Hammer Films

Hammer Films’ Twins of Evil coming to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ May 15, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Hammer Films hits just keep on coming to Blu-ray, this time all the way to our North American shores. Synapse Films plans to follow up their domestic release of Hammer’s Vampire Circus with the grand finale of the studio’s Karnstein Trilogy of films, Twins of Evil, hitting store shelves in July. Next up for the US label’s Hammer Horror Collection are the classics Countess Dracula and Hands of the Ripper, hopefully coming before the end of the year. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Plague of the Zombies/The Reptile Blu-ray promo

By Brenden ⋅ May 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

We here in North America haven’t seen many classic Hammer films make the transition to Blu-ray yet but the famous studio, now reborn, has partnered with Studio Canal for a massive restoration and release program in the UK. The next two titles in the series are Plague of the Zombies and The Reptile, a couple of B-films that played in double features back in the day with their higher-profile siblings, Dracula, Prince of Darkness and Rasputin, the Mad Monk, respectively. …Continued…

Classic Hammer films being restored, released on Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ January 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Hammer Films is back and planning to restore and release their extensive back catalogue of classic horror and sci-fi films on Blu-ray!

Top 10 New Blu-ray Discs for Halloween 2011

By Brenden ⋅ October 29, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Halloween is upon us yet again and this years crop of holiday-themed and horror Blu-ray discs are spectacular!

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of December 14

By Brenden ⋅ December 14, 2010 ⋅ One comment

What a tough week! On first glance, it didn’t seem to me that there was a whole lot hitting the shops but then, when I began to assemble the TOP 5 list, I quickly discovered otherwise. There’s some great stuff here, including a couple of films that my girlfriend has claimed are the best movies she’s seen all year and a whole lot of amazing catalogue releases including the first ever North American Hammer Films release in HD! …Continued…

Synapse Films to bring Hammer’s Vampire Circus to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ October 24, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Now that’s more like it! You might have read my rant about the studios treating classic Hammer and Universal horror films as second class citizens. If not, just know that it’s a serious point of contention between me and the majors. We’re barely on speaking terms these days. Well, thank the good lord for Synapse Films who have taken it upon themselves to rescue and distribute the Hammer spectacular Vampire Circus. It’s certainly one of the lesser known titles but hell, at this point, I’ll take what I can get. …Continued…

Top 10 New Blu-ray Discs for Halloween 2010

By Brenden ⋅ October 24, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

Halloween is upon us yet again and this years crop of holiday-themed and horror Blu-ray discs are spectacular!

Wish List: Columbia Pictures' Robin Hood Collection DVDs

By Brenden ⋅ May 30, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems I rarely get an opportunity to go out to the movies any more. I don’t suspect I’ll get a chance to see the new Ridley Scott Robin Hood film until it hits home video. Luckily, I’ve had four new DVD releases from Columbia Pictures Robin Hood collection to keep me company lately. Ranging from 1948 to 1960, these films are classics and a whole lot of fun to watch. If only they were on Blu-ray… …Continued…

RT @BlackHoleDVDs Boxset of sought-after Hammer Films debuting on DVD April 6th

By Brenden ⋅ January 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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