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Seldom-seen gems from Hammer Studios
With so many acknowledged classics from Hammer Studios already available on DVD, I was beginning to wonder if lesser-known efforts like these would ever be released. In case you may have missed them, here's a bit about the films themselves:
TWO FACES OF DR. JECKYLL is the real gem of the set. Christopher Lee is perfectly cast as the hedonistic friend to Paul Massie's Dr. Jeckyll. Hammer favorite Terence Fisher directs this very adult (for its time) story.
CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB is neither the worst (The Mummy's Shroud) nor best (Blood From the Mummy's Tomb) of Hammer's follow-ups to the 1959 original Mummy. In the worst tradition of Mummy movies, however, it's a pretty dull offering.
THE GORGON is a fine pairing of icons Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, and is among Hammer's most expensive-looking productions. The title creature reminds one of the work done by the great Ray Harryhausen.
SCREAM OF FEAR is another seldom-seen thriller, much in the vein of Psycho (Collector's Edition). It's certainly the most realistic of the films in this collection.
While no single film here (with the possible exception of TWO FACES...) really compares to Hammer's best films, there's still plenty of b-grade thrills for fans of films of this type.
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Icons of Horror:Hammer films (2 disc)
I got Curse of the mummys tomb from Amazon.co.uk and Two faces of Dr Jekyll and The gorgon from ebay. Two faces of Dr Jekyll is Ok but I think Curse of the mummys tomb is the best of this selection.
Scream of fear(a taste of fear) is the only movie in this collection I haven't seen,apparently it has Christopher Lee in it so I might try and get it.
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Long wait finally The Gorgon!
I've been waiting a long time for The Gorgon to get to DVD. Sorry, but I'm not real familiar with the other 3 movies, but the price of admission is worth it just for The Gorgon IMO. I'm a huge fan of Peter Cushing and The Gorgon is another great movie with him in it. I'll have to do a full review of all of them when I get this, but if you're curious right now, you can check the reviews of the VHS tape of The Gorgon.
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was i wishing or what ?
i can't believe these movies are coming out. i just left a review on the icons of adventure a few days ago hopeing that more would be released.and look whats coming out. i have not seen any hammer films that i did not like. there is just some kind of magic in these films, that once you start watching them , you can't leave the tv set. i guess cause they don't make these kind of films with this kind of feelings like hammer made them.gothic style.
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