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This table is a guide to the availability of Hammer films and TV series on DVD. Not only does it provide a useful checklist to a film's availability, it also compares features if there's more than one version available, and notes if there are significant differences between different versions. Where no disc is available, some indication as to who might hold the rights may be offered, which may give an indication whether or not a future release is likely. Where a film is not available on DVD, VHS or laserdisc availability is indicated. Comments, corrections and additions are most welcome. You can email information to me directly, using the button, left, or contribute it to this thread at Roobarb's DVD Forum. Further research is recommended before purchasing decisions are made. The latest updates are in yellow. |
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HAMMER FEATURE FILMS - 1960 to 1969 |
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The Brides of Dracula US - Universal The film is available as part of an eight-film, two-disc set featuring the bulk of Universal's Hammer library: The Hammer Horror Series. The film is presented in 1.66:1 format, with anamorphic enhancement. The film was previously available on laserdisc (side two of the disc was in the CAV format, which allowed still frame access and multi-speed playback) - reviewed in Video Watchdog 18:64. Previously available on VHS from MCA Universal Home Video, reviewed in Video Watchdog 14:8. UK - Showbox Home Entertainment Released on October the 15th 2007. 4:3 transfer, with substantial horizontal cropping. No subtitles. Disc contains theatrical trailer. Menu screens from this disc, and grabs comparing the transfer with the US edition, can be found here. The theme to the film is on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume One (GDI Records, GDICD002). |
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The Stranglers of Bombay Movie about a series of Thugee cult murders. Was available on VHS in the UK from defunct label Encore Entertainment (under license), albeit with seven seconds of BBFC cuts. May now be seen as racist. UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. |
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The Two Faces of Doctor Jekyll [US: House of Fright] Available in the US on VHS, from Columbia Tristar, as The Two Faces of Doctor Jekyll. This tape was reviewed in Video Watchdog magazine, issue 34:23. If anyone can verify that the film was also released on laserdisc, please contact me! |
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Hell is a City US - Anchor Bay Entertainment The disc has an alternate ending, a trailer and a commentary track by director Val Guest, and is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen. UK - Cinema Club No commentary track on the UK R2 edition, but it does have eight minutes of bonus material: an alternate ending and a trailer. This is a title licensed from Canal Plus. It was previously released on VHS by Warner Home Video. |
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Never Take Sweets From a Stranger [US: Never Take Candy From A Stranger] Two young girls claim they've been the victim of a child molester. Based on Roger Caris's play The Pony Cart. Cinematography by Oscar and BAFTA-winner Freddie Francis, music by Elisabeth Lutyens, directed by Cyril Frankel. 81m. Scope. Was available in the US on VHS, from Sinister Cinema. UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. US - Sinister Cinema Grey-market DVD-R release, apparently from a superior source from their earlier NTSC VHS release. |
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Sands of the Desert Vehicle for comedian Charlie Drake. 92m. Not available. |
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Sword of Sherwood Forest More Robin Hood adventures, with Richard Greene (star of the long-running The Adventures of Robin Hood TV series) and Peter Cushing. Directed by Terence Fisher. 80m. Scope. Was released on video in the UK on the Prestwich label, and, subsequently, by RCA-Columbia, who probably still own the film. Columbia also licensed the film to VCI's budget label Cinema Club in 1991. UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. |
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O'Hara's Holiday Featurette. 21m. Not available. |
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Visa to Canton Spy thriller. 75m. Not available. |
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1961 |
Curse of the Werewolf US - Universal The film is available as part of an eight-film, two-disc set featuring the bulk of Universal's Hammer library: The Hammer Horror Series. As with the previous NTSC laserdisc release, the DVD reinstates material cut by the BBFC for its UK theatrical release. The film is presented in 1.85:1 format, with anamorphic enhancement. Apparently, this ratio was used based on contemporaneous documents unearthed by Universal during production of the set. The laserdisc edition, from MCA Universal, was reviewed in Video Watchdog 15:62. UK - Not available on DVD The VHS version, from Warner Home Video, was the cut version, although it does reinstate at least one shot that was omitted from the theatrical release. The uncut version (which is about two minutes longer) was shown by the BBC in 1994. The theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). Benjamin Frankel's challenging score for the film was re-recorded by Naxos in July 2005, and is now available on CD. Order it from Amazon! |
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Terror of the Tongs Politically incorrect movie about Tong murders. UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. |
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Cash on Demand [Released in 1963] Terrific crime thriller with showcase performances from Peter Cushing and André Morell. UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. |
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The Full Treatment [US: Stop Me Before I Kill!] Racing driver plots to murder his wife. 109m. Scope. Not available. |
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The Shadow of the Cat A cat extracts revenge on the conspirators who murdered her mistress. Features Hammer regulars Barbara Shelley and Andre Morell, amongst others. Directed by John Gilling. 79m. Not available. |
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Watch It Sailor! Eve-of-marriage farce, starring Dennis Price, Liz Fraser and Frankie Howerd. 89m. UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. |
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A Weekend With Lulu Holiday comedy, featuring Shirley Eaton, Leslie Philips, Alfred Marks, Sid James, Kenneth Connor and Bob Monkhouse, 89m. Not available. |
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Highway Holiday Motor rallying featurette, sponsored by Total Oil. 25m. Not available. |
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National Sporting Club Featurette. 14m. Not available. |
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Taste of Fear [a.k.a. Scream of Fear] UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. Japan - Columbia Tristar Available as part of a four-disc box set, The Classic Monsters Collection (which also includes The Creeping Flesh, The Revenge of Frankenstein and The Return of the Vampire). Region 2 NTSC release. Anamorphic widescreen version with English audio and optional Japanese and English subtitles. Print has its US title, Scream of Fear. English menus. RRP for the set is about $80. Available in the US on VHS, from Columbia Tristar. Version that is occasionally shown by the BBC (in the UK) has the on-screen title of Scream of Fear [e.g.: 22/4/07] |
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The Old Dark House Semi-Hammer movie directed by William Castle. Was released on VHS in the UK in 1996, from defunct label Encore Entertainment (under license from Columbia Tristar). Was originally released in black and white in the US. |
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The Phantom of the Opera US - Universal The film is available as part of an eight-film, two-disc set featuring the bulk of Universal's Hammer library: The Hammer Horror Series. The film is presented in 2:1 format, with anamorphic enhancement. Apparently, this ratio was used based on contemporaneous documents unearthed by Universal during production of the set. Previously available on laserdisc from MCA Universal in the US. (Side two of the laserdisc version was in the CAV format, which allowed still frame access and multi-speed playback). UK - Not available on DVD Released in the UK on VHS by CIC Video, apparently in a version matching the BBFC-cut theatrical release. Universal re-certificated the film at the BBFC in February 2005, presumably for DVD release to tie in with the release of Joel Schumacher's film version (in May 2005). No DVD release has been forthcoming, however. Edwin Astley's theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). |
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Land of the Leprechauns Featurette. 15m. Not available. |
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The Pirates of Blood River Land-locked period adventure, with Hammer stalwarts Kerwin Mathews, Michael Ripper, Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir and Christopher Lee. Directed by John Gilling. 84m. Not available. The theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). |
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Captain Clegg [US: Night Creatures] US - Universal The film is available as part of an eight-film, two-disc set featuring the bulk of Universal's Hammer library: The Hammer Horror Series. The film is presented in 2:1 format, with anamorphic enhancement. Apparently, this ratio was used based on contemporaneous documents unearthed by Universal during production of the set. The print used carries the film's American title, Night Creatures. UK - Not available on DVD The film was released theatrically by Rank in the UK (and is probably now owned here by Carlton). |
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The Damned [US: These Are The Damned] UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. Was released on VHS in the UK in 1996, from defunct label Encore Entertainment (under license from Columbia Tristar). This was the full 87m version. |
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Maniac UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. VHS version from Columbia Pictures. |
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Paranoiac US - Universal The film is available as part of an eight-film, two-disc set featuring the bulk of Universal's Hammer library: The Hammer Horror Series. The film is presented in 2.35:1 format, with anamorphic enhancement. Was previously available on VHS and laserdisc in the US, from MCA / Universal. The laserdisc featured the trailer, and side two was in the CAV format, which allowed still frame access and multi-speed playback. |
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The Scarlet Blade [US: The Crimson Blade] Swashbuckling hi-jinx set during the English Civil War. Features Oliver Reed and Lionel Jeffries. 82m. Scope. Not available. |
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Sportsman's Paradise Irish travelogue. 15m. Not available. |
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Kiss of the Vampire US - Universal The film is available as part of an eight-film, two-disc set featuring the bulk of Universal's Hammer library: The Hammer Horror Series. The film is presented in 1.85:1 format, with anamorphic enhancement. The disc features the theatrical version of the film, without any of the new footage added for the expanded TV version. Previous VHS and laserdisc editions, from MCA Universal, extensively reviewed in Video Watchdog 15:54. The US TV version (with additional, virtually unrelated, footage) is titled Kiss of Evil. This was released on laserdisc by MCA / Universal (side two of the laserdisc version was in the CAV format, which allowed still frame access and multi-speed playback). This Letterboxed Encore Edition Double Feature disc set paired the film with Nightmare. The disc is reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 29:62. US - Image Entertainment [Out of Print] The film was available in the US on DVD in the early days of the format, from Image Entertainment, who licensed the film from Universal. After their license expired the disc went out of print, and the rights reverted to Universal. This DVD was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 49:4. Music from the film is available on the Hammer Vampire Film Music Collection CD (GDI Records, GDICD017) and The Devil Rides Out - Horror, Adventure and Romance - Music For Hammer Films CD (Silva Screen, FILMCD 174). The theme to the film is on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume One (GDI Records, GDICD002). |
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The Evil of Frankenstein US - Universal The film is available as part of an eight-film, two-disc set featuring the bulk of Universal's Hammer library: The Hammer Horror Series. The film is presented in 1.85:1 format, with anamorphic enhancement. Was previously released as an uncut, full-frame laserdisc by MCA / Universal, and on VHS, from Universal. Side two of the laserdisc version was in the CAV format, which allowed still frame access and multi-speed playback. UK - Showbox Home Entertainment Released on October the 15th 2007. 4:3 transfer, with more vertical picture information than the (matted) US edition, but also some cropping at the sides. No subtitles. The disc features an image gallery (eight pictures), and theatrical trailers for The Evil of Frankenstein and The Brides of Dracula. Menu screens from this disc, and grabs comparing the transfer with the US edition can be found here. The theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005) and on The Hammer Frankenstein Film Music Collection CD (GDI Records, GDICD011). |
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Curse of the Mummy's Tomb UK - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer. Various full-frame releases in the UK on VHS from Columbia Tristar imprints, including a double-bill with The Revenge of Frankenstein. In July 2005 a new high-definition widescreen (2.35:1) transfer of the film aired on the Monsters HD channel. Hopefully this will lead to an anamorphic widescreen DVD! Carlo Martelli's score for the film is available on The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb CD (GDI records, GDICD016). The theme to the film is on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume One (GDI Records, GDICD002). The Opening Credits are on Empire Music's The Best of Hammer compilation CD. Two tracks, Opening Credits / Professor Dubois is Murdered and Finale and End Credits are included on Empire Music's The Best of Hammer compilation CD. |
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The Runaway Spy thriller. 62m. Not available. |
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The Devil-Ship Pirates UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Was due for release as part of the Ultimate Hammer Box Set on October the 23rd, 2006, but was replaced by The Viking Queen. UK - Warner Home Video Although the film carries Columbia Pictures Corporation branding, the UK rights to the film have evidently ended up with Studio Canal (who previously licensed the film for VHS release to the Lumiere label). The film is presented in slightly-windowboxed format, in an aspect ratio of about 2.2:1. The disc is, inexplicably, in non-anamorphic format, perhaps explaining why the disc's sleeve sates the film is in "1.33:1" ratio. This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. |
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Delayed Flight Obscure featurette. Not available. |
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The Gorgon UK - DD Home Entertainment Forthcoming release from DD Home Entertainment. A Columbia title, licensed from Sony. Released in the UK and in the US on VHS by RCA Columbia. A laserdisc version was released in the US by Image (who probably licensed the film from Columbia). Side two of the laserdisc version was in the CAV format, which allowed still frame access and multi-speed playback. In July 2005 a new high-definition widescreen (1.85:1) transfer of the film aired on the Monsters HD channel. The theme to the film is on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume One (GDI Records, GDICD002). |
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Nightmare US - Universal The film is available as part of an eight-film, two-disc set featuring the bulk of Universal's Hammer library: The Hammer Horror Series. The film is presented in 2.35:1 format, with anamorphic enhancement. The film was previously released by MCA / Universal on laserdisc as a double -bill with Kiss of the Vampire, in 2.35:1 (non-anamorphic) ratio. The second side of the laserdisc was in CAV format (offering still-frame and variable-speed playback - features we now take for granted on DVD!) Trailers for both films were also on the laserdisc version. The disc is reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 29:62. Nightmare was also available on VHS in the US, also from Universal. |
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Fanatic [US: Die! Die! My Darling] UK - Sony / Columbia Tristar Home Video Available as Die! Die! My Darling. 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer. No bonus features. US - Columbia Tristar Home Video Available as Die! Die! My Darling. 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer. No bonus features. |
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She UK - Studio Canal / Optimum The disc has an anamorphic 1.78:1 transfer, which crops the original widescreen image at the sides. The Optimum disc has harsher contrast than the Warner Home Video disc, which gives the impression of a sharper image, at the expense of shadow detail. The running time is 101'05". A page of frame grabs comparing this version to the earlier UK release can be found here. No subtitles. This disc is also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video [Out of Print] Presented in windowboxed, 2.18:1 non-anamorphic widescreen, this is an unimpressive disc. Shorter versions of the film have been in circulation. No subtitles / captions. This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. The widescreen transfer of this Hammerscope film shows considerable distortion at the sides of the image (perhaps accounting for the cropping on the Optimum disc). The film starts with an MGM logo, which is missing from the Optimum disc, and this accounts for the discrepancy in the running times: this version of the film runs 101'17". US The film was previously available on VHS, from MGM/UA Home Video. This tape, which ran 105'18", was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 39:16. Music from the film is available on the She CD (GDI Records, GDICD018). Selected cues are also on The Devil Rides Out - Horror, Adventure and Romance - Music For Hammer Films CD (Silva Screen, FILMCD 174). The theme to the film is on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume One (GDI Records, GDICD002). |
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The Nanny UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Commentary by Jimmy Sangster. New 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer. A page of frame grabs comparing this version to the earlier UK release can be found here. No subtitles. Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video [Out of Print] Was available as a double-bill with The Blue Lamp (the film that spawned a zillion episodes of Dixon of Dock Green). The 1.28:1 transfer is surprisingly good, but the film itself is flecked with constant dirt, and contaminated with analogue tape chroma noise. (The film was probably originally projected at 1.66:1). No subtitles / captions. This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. US The film was previously available on VHS, from Fox Video, and this was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 35:16. Germany - 20th Century Fox Available as War es wirklich Mord? France - 20th Century Fox Available as Confessions à un cadavre. Begium - 20th Century Fox Available as The Nanny. |
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Hysteria One of the more obscure Hammer thrillers. Not currently available on home video. Rights may reside with MGM, who released the film on VHS in the 80s, or with the Time Warner group, which provides programming for the UK TCM channel, which screens the film occasionally. |
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The Secret of Blood Island Lurid drama set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Was released on VHS in the UK on the obscure Kestral Gold label in the mid-80s, under the title P.O.W. US rights are probably owned by theatrical distributors Universal, who are unlikely to release it themselves, but may license it to a third party. |
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The Brigand of Kandahar British Raj colonials fend of attacking native hordes. Features Hammer regulars Oliver Reed, Duncan Lamont and Yvonne Romain. Written and directed by John Gilling. 81m. Scope. Not available. |
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Dracula - Prince of Darkness According to William Lustig, who supervised the Elite laserdisc transfers in 1997, Prince of Darkness's two-perf Techniscope negative has "advanced deterioration" [1]. This manifested itself as fading on both sides of the image, and required extensive adjustments during the telecine process. There were also grading issues with the various day-for-night sequences. Now the adjustments would be done in the digital domain, after the transfer had been done, and there's potentially room for improvement. UK - Studio Canal / Optimum New anamorphic 2.40:1 transfer, offering considerable improvement over the non-anamorphic Warner Home Video UK release (and much better than the Anolis version). The disc features the 57m documentary The Many Faces of Christopher Lee, but none of the bonus features from the Anchor Bay or Anolis discs. Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video [Out of Print] Presented in non-anamorphic, slightly window-boxed format, at about 2.25:1, this disc also has some noticeable MPEG compression artefacts, and lacks the extra features on the US and German discs. The transfer is, however, far superior to the German version, from Anolis: it has better contrast and much more vivid hues. It appears that Lumiere have used an uncut print (the previous VHS releases from Lumiere and Warner Home Video, were cut by about twenty seconds - cuts to the resurrection scene, the staking, and the scene where Dracula cuts open his chest with his fingernail). No subtitles / captions. This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment Presented in 2.35:1 non-anamorphic widescreen. Not an outstanding transfer, but it does have the benefit of a commentary track (by stars Christopher Lee, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, and Barbara Shelley), and some 8mm behind the scenes footage shot by Matthews' brother. The film's TechniScope (2-perf) negative is apparently in poor shape. No subtitles / captions. The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with the The Satanic Rites of Dracula. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The bonus features from the Anchor Bay disc are available on the German disc. The Anchor Bay VHS edition and the Elite laserdisc version were reviewed in Video Watchdog magazine, issue 42:25. The issue also includes William Lustig's notes on the film's transfer. Germany - Anolis Available as Blut für Dracula. An uncut 2.33:1 anamorphic transfer, with a choice of English or German audio. Bonus features include a commentary track (the same one as the Anchor Bay disc), trailer, the 8mm footage (4m) and the Dracula and the Undead episode of World of Hammer (in English only, with optional German subtitles). The disc also has galleries of front-of-house stills, posters and pressbook materials. There's also a video introduction / alternate commentary for the 8mm footage, by Francis Matthews, which was recorded at the Festival of Fantastic Films, Manchester, in 1993 (6m). In terms of bonus materials, this is currently the best available version. The transfer is weak, though, with low contrast and pallid colours. The UK disc is superior in this regard. Australia - Studio Canal Plus / Universal Presented in 2.35:1 non-anamorphic widescreen, this is probably identical to the UK disc. Holland - Green Cow / Paradiso Home Entertainment Anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer, with mono English (1.0) track. Bonus features: trailers (one for Dracula - Prince of Darkness, one for the Dracula - Prince of Darkness / Plague of the Zombies double-bill); trailers for The Devil Rides Out, The Plague of the Zombies and Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell; World of Hammer episodes Christopher Lee and Dracula and the Undead. Available separately, or as part of the Hammer Box #1 set (which contains Quatermass 2, The Quatermass Experiment, Frankenstein Created Woman, Dracula - Prince of Darkness and Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter). France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as Dracula - Prince Des Tenebres. Music from the film is available on The Horror of Dracula CD (Silva Screen FILMCD 708). |
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The Viking Queen UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment -90'36" Non-anamorphic widescreen transfer, at 1.85:1. Disc contains the theatrical trailer and the Lands Before Time World of Hammer instalment (also on the US Prehistoric Women, Vengeance of She and Lost Continent DVDs). No subtitles / captions. Zeta Minor Review The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with The Vengeance of She. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The Anchor Bay DVD was reviewed in Video Watchdog magazine, issue 63:72. Germany - Anolis Available as Königin der Wikinger. The disc has a 1.85:1 widescreen transfer, with a choice of English or German audio. Bonus features include the Vamp episode of World of Hammer, a theatrical trailer and a photo' gallery. France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as La Reine des Viking. |
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The Witches [US: The Devil's Own] UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment Was available under it's original British title, The Witches. The disc contained bonus theatrical trailer, TV spots and the World of Hammer episode Wicked Women. There are reports that copies of this disc are prone to what might be termed "DVD Rot", rendering them unplayable (see also The Lost Continent and Frankenstein Created Woman). No subtitles / captions. The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with Prehistoric Women (a.k.a. Slave Girls). The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The Anchor Bay VHS version (90'39") was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 48:32. Germany - Anolis Available as The Witches, with a 1.66:1 transfer. Bonus features include the World of Hammer episode Wicked Women. France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as Les Sorcieres. 1.66:1 transfer. Bonus: World of Hammer episode on Wicked Women. The theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). |
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Plague of the Zombies UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Available separately, or as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video Was available individually, or as part of Warner Home Video's Hammer Horror Resurrected box set. No extras. 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer. The UK disc has been sourced from an American copy of the film, and, like the Anchor Bay US disc, starts with the voodoo ceremony. (The UK theatrical version shuffles the order of the first couple of scenes). This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment Anamorphic,
1.85:1 transfer. Disc features trailers and a bonus World of Hammer
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& The Living Dead The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with the The Mummy's Shroud. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The Anchor Bay VHS edition (90'03") and the Elite laserdisc version were reviewed in Video Watchdog magazine, issue 42:29. Germany - Anolis Available as Nächte des Grauens. 1.85:1 transfer (box says 1.78), with a choice of English or German mono audio and optional German subtitles. Extras: James Bernard interview (20m, Festival of Fantastic Film, Manchester, 1994, poor audio); German and English trailers; German pressbook, stills, and programme; photo' gallery; House of Hammer comic strip. Holland - Green Cow / Paradiso Anamorphic 1.85 transfer, with English mono audio. Dutch subtitles. Trailers. Two World of Hammer episodes: Mummies, Werewolves and the Living Dead and Lands Before Time. Features the US edit. Available separately, or as part of the Hammer Box #2 set (which contains The Reptile, The Plague of the Zombies, Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, Quatermass and the Pit and The Devil Rides Out). France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as L'Invasion des morts-vivants. The theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). |
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One Million Years BC UK - Studio Canal / Optimum New anamorphic 1.78:1 transfer. Bonus materials will include especially-shot interviews with special effects god Ray Harryhausen and star Raquel Welch (as per the previous UK DVD). A page of frame grabs comparing this version to the earlier UK release can be found here. Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video Non-anamorphic 1.85:1 letterboxed transfer. Bonus materials include a trailer, and especially-shot interviews with special effects god Ray Harryhausen and star Raquel Welch. No subtitles / captions. The disc contains the longer, UK version of the film, which includes a fight between some ape creatures, Martine Beswick's erotic dancing, and some of Harryhausen's dinosaur animation. Zeta Minor review This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. US - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. 1.85:1 transfer, with mono audio. Available separately, or as part of a Raquel Welch Collection box set, with Bandolero!, Fathom, Mother Jugs and Speed and Myra Breckenridge. Like Fox's VHS release, the DVD features the short, 91m (American) version of the film. The 1996 NTSC laserdisc contained longer version, which runs for100'30". Bonus features include a restoration featurette, and a Spanish-language trailer. Video Watchdog magazine examined the differences between the US and UK versions of the film in issue 34:4, and reviewed the laserdisc edition, in considerably more detail, in issue 40:55. Germany - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Available as Eine Million Jahre vor unserer Zeit. 1.85:1 transfer, with a choice of English or German audio. Might be the edited version. France - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Available as Un million d’années avant J.C. The Finale and End Credits music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). Half an hour of the score is available on the One Million Years BC / When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth / Creatures The World Forgot CD (Legend CD13), issued in 1994. |
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Rasputin The Mad Monk The film was shot using substandard prismatic CinemaScope lenses which caused noticeable distortion at the edges of the image. UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Transfer is identical to the Canal Studio Plus / Warner Home Video UK version. Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video Was available individually, or as part of Warner Home Video's Hammer Horror Resurrected box set. No extras. 2.13:1 anamorphic transfer. Unlike some earlier releases, the DVD is uncut. No subtitles / captions. This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment Anchor Bay tackled the film's distortion problem by cropping the edges of the image to present a less distracting image, explaining why their presentation is in 2.12:1 ratio. The film is supported by a commentary track by stars Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews and Suzan Farmer. Other bonus items include a theatrical trailer, TV spots and a World of Hammer episode titled Christopher Lee. No subtitles / captions. Zeta Minor review The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with The Devil Rides Out. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The commentary track from the Anchor Bay disc is available on the German disc, which also has an anamorphic transfer. See the World of Hammer entry for alternate sources of the Christopher Lee episode. The Anchor Bay VHS edition (91'38") and the Elite laserdisc version were reviewed in Video Watchdog magazine, issue 42:33. The issue also includes William Lustig's notes on the film's transfer. Germany - Anolis Available as Rasputin - Der wahnsinnige Mönch. The disc features a commentary track (the same as the Anchor Bay version), an interview with Francis Matthews, and a theatrical trailer. Anamorphic "2.35:1" transfer. France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as Raspoutine, le moine fou. The theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). |
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The Reptile UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment Anamorphic, 1.85:1 transfer. Theatrical trailer, TV spots and and bonus World of Hammer episode Vamp (also (also on the UK Captain Kronos DVD). No subtitles / captions. Zeta Minor review The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with The Lost Continent. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The Anchor Bay VHS edition (90'02") and the Elite laserdisc version were reviewed in Video Watchdog magazine, issue 42:29. Germany - Anolis Available as Das schwarze Reptil. Anamorphic 1.85:1transfer (packaging says 1.66, but this is incorrect), with a choice of English and German audio tracks. Optional German subtitles. Bonus features: World of Hammer episode Hammer; trailer; TV spots; stills gallery; House of Hammer issue 19 comic strip adaptation. Holland - Green Cow / Paradiso Anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer with English mono audio and Dutch subtitles. Extras: trailer and double-feature trailer; World of Hammer episodes Thriller and Costumers. Available separately, or as part of the Hammer Box #2 set (which contains The Reptile, The Plague of the Zombies, Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, Quatermass and the Pit and The Devil Rides Out). France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as La Femme Reptile. Anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer with English mono audio and French subtitles. Extras: trailer. |
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Frankenstein Created Woman UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Available separately, or as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video Available as an individual disc, or as part of Warner Home Video's Hammer Horror Resurrected box set. No extras. 1.66:1 anamorphic transfer. No subtitles / captions. This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment Anamorphic 1.66:1 transfer. Disc features a bonus World of Hammer episode titled The Curse of Frankenstein (which is also on the Four Sided Triangle DVD). There are numerous reports that copies of this disc are prone to what might be termed "DVD Rot", rendering them unplayable (see also The Witches and The Lost Continent). No subtitles / captions. The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The Anchor Bay VHS version (91'28") was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 48:18. Previously available on laserdisc, from Elite Entertainment - this disc was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 51:5. Germany - Anolis Available as Frankenstein schuf ein Weib. 1.66:1 anamorphic transfer, English and German audio tracks. Features the World of Hammer episode The Curse of Frankenstein, trailers and TV spots. (Bonus features may not have English audio). Holland - Green Cow / Paradiso Available separately, or as part of the Hammer Box #1 set (which contains Quatermass 2, The Quatermass Experiment, Frankenstein Created Woman, Dracula - Prince of Darkness and Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter). France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as Frankenstein créa la femme. Music from the film is available on The Hammer Frankenstein Film Music Collection CD (GDI Records, GDICD011) and on the The Devil Rides Out - Horror, Adventure and Romance - Music For Hammer Films CD (Silva Screen, FILMCD 174). The theme music is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). |
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The Mummy's Shroud UK - Momentum Pictures The disc's anamorphic 1.65:1 transfer has better detail than the Anchor Bay disc, and a sliver more picture information. Example menu screen grabs here. No subtitles / captions. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment Anamorphic,
1.7:1 transfer. Disc features trailers and a bonus World of Hammer
episode
titled Mummies, Werewolves
& The Living Dead The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with Plague of the Zombies. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The Anchor Bay VHS version (90'10") was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 48:26. Germany - Anolis Available as Fluch der Mumie. 1.66:1 anamorphic transfer, with a choice of English or German audio. The disc features an interview with Eddie Powell, the Mummies, Werewolves & The Living Dead episode of the World of Hammer series, a photo' gallery, and a theatrical trailer. (Bonus features may not have English audio). France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as Dans Les Griffes De La Momie. The theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). |
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Slave Girls [US: Prehistoric Women] Slave Girls was released in the UK eighteen months after its US debut, as Prehistoric Women. The film was heavily-cut for its UK release. The DVD versions use the longer, 95m, version. UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Anamorphic 2.31:1 transfer of print with Prehistoric Women title. Features anamorphic widescreen Prehistoric Women theatrical trailer. Also available as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment - 90'16" Available as Prehistoric Women. 2.35:1 non-anamorphic transfer. Bonus features: trailers and the World of Hammer episode Lands Before Time (also on Anchor Bay's The Viking Queen, Vengeance of She and Lost Continent DVDs). No subtitles / captions. Zeta Minor review The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with The Witches. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The Anchor Bay DVD was reviewed in Video Watchdog magazine, issue 63:66. Germany - Anolis Available as Sklave der Amazonen. The disc has a 2.35:1 transfer, and a choice of English or German audio. The disc features an interview with Martine Beswick, a photo' gallery and a theatrical trailer. (Bonus features may not have English audio). Carlo Martelli's theme music from the film is available on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two CD (GDI Records, GDICD005). |
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A Challenge for Robin Hood A new adaptation of the Robin Hood legend, starring Barrie Ingham. US Not available on DVD. Was released on VHS by Anchor Bay, who apparently licensed the film from Fox. This VHS version (95'56") was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 54:11. An Elite Entertainment laserdisc version was scheduled when the format was rapidly being killed-off by DVD, but it apparently didn't get released. Germany - Anolis Released in January 2004 as Robin Hood – Der Freiheitsheld. Spain - Manga Films Released as Un Desafio Para Robin Hood. 1.85:1 anamorphic trailer, with choice of English or Spanish audio. Optional Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Extras: trailer and World of Hammer episode Costumers. France - Seven 7 / Metropolitan Available as Le Défi De Robin Des Bois. |
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Quatermass and the Pit [US: Five Million Years to Earth] UK - Studio Canal / Optimum Available separately, or as part of Optimum's Ultimate Hammer Box Set. Transfer is identical to the Canal Studio Plus / Warner Home Video UK version. Disc features the theatrical trailer. UK - Studio Canal Plus / Warner Home Video Was available individually, or as part of Warner Home Video's Hammer Horror Resurrected box set. 1.62:1 anamorphic transfer. The disc features the film's original mono audio mix. No extras. No subtitles / captions. This disc was deleted when Studio Canal's sales and distribution deal with Warner Home Video expired, in December 2005. US - Anchor Bay Entertainment Available as Quatermass and the Pit. Non-anamorphic 1.67:1 transfer. Disc features a bonus World of Hammer episode titled Sci-Fi (also on both X - The Unknown DVDs and the US Quatermass 2 DVD) and a harmless commentary track by director Roy Ward Baker and writer Nigel Kneale. Disc does not feature original mono audio, but instead includes phoney stereo and 5.1 remixes, which features new sound effects. (It could be noted that the remix was sanctioned by the film's director, Roy Ward Baker). No subtitles / captions. Zeta Minor review. The film was re-released by Anchor Bay at the end of 2003 as a double-bill with Quatermass 2. The two-disc set contains all the bonus features of the original discs. Anchor Bay's rights have expired, and both the standalone disc and the double-bill version have been deleted. The Anchor Bay VHS edition (97'23") was reviewed in Video Watchdog magazine, issue 42:31. The issue also includes William Lustig's notes on the sound mix. The Elite Entertainment laserdisc version (97'23") was reviewed in Video Watchdog issue 47:62. Germany - Anolis Available as Das grüne Blut der Dämonen. 1.66:1 anamorphic transfer, with a choice of English or German audio. Holland - Green Cow / Paradiso Anamorphic 1.66:1 transfer, with English audio (stereo, according to the company's website), and Dutch subtitles. Extras: trailers; two Worlds of Hammer episodes: Sci-Fi and Lands Before Time. Available separately, or as part of the Hammer Box #2 set (which contains The Reptile, The Plague of the Zombies, Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, Quatermass and the Pit and The Devil Rides Out). Music from the film is available on the The Devil Rides Out - Horror, Adventure and Romance - Music For Hammer Films CD (Silva Screen, FILMCD 174), the Quatermass and the Pit CD (Silva Screen / Cloud Nine, CNS5009) and The Quatermass Film Music Collection CD (GDI Records, GDICD008). The theme to the film is on The Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume One (GDI Records, GDICD002). The Opening Credits and Panic cues are on Empire Music's The Best of Hammer compilation CD. |
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Dracula Has Risen From The |