Hammer Horror Blu-ray Releases

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Dick Barton?

Seriously… I’m wondering if it’s The Mummy?

If it was Dick Barton I reckon it would contain the complete trilogy.

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

Just ordered BLOOD ORANGE from Orbit DVD.

Not dismissing the previous titles Hammer have released in this range, but the announcements that have caught my eye have been for Blood Orange and The Man in Black (reading in detail the news article here for the latter, it reminded me of Powerhouse's Whistler boxset (the mention of the radio plays).

[NuXiaolin]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Dick Barton?

Seriously… I’m wondering if it’s The Mummy?

The Mummy was recently released by Second Sight. My wager is Curse of Frankenstein.

[Hammerlover]

Originally Posted by NuXiaolin

The Mummy was recently released by Second Sight. My wager is Curse of Frankenstein.

Agreed. There's nothing "landmark" about THE MUMMY, whereas there are definitely landmark things about CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. The only fly in the ointment is that Warner holds U.S. rights, so Hammer would probably have to work out some kind of deal with them in order for a release to happen stateside.

[Eibon]

Originally Posted by everygrainofsand

The environment absolutely does not need empty cardboard boxes to be sent out in the mail. I mean, I love collecting as much as the next man, but that's taking it to a whole new level. Next, some will be expecting the cardboard boxes to come in their own cardboard boxes. Are there folks not putting these on their shelves? Just my 2 cents.

I had (for me) asurprising take on these Hammer releases. I grew up with them but mostly only fell in love with the best of them and I never really enjoyed Kronos so I was struggling to justify buying it because while I absolutely love beautifully curated artifacts, this one struck me as overkill to justify a high price point. Furthermore the thoughts of buying into building a never ending collection of space-hogging multi-disc box sets was anathema to me. Especially for a roster of second-tier Hammer. I'd have preferred the sturdy, weighty slim boxes a la Arrow or 88 films. Recently I saw these Quatermass boxes on a store shelf and balked at how much space they occupied (and how unimaginatively bland they looked.

I suppose everything these days is designed to appeal to the resale market and their limited status is more important than their aesthetic.

[Ste7en]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

If it was Dick Barton I reckon it would contain the complete trilogy.

A PC49 set would be nice as well.

[The Hornets]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

Agreed. There's nothing "landmark" about THE MUMMY, whereas there are definitely landmark things about CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. The only fly in the ointment is that Warner holds U.S. rights, so Hammer would probably have to work out some kind of deal with them in order for a release to happen stateside.

No reason they can’t.

Haven’t Warner Archive taken the BFI’s 4K restoration of Get Carter and are shortly putting out themselves in the US.

They also did same with Second Sight and The Hitcher.

Hammer already working with a US studio given their deal with Paramount although coming out via VS over there. First title next year.

[Funktion]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Mummy=Egypt=Pyramids=a landmark ?

Ingrid Pitt = a landmark

It will totally be the Karnstein Trilogy, or Countess Dracula.

[tangerinewolf]

Originally Posted by The Hornets

Hammer already working with a US studio given their deal with Paramount although coming out via VS over there. First title next year.

If that’s the case, then Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974) could be the “landmark” title, as that’s Paramount here in the US. And the Second Sight release is OOP in the UK.

[CompleteCount]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

If it was Dick Barton I reckon it would contain the complete trilogy.

Can't... resist... it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7bsL00aCGg&list=RDe7bsL00aCGg&start_radio=1

[RossyG]

Blood Orange has arrived in a bog standard cardboard box with Hammer tape around it, not a bespoke Blood Orange one.

Fuming…

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by RossyG

Blood Orange has arrived in a bog standard cardboard box with Hammer tape around it, not a bespoke Blood Orange one.

Sanity has been restored.

[Anthony Thorne]

I hope the next giant super deluxe box with fat book isn't again just an all-black box with the title on it. The slimmer volumes show more variety with cover art.

[The Hornets]

I thought the boxes with the film name on were only for the big box releases like Quatermass. The smaller releases like Blood Orange always came in generic rather than film specific boxes.

[T4ffer]

And I think the special box is only if your order contains only the one film? I don't recall having a special box for Quatermass II, which I ordered together with two older releases.

[Anthony Thorne]

I'm talking about the box set itself, not about the packaging boxes they get shipped in.

[T4ffer]

Originally Posted by Anthony Thorne

I'm talking about the box set itself, not about the packaging boxes they get shipped in.

Well others were talking about other things than you.

[Anthony Thorne]

Lol.

[Witchfinger Generous]

Originally Posted by Anthony Thorne

I hope the next giant super deluxe box with fat book isn't again just an all-black box with the title on it. The slimmer volumes show more variety with cover art.

I think the DEs are all intended to be all-black outer boxes, with the actual cover art displayed on the inner slipbox?

[Hammerlover]

Originally Posted by Anthony Thorne

I hope the next giant super deluxe box with fat book isn't again just an all-black box with the title on it. The slimmer volumes show more variety with cover art.

I think I might actually prefer the slim volumes myself!