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Icons of Horror: Hammer Films (2-disc) (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb / The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll / Scream of Fear / The Gorgon)
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| Part No: | B001B9ZVVC |
| Manufacturer: | SONY PICTURES |
| MFG Part: | COLD27107D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/14/2008
Though perhaps not as iconic as their Dracula and Frankenstein pictures, this quartet of fright flicks from England's Hammer Films deliver enough Saturday afternoon creature feature thrills to please devotees of the legendary studio's output and vintage horror fans alike. 1964's
The Gorgon will be the title to attract the most immediate attention due to the presence of Hammer's biggest stars, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, in its cast, and its most celebrated director, Terence Fisher, behind the camera. It's an atmospheric and offbeat entry in the Hammer canon, with one of its most unusual villains: a snake-haired fiend from Greek mythology who turns men into stone. Cushing and Lee are typically fine (both are on the side of the angels for once), and the picture's sole stumbling block is the lackluster makeup for its monster. Lee is also present in supporting roles in two other films in the collection:
Scream of Fear (1961), one of several competent psychological suspense features made by Hammer in the wake of
Psycho, with Susan Strasberg as a fragile young woman plagued by terrible visions and a house full of suspicious types; and Fisher's
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), a revamp of the Stevenson story with Paul Massie as the dour scientist whose personality experiments unleash a virile but unhinged alter ego. Hardcore Hammer aficionados will be thrilled to discover that the DVD version is uncut and preserves much of the (mildly) salacious material trimmed for its release in America under the title
House of Fright. The final film on
Icons of Horror is
Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, with Hammer exec Michael Carreras (son of company founder James Carreras) behind the camera for a featherweight monster romp that doesn't hold a candle to Terence Fisher's
Mummy in 1959. Unlike previous Icons of Horror DVDs, the supplemental features here are slim--just the theatrical trailers for each film--though they do offer their own degree of charm, especially the ballyhoo-heavy tone of
Mummy and the oddly elegant and unnerving preview for
Scream of Fear, which is centered solely around an image of Strasberg's face.
--Paul Gaita
| Classic Hammer Horror Collection! | 2009-01-09 | 5 / 5 |
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Curse of the Mummys Tomb & The Gorgon are
two all time classic monster movies ever
made! Curse is the best Mummy movie period.
Both movies are well written & acted with
great settings & atmosphere. The Mummy has
some humor thrown but is very much horror
but well done. The Gorgon is just awesome
with it's Universal style story & settings.
Peter Cushing is great as the doctor of the
village & Christopher Lee shows up for a
small but effective role. The ending is
one of the greatest of Hammer movies like
Horror of Dracula. Scream of Fear is a very
well made gothic type movie with twist &
turns to keep you on the edge of your seat.
The ending is very well done. Jeckyl & Hide
remake again with Lee is very well done and
acted but not my favorite. It's worth a look.
This is one of the best Hammer collections &
worth the price of admission to your collection. |
| Icons Of Horror | 2009-01-09 | 5 / 5 |
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| The Icons Of Horror from Hammer Films DVD-Excellent! I think Hammer Films have the best horror movies period. |
| 3 out of 4 never before DVD released features from Hammer | 2008-12-30 | 5 / 5 |
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The following aspects are enough to highly recommend anyone interested in horror movies from the sixties to get a copy of this compilation: (1) three of the titles included in this package have been previously unavailable in DVD (scream of fear, the gorgon, the two faces of Dr. Jekyll); I am aware of Spanish and British DVD previous releases of "the curse of the mummy's tomb; (2) restoration and digital transfer is excellent in all 4 movies included; (3) you get Christopher Lee playing roles in "scream of fear", "the gorgon", and "the two faces of Dr. Jekyll"; (4) you get Peter Cushing confronting C. Lee in "the gorgon".
While "the curse of the mummy's tomb", "the gorgon", and "the two faces of Dr. Jekyll" highlight the classical monster flicks from Hammer, "scream of fear" is a little gem that departs from this pattern. This less known movie is a black & white, well acted, scripted and storied mystery and suspense movie that will keep you in your seat despite the characteristic low pace of movies from this time. So, getting "scream of fear" in this package is probably another good reason to get a copy the whole thing. English subtitles are provided for all 4 features. Enjoy. |
| Icons of Horror (Hammer Films) | 2008-12-27 | 4 / 5 |
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| I have found this 2nd release of Hammer films (Icons of Adventure being the 1st one) highly entertaining and in line with the gothic appeal created by Hammer in the late 50's.These horror movies are long sought after and Hammer fans have been screaming for their release for the last twenty years. Now, if we could get other movies such as: SHE who must be obeyed, Twins of Evil as well as a Dracula set(7 movies) and a Frankenstein set (6 movies) I truly would be in 7th heaven! Thank you Hammer Films and keep them coming! |
| Columbia's 2nd Hammer Set... | 2008-12-01 | 3 / 5 |
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| Nice selection of horror films (not Hammer's best). Terrific quality prints. Best ever on each of these titles. |
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