HAMMER FILMS: Two Double Features from Mill Creek! - September 6, 2016

[Akijama]

Holy crap! Stop...Hammer time!



The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll / The Gorgon Blu-ray

http://www.millcreekent.com/hammer-f...olume-one.html

For more than four decades, Hammer Films’ unique blend of horror, science fiction, thrills and comedy dominated countless drive-ins and movie theaters. Enjoy this impeccable collection from the darkest corners of the Hammer Imagination!

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
(1960) – Color – 89 minutes – Not Rated
Starring: Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff, Norma Marla, Francis De Wolff

Absorbed in research directed towards freeing the two natures of man, Dr. Jekyll degenerates in to Mr. Hyde, a vengeful maniac. While Hyde wants revenge against a gambler whom his wife is in love with, Dr. Jekyll, takes steps to do away with his evil self.

The Gorgon
(1964) – Color – 83 minutes – Not Rated
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goddliffe, Patrick Troughton

In a rural village, a series of murders have been committed where each victim was turned into stone. A local professor investigates and finds an evil Gorgon haunting a nearby castle and in search of more victims.

The Revenge of Frankenstein / The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Blu-ray

http://www.millcreekent.com/hammer-f...olume-two.html

For more than four decades, Hammer Films’ unique blend of horror, science fiction, thrills and comedy dominated countless drive-ins and movie theaters. Enjoy this impeccable collection from the darkest corners of the Hammer Imagination!

The Revenge of Frankenstein
(1958) - Color - 90 Minutes - Not Rated
Starring: Peter Cushing, Eunice Gayson, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn

Peter Cushing reprises his famous role as Baron Victor Frankenstein in this horror classic. Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted crippled assistant Fritz, the Baron relocates and becomes Dr. Stein. Under the guise of charity work, he continues his gruesome experiments, this time transplanting Fritz's brain into his latest creation: a normal, healthy body.

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
(1964) - Color - 81 minutes - Not Rated
Starring: Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jeanne Roland, George Pastell, Jack Gwillim

An American showman and financier disrupts the coffin of a mummified pharoah and finds it empty. The mummy has escaped to fulfill the dreadful prophesy and exact a violent and bloody revenge on all those who defiled his final resting place.

[ddwall]

Wow a lot of Hammer films are finally coming out. I suppose no subs or extras.

[houndfan]

Great news. Two of these have been the Holy Grail for me - The Gorgon and Revenge!

[BarnDoor]

Fantastic news. I notice Mill Creek have also released the following Sony Hammer films on DVD:

Scream of Fear
Stop Me Before I Kill
The Snorkel
Creatures the World Forgot
Die! Die! My Darling!
Maniac
Never Take Candy From a Stranger

I don't know if they'll get round to all the thrillers but I'd be surprised if Scream of Fear wasn't on the agenda, maybe with Stop Me Before I Kill since they're the remaining titles on the first Mill Creek Hammer set. There are a few other Sony ones also:

Cash on Demand
The Pirates of Blood River
The Devil-Ship Pirates
The Stranglers of Bombay
The Terror of the Tongs

[Mr. Thomsen]

This is turning out to be a hell of a year for classic gothic horror on BD!

Now we just need Warner to announce a second Hammer set, and Universal to give us more of their classic monster movies (and in a perfect world someone would also release the many Italian examples, but that's probably never going to happen).

Gorgon and Revenge were the ones I hoped most for, so I could not be more happy! Even the covers look cool! I would of course have preferred separate releases for each film, but since Hammer does not appear to have that wide appeal any more, and Mills Creek being Mills Creek, I find this a very acceptable compromise.

[tob]

Great news.

[MifuneFan]

This is so awesome. I knew they talked about doing these, so I'm glad they followed through. And that's how you do a Hammer cover too

[dsman71]

We can thank Sony for creating ALL NEW HD masters for these as well..
This is really great news

[Crimson King]

Who now owns the rights to the Hammer's that Anchor Bay had ions ago?

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by Crimson King

Who now owns the rights to the Hammer's that Anchor Bay had ions ago?

Studio Canal

[javi92]

Great news if the transfers are up to snuff.

[houndfan]

Some (highly premature?) grumbles that these might include truncated American cuts of the films. Does anyone know the differences between the US and UK cuts of the SD DVDs?

[Pecker]

Good to see Sony's Revenge of Frankenstein getting a release.

I'd like to collect all of the Hammer Frankenstein & Dracula films, and I feared this one might get missed - I think it's the last unreleased Frankenstein Hammer).

I believe the only ones still MIA are:

Scars Of Dracula (UK distributor - EMI)
Lust For A Vampire (UK distributor - EMI - Not Frankenstein/Dracula, but needed to complete the Karnstein trilogy)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (UK distributor - Warner - announced in Germany)
The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (UK distributor - Warner)
The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (UK distributor - Warner)

Happy to be corrected on any of the above.

[Rory]

Originally Posted by javi92

Great news if the transfers are up to snuff.

Yeah, exactly. Just keep your fingers crossed and wait for the transfer reviews.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by houndfan

Some (highly premature?) grumbles that these might include truncated American cuts of the films. Does anyone know the differences between the US and UK cuts of the SD DVDs?

Who grumbled that??? What a bizarre and specific accusation. I can't imagine you saw more than one forum person saying that. Either they were some kind of Hammer expert that knows more than any basic sources out there, they were ONLY talking about Dr Jekyll and they were unaware of the DVD, or they were just an idiot.

The only one I'm aware of that ever had a cut version was Dr Jekyll, and that one's DVD was uncut, so...I see no reason to think this one would be cut. It would have to be an entirely different transfer than the DVD (it had a different title, etc).

[LeeFanatic007]

I wonder why they didn't do Scream of Fear rather than Revenge of Frankenstein as it would have been the 4 titles from the Hammer Icons of Horror DVD set. Not complaining, but being a Christopher Lee fan I'd have preferred Scream, but you can't go wrong with Frankenstein.

Hopefully they keep outing out the Sony controlled titles in Double Features like this would really like: Scream of Fear, Devil-Ship Pirates, The Pirates of Blood River and Terror of the Tongs.

[Rich1983]

Warner has the better Hammer library. I don't understand why Universal does not finish their classic monsters on Blu-ray.

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by Rory

Yeah, exactly. Just keep your fingers crossed and wait for the transfer reviews.

these are from Sony approved NEW HD masters.. these should look fantastic

[houndfan]

Yeah, it was not on this forum. But glad to hear your thoughts. Just have to wait for them now!

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Who grumbled that??? What a bizarre and specific accusation. I can't imagine you saw more than one forum person saying that. Either they were some kind of Hammer expert that knows more than any basic sources out there, they were ONLY talking about Dr Jekyll and they were unaware of the DVD, or they were just an idiot.

The only one I'm aware of that ever had a cut version was Dr Jekyll, and that one's DVD was uncut, so...I see no reason to think this one would be cut. It would have to be an entirely different transfer than the DVD (it had a different title, etc).

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Who grumbled that??? What a bizarre and specific accusation. I can't imagine you saw more than one forum person saying that. Either they were some kind of Hammer expert that knows more than any basic sources out there, they were ONLY talking about Dr Jekyll and they were unaware of the DVD, or they were just an idiot.

The only one I'm aware of that ever had a cut version was Dr Jekyll, and that one's DVD was uncut, so...I see no reason to think this one would be cut. It would have to be an entirely different transfer than the DVD (it had a different title, etc).

Yeah dont believe that crap. If you want comparisons / know the difference in cuts, http://www.dvdcompare.com has loads of them
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparison....php?fid=14195
Plus Sony used the UK longer by 5 seconds cut for their DVD and see no reason why the bluray wouldnt be any different