Hammer Horror Blu-ray Releases

[Anthony Thorne]

Originally Posted by Witchfinger Generous

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

They have so many decades of cool poster and illustrative art from all over the world for these movies, I'm soured on the idea of spending many hundreds of dollars to get an all-black shelf at the end of it. First world problem for sure.

[bonddm]

https://viavision.com.au/shop/twins-...collection-52/

[SalvadorR]

Originally Posted by bonddm

https://viavision.com.au/shop/twins-...collection-52/

Oh wow. That looks so nice. Any chance of this coming out in the UK through a different label? Otherwise I may have to import.

[Hammerlover]

Originally Posted by bonddm

https://viavision.com.au/shop/twins-...collection-52/

Looks great, but I'm assuming it's the same old transfer.

[bonddm]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

Looks great, but I'm assuming it's the same old transfer.

“Dolby Vision 2160p ultra-high-definition presentation of a NEW 4K restoration from the original 35mm negative by Imprint Films”

[FantasticMrFox]

I love the French poster for Twins of Evil.

[T4ffer]

Originally Posted by FantasticMrFox

I love the French poster for Twins of Evil.

Hmm... I love the style but not sure if it matches the feel of the movie that well.

[FantasticMrFox]

Originally Posted by T4ffer

Hmm... I love the style but not sure if it matches the feel of the movie that well.

Anolis used this for one of their Mediabooks. It was their second Hammer Blu-ray in 2014. They always put the most popular artwork on the Keep Case, and add rare or more unseen posters to the Mediabooks.

[tangerinewolf]

Originally Posted by bonddm

https://viavision.com.au/shop/twins-...collection-52/

Looking good but for what’s included, I tad pricey I would say:

104.95 AUD
about
68.30 USD
58.52 Euro
50.40 GB

And that’s before postage if you order directly from ViaVision.

[The Hornets]

You need to remember that price includes Australian GST (sales tax) at 10% which should be removed for exports but then theoretically you need to add your own local sales tax depending on who you buy from and local customs.

Once you adjust for the taxes it’s around £55 in the U.K. so comparable to the Hammer Films big box releases but less discs and other stuff than they include.

Will be interesting to see if Hammer Films can get this as it’s an ITV title. Imprint have a good relationship with them given previous releases but historically in the U.K. they only dealt with Network. Their stance though appears to have mellowed here given they are now happy to deal with Gerry Anderson site and store on new releases.

[Hammerlover]

Originally Posted by bonddm

“Dolby Vision 2160p ultra-high-definition presentation of a NEW 4K restoration from the original 35mm negative by Imprint Films”

Excellent news! This opens the door for new 4K restorations of the other Rank-distributed Hammer films: COUNTESS DRACULA, VAMPIRE CIRCUS, and HANDS OF THE RIPPER!

[tangerinewolf]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

Excellent news! This opens the door for new 4K restorations of the other Rank-distributed Hammer films: COUNTESS DRACULA, VAMPIRE CIRCUS, and HANDS OF THE RIPPER!

Exactly. Vampire Circus (1972) in particular desperately needs a new restoration.

[RossyG]

It’s not hard to imagine Hammer making a deal with ITV Studios. I don’t think anyone would complain if those four got the Hammer UHD treatment.

[Zambinee]

Originally Posted by tangerinewolf

Looking good but for what’s included, I tad pricey I would say:

104.95 AUD
about
68.30 USD
58.52 Euro
50.40 GB

And that’s before postage if you order directly from ViaVision.

Yeah, with postage added it ends up as £72 - hopefully we'll get a UK release.

[everygrainofsand]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

Excellent news! This opens the door for new 4K restorations of the other Rank-distributed Hammer films: COUNTESS DRACULA, VAMPIRE CIRCUS, and HANDS OF THE RIPPER!

Vampire Circus is the greatest of all 70s Hammer. That opening scene - with the young woman acting as a lure to abduct a child to then be abused by the male vampire - is absolutely chilling. It clearly stems from the Myra Hindley-Ian Brady killings, which were ubiquitously featured in the UK press at the time (and for a long time after). VC takes some extremely dark risks. It's also creatively fertile in scene after scene. I'm a recent belated convert to VC, which really needs to be seen by more eyes!

So I'd love a 4K of VC, a film which also begs some decent restoration work.

And I wonder if Twins of Evil will be now be licensed and released by Hammer in the UK? That would bode extremely well for so many of our beloved Hammer classics!

[RICKBONDOO7]

The Trilogy in 4KUHD would be Great ! The Vampire Lovers, Lust for a Vampire, and Twins of Evil. : ) ; )

[ViscountCarnacki]

I'm a bit wary of Twins of Evil from Imprint, as I had hoped it would be released on 4K from Hammer themselves, as part of their nice collector's edition range.

Not sure if this is a good sign or a bad sign?

[BarnDoor]

ITV will be a difficult nut to crack, given they've typically only ever licenced out titles in large numbers (in recent times, only to Network and Strawberry Media I believe). But Hammer aren't a boutique label, so if anyone can do it (and for films 'they' produced), they can.

[SalvadorR]

I have just pre-ordered from Imprint, so you can all thank me when the UK version is announced in a few weeks

[ViscountCarnacki]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

ITV will be a difficult nut to crack, given they've typically only ever licenced out titles in large numbers (in recent times, only to Network and Strawberry Media I believe). But Hammer aren't a boutique label, so if anyone can do it (and for films 'they' produced), they can.

Is this in reference to Twins of Evil?

ITV have licenced out to overseas labels - the German and Spanish Sherlock Holmes blu-rays for example (weirdly not released in the UK, despite the HD remasters being repeated on TV).