HAMMER HORROR: 8-Film Collection from Universal!

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by Partyslammer

I have a box of FM issues going from around issue #50 through the mid #100's from my teen years sitting in my garage. This was probably my favorite issue:

Love that issue. That and the "Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster" issue as well. I must have a good 50-60 back issues stored away somewhere. I started collecting the new Famous Monsters of Film land for the past year or so and love their covers. The Harryhausen Medusa cover is spectacular.

To keep this thread on track we could be looking at 12-16 Hammer movies on bd in September & October.

[ddwall]

ordered good price on this set I have to give my DVD set away.

[hagios]

Put my pre-order in today!

Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection Blu-ray

The Brides of Dracula / The Curse of the Werewolf / The Phantom of the Opera / Paranoiac / The Kiss of the Vampire / Nightmare / Night Creatures / The Evil of Frankenstein
Universal Studios | 1960-1964 | 8 Movies | 686 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2016 (2 Months)

[AKORIS]

I had this on my price tracker for $39... $42 is good enough! Pre-ordered just now

[babybreese]

It will be had for under $40 easily. $42 is not bad but $30 sounds better.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by babybreese

It will be had for under $40 easily. $42 is not bad but $30 sounds better.

My experience with these releases (like the Vincent Price collections) is that they typically don't go for a lot lower than a 30% discount.

Life's too damn short to be waiting for a $5 savings when I could be thoroughly enjoying these flicks when they come out....

I will play the waiting game on titles that I'm not so passionate about...

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by babybreese

It will be had for under $40 easily. $42 is not bad but $30 sounds better.

$5 a movie too much! I demand $3.50 a movie! Flea Market furniture is actually quite comfortable!

[EManT2200]

Actually pre-ordered mine 6 days ago when it was $59.98. I was sure that the price would come down, as it almost always does. I certainly don't expect Universal to give them away. It will probably get even lower, but, 8 blu-ray first release movies for about $5.00 a movie, why would anyone wait any longer.

[darkchild]

do we know if this is gonna be a digibook?

[babybreese]

No way Amazon will have the best price is all I am inferring.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by darkchild

do we know if this is gonna be a digibook?

It isn't.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

I had this on my price tracker for $39... $42 is good enough! Pre-ordered just now

I don't see a reason to pre-order until the reviews come out. If it's a good picture quality across the board or even new(ish) transfers, then $42 will be a great value even if the extras are barebones. If there are some "bad" tranfers (i.e. several of the films look like Family Plot from the Hitch set) - then $42 wouldn't seem like such a deal IMO. I'm assuming part of the low price is going to be due to lack of extras, which is fine with me. But if the PQ/AQ is far below average, that is not fine with me at any price.

Of course I'm glad there are always early adopters willing to pay to be the guinea pigs in these situations.

[cakefactory]

Dude, it's basically 5 dollars a movie if you have Amazon Prime. Those transfers would have to be wretched to not be worth that! Considering there are UK versions of 7 of them and all of them look at least acceptable besides maybe Kiss of the Vampire and Captain Clegg (and some of them like Curse of the Werewolf and Phantom of the Opera and Paranoiac look pretty darn good), they'd have to have some kind of catastrophic encoding problem for them to not be worth that much!

I did wait on the Warner set as that was 40 bucks for 4 movies, but this is half as much per movie so I have no hesitation. I won't with the Mill Creek ones either, since I'm sure they'll also be well under 10 bucks a movie.

[MifuneFan]

Don't think it was pointed out, but Amazon is PM'ing (surprise surprise) WM's price. They have free shipping no minimum right now:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hammer-Hor...ction/53942275

[darkchild]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It isn't.

thank you

[cad1981]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Nightmare's alright. There were three of these which were explicitly Diabolique ripoffs - Scream of Fear was the first of the three. I'd say Scream of Fear is the best, Paranoiac is very good, and Nightmare is still pretty good but definitely lesser. They're all pretty fun, especially if you can't remember the plot twists.

Hysteria and Nightmare are vaguely similar, but less Diabolique-influenced. Crescendo could also probably be thrown into this category of twisty thriller/psychological horror.

Maniac (1962) was also influenced by Diabolique.

I have a significantly higher opinion of Nightmare. It's creepy and beautifully shot - and the plot (and performances) are more engaging than Paranoiac.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by cad1981

Maniac (1962) was also influenced by Diabolique.

I have a significantly higher opinion of Nightmare. It's creepy and beautifully shot - and the plot (and performances) are more engaging than Paranoiac.

IIRC the interview with Sangster which was on some disc or another had him saying he'd explicitly written those three as Diabolique riffs, but maybe he said all four? I thought it was way less twisty than the other three, but I don't remember it all that well other than I really didn't like it (largely due to Kerwin Matthews being very miscast). I can't remember where that interview was at all, maybe in the Flesh and Blood doc?

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Dude, it's basically 5 dollars a movie if you have Amazon Prime. Those transfers would have to be wretched to not be worth that! Considering there are UK versions of 7 of them and all of them look at least acceptable besides maybe Kiss of the Vampire and Captain Clegg (and some of them like Curse of the Werewolf and Phantom of the Opera and Paranoiac look pretty darn good), they'd have to have some kind of catastrophic encoding problem for them to not be worth that much!

I did wait on the Warner set as that was 40 bucks for 4 movies, but this is half as much per movie so I have no hesitation. I won't with the Mill Creek ones either, since I'm sure they'll also be well under 10 bucks a movie.

Yep, it is definitely a good starting price. There is no disputing that, and often when a label puts a good price on a title i want I'll just go ahead and buy it right away out or principal. But with the Criterion sale and Kino sale... already on quite a buying spree. Can't buy 'em all.

I wouldn't mind having all these in time for halloween, but I'll probably be waiting and hoping for a Black Friday type deal instead (though that might not be likely). It also depends on what other horror titles might get announced. I still need to buy the Warner set too.

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

I don't see a reason to pre-order until the reviews come out. If it's a good picture quality across the board or even new(ish) transfers, then $42 will be a great value even if the extras are barebones. If there are some "bad" tranfers (i.e. several of the films look like Family Plot from the Hitch set) - then $42 wouldn't seem like such a deal IMO. I'm assuming part of the low price is going to be due to lack of extras, which is fine with me. But if the PQ/AQ is far below average, that is not fine with me at any price.

Of course I'm glad there are always early adopters willing to pay to be the guinea pigs in these situations.

Unfortunately, this is me. When it comes to Harryhausen, Hammer, or most 50-60's SciFi/Horror I don't wait to purchase. I was one of the first to get the Japanese bd of The Thing From Another World to my chagrin. That was the only one that I can truly say I lost the gamble. At least the case and cover art are excellent. Small consolation.

[Mr Mojo]

I have the imports of Brides, Curse & Kiss so I might wait to see reviews first.