British distributors Icon Home Entertainment have sent us a new clip from their Blu-ray release of director Terence Fisher's Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1973), starring Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, Patrick Troughton, and Bernard Lee. The release is available for purchase now.
Synopsis: Convicted of bodysnatching and using the body parts of his ill-gotten cadavers for research, Dr. Simon Helder is sentenced to five years in an insane asylum. On arrival, he recognizes the penitentiary's resident surgeon as none other than the infamous Baron Victor Frankenstein, who has been hiding out there and continuing his research into the reanimation of corpses under the pseudonym of Dr. Carl Victor. Recognizing Helder's surgical skills, Frankenstein enlists the young doctor as his assistant under the pretext of their tending to the medical needs of their fellow inmates. But the reality of the situation is far more sinister. Frankenstein is already well on his way to creating a new living creature assembled from the vital organs of murdered criminals and madmen.
Special Features:
Taking Over The Asylum: The Making Of Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell. Charming Evil: Terence Fisher at Hammer. Audio commentary by Shane Briant and Madeline Smith, moderated by Marcus Hearn. Animated stills gallery.
British distributors Icon Home Entertainment have sent us a new clip from their Blu-ray release of director Terence Fisher's Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1973), starring Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, Patrick Troughton, and Bernard Lee. The release is available for purchase now.
Synopsis: Convicted of bodysnatching and using the body parts of his ill-gotten cadavers for research, Dr. Simon Helder is sentenced to five years in an insane asylum. On arrival, he recognizes the penitentiary's resident surgeon as none other than the infamous Baron Victor Frankenstein, who has been hiding out there and continuing his research into the reanimation of corpses under the pseudonym of Dr. Carl Victor. Recognizing Helder's surgical skills, Frankenstein enlists the young doctor as his assistant under the pretext of their tending to the medical needs of their fellow inmates. But the reality of the situation is far more sinister. Frankenstein is already well on his way to creating a new living creature assembled from the vital organs of murdered criminals and madmen.
Special Features:
Taking Over The Asylum: The Making Of Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell. Charming Evil: Terence Fisher at Hammer. Audio commentary by Shane Briant and Madeline Smith, moderated by Marcus Hearn. Animated stills gallery.
U.S. distributors Kino Video have confirmed that they will release on Blu-ray director Val Guest's film The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), starring Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Margia Dean, Gordon Jackson, Lionel Jeffries, and Thora Hird. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on December 2.
Ha, that's great! I agree with Hitler (maybe I should whisper that). I've posted this before, but I'm still waiting for a great looking Blu-ray from Hammer's golden age. The German Curse Of The Werewolf might be the one, but it's a wee bit expensive (as are some of the UK releases). Rumour is that Warner might be releasing some of their Hammer titles next year, so high hopes for a Dracula that's not a symphony in blue, & a Curse Of Frankenstein that I can bare to look at.
Just as well I'm a big fan of those great Roger Corman horrors, they look great.
British distributors Network have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray releases of John Hough's Twins of Evil (1971) and Peter Sasdy's Countess Dracula (1971). The two releases will be available for purchase on September 8th.
Twins of Evil
Drected with characteristic style and energy by cult filmmaker John Hough (The Legend Of Hell House, The Watcher In The Woods) and starring horror legend Peter Cushing (Horror Of Dracula, The Curse Of Frankenstein), Twins of Evil (15) combines the signature Hammer elements of supernatural horror, black humour and fabulously lurid sensuality.
Featuring an all-time classic score by Harry Robinson, Twins Of Evil also stars Kathleen Byron (Black Narcissus), Isobel Black (The Kiss of the Vampire) and Dennis Price (Kind Hearts and Coronets), with Playboy Playmates Mary and Madeleine Collinson as the twins.
Glamorous identical orphaned twins Maria and Frieda move from Vienna to the village of Karnstein to take up a new life with their submissive aunt and grim uncle - a fanatical Puritan and leader of a witch-hunting religious sect who is determined to kill his nemesis, Count Karnstein: a devil-worshipping libertine who has been turned into a vampire.
Special Features: Original theatrical trailers and TV spots Deleted scene Image gallery PDF material Commemorative booklet Instant play facility Countess Dracula
One of Hammer's most enduringly popular films and a benchmark for 1970s horror, Countess Dracula stars Ingrid Pitt (The Wicker Man) in an iconic, career-defining role as the aged countess who must regularly bathe in virgins' blood to regain her fading youth.
Genre stalwart Peter Sasdy (Hands of the Ripper) directs arguably his best Hammer film, from a script by award-winning writer Jeremy Paul and showcasing a rousing score from composer Harry Robinson.
In medieval Hungary, Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy, an embittered, ageing widow, discovers by accident that virgin's blood causes her skin become youthful and smooth. Determined to retain her new youth at all costs, the Countess coerces her lover to abduct a string of young virgins to keep her supplied with the blood she now craves to stay beautiful...
Special Features: Audio commentary with Ingrid Pitt and horror experts Kim Newman and Stephen Jones Original theatrical trailer Archive interview with Ingrid Pitt 50 Years of Hammer - news feature Thriller episode Conceptions of Murder episode Instant play facility
British distributors Fina Cut Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray Roy Ward Baker's film The Vampire Lovers (1970), starring Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt, Douglas Wilmer, Pippa Steel, and George Cole. The release will be available for purchase on November 17th.
The vampire Countess Carmilla Karnstein(Ingrid Pitt) makes her way through the Austrian countryside creeping into the households of aristocrats and taking their daughters as victims. The families begin to catch on when a pattern of deaths in the area takes shape. Vampire hunter Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer) is called upon to put an end to Carmilla's wicked ways and end the legacy of terror the Karnstein family is known for.
Special Features: Digitally Remastered Stills Gallery New Blood:Hammer enters the Seventies
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection. The four-disc Blu-ray set will be available for purchase on September 13.
The box set includes Brides of Dracula, The Curse of the Werewolf, Phantom of the Opera, Paranoiac, Kiss of the Vampire, Nightmare, Night Creatures, and The Evil of Frankenstein.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection. The four-disc Blu-ray set will be available for purchase on September 13.
The box set includes Brides of Dracula, The Curse of the Werewolf, Phantom of the Opera, Paranoiac, Kiss of the Vampire, Nightmare, Night Creatures, and The Evil of Frankenstein.
StudioCanal will release on Blu-ray Jimmy Sangster's film Lust for a Vampire (1971), starring Barbara Jefford, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh, Yutte Stensgaard, and Michael Johnson. The release will be available for purchase on August 12.
The Revenge Of Frankenstein (1958) is released on July 16th in France, it's an all bells & whistles release including a book, & it states: new high definition master, so I'm hoping that this is the new transfer from Sony that we've been waiting for. Not that I'm going to be buying it, but if it's all good, then that transfer should be turning up in the UK & US.
