More Hammer classics announced!

[Mr. Thomsen]

Here's the word straight from the horse's mouth:

http://blog.hammerfilms.com/

Hammer and StudioCanal will restore more than 30 Hammer titles. First up is 'Dracula - Prince of Darkness' coming March 5th. It has been scanned i 4K and restored in 2K.

February will see a world premiere of the restored print of 'Dracula' which includes the scenes found in a japanese archive last year:

Finally, and for long-time Hammer fans maybe most importantly, we can exclusively announce that Hammer’s forthcoming “definitive” version of Terence Fisher’s 1958 Gothic masterpiece DRACULA will receive a WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING on Saturday 18th February at 3pm at the flicker club as part of the VAULT festival in London. Tickets will be available online here and will go on sale soon.

Recently-discovered footage that was originally cut from the British version has been restored by Molinare to the BFI’s wonderful 2007 restoration courtesy of The National Film Center at The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. The Japanese footage features an extended and particularly gruesome death scene for Dracula, as well as a moment considered too erotic by the censors of the day.

I know StudioCanal's track record of restoring catalogue titles is somewhat of a hit-and-miss regarding their use of DNR, but going by their recent restoration of 'Quatermass and the Pit', this could end up really good.