICES TO DRAMA AND TO CHARITY. THE 87 YEAR OLD MOVIE STAR WAS DRESSED IN A MORNING SUIT FOR THE EVENT AND WALKED WITH THE AID OF A STICK AFTER RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR A BACK INJURY HE SUSTAINED DURING A FALL. AFTER THE CEREMONY LEE SAID HE WOULD NOT DIVULGE WHAT THE PRINCE HAD SAID TO HIM AFTER BEING KNIGHTED BUT SAID THE HEIR TO THE THRONE WAS "EXTREMELY COMPLIMENTARY" ADDING "HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICER AND WAS VERY EASY TO TALK TO." THE VETERAN ACTOR, WHO WAS KNIGHTED ON THE EVE OF HALLOWEEN, JOKED: "I'VE DONE A LOT OF FILMS THAT HAVE BECOME ICONIC, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF ME." THESE INCLUDE 'THE WICKER MAN', WHICH THE ACTOR IS PROUD OF AS THE WRITER ANTHONY SHAFFER CREATED THE PART OF LORD SUMMERISLE FOR HIM, AND THE VILLAIN SCARAMANGA IN THE JAMES BOND MOVIE 'THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN'. LEE ADDED: "A WHOLE NEW CAREER OPENED UP FOR ME WHEN I WAS IN 'LORD OF THE RINGS' AND 'STAR WARS'. WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME IS, AS AN OLD MAN, I'M KNOWN BY MY OWN GENERATION AND THE NEXT GENERATION KNOW ME TOO." HE ALSO CRITICIZED MODERN HORROR FILMS THAT SHOW "BLOOD AND GORE AND MUTILATION." HE SAID: "IT'S WHAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT KEEPS YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT IN ANY KIND OF FILM, LEAVE IT TO THE IMAGINATION OF THE VIEWER."
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