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.

[Sergeant Howie]

Originally Posted by 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.

The Gorgon is coming out later (early October) in Australia (Region B) - single release. As found on Blu-ray.com

[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

[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.

[Mr. Thomsen]

Originally Posted by 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.

The Horror of Frankenstein is also still missing, I believe?

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Mr. Thomsen

The Horror of Frankenstein is also still missing, I believe?

That one shouldn't be counted, IMO!

Originally Posted by 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.

I don't really know how Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires worked. In this country, it was released on a triple feature put out by Millennium/Elite along with Frankenstein Created Woman and Dracula Prince of Darkness. I don't know how/where they got the rights from. They put out the other two on blu-ray and apparently the master for 7 Golden Vampires was in terrible shape so they didn't do it immediately, and then the company kinda rolled over and died, so who knows where the rights went.

I have no idea who has it in the UK, but the other two are Studiocanal. If you're right about Warner, you might be SOL unless somehow they got the rights back in this country as well.

Scars of Dracula/Lust for a Vampire are also studiocanal so you can only hope that they put them out in the UK or Anolis puts them out in Germany. If Studiocanal ever goes back to releasing hammer flicks I'd guess Scars would be one of the first in line, but from what I heard, they sold like crap so they aren't too eager about it. Final Cut keeps plugging away, but they don't have rights to the studiocanal flicks. Anolis said something about getting rights to Studiocanal catalog, but so far they've exclusively re-released other movies, so it could be a long time before they make it to Scars of Dracula, let alone Lust for a Vampire.

[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).

[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).

[demonknight]

So for Frankenstein's, by the end of the year, we'll have seen releases of 2,3,4,&5. Still no sign of Curse though.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by demonknight

So for Frankenstein's, by the end of the year, we'll have seen releases of 2,3,4,&5. Still no sign of Curse though.

I'd say it's very probable we'll see Warner announce Curse before the end of the year since we've heard they're working on Vol 2. There's a UK blu-ray if they give up on it due to the bad elements, too.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell has a pretty good blu-ray, too. The upcoming German release will be the best but the UK one is good too. It's paramount here so I don't expect to see it unless Olive puts out a stripped edition.

Horror of Frankenstein will likely never be released in this country because of Lionsgate, but fortunately it's terrible anyway

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by demonknight

So for Frankenstein's, by the end of the year, we'll have seen releases of 2,3,4,&5. Still no sign of Curse though.

Curse is rumored to be part of Warners Volume II horror set, which should be announced sooner or later. Over a month ago, they said it was being planned.

[schlock]

Mill Creek is really stepping up to the plate recently. Beautiful covers, and two movies for less than half the price of one from Twilight Time. I know Mill Creek are bare-bones, but their price point can't be beat. I hope these sell like hotcakes and they continue with more Hammer releases.

[CinemaScope]

Well if they play in region B I'm buying them. Dr Jekyll is the only one I'm not that keen on. Are these new HD masters? I only ask because I have the Sony DVDs (except Frankenstein) & on the box it states, mastered in HD, & those DVDs do look great. The Gorgon & The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb were released as a double-bill in the UK, I remember going to see them (I was only 13, but quite tall, so passed for 16, which I had to be to see an X rated film).

I hope we also get, The Pirates of Blood River & The Terror of the Tongs (Lee's dry run for Dr Fu Manchu), two big favourites.