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Hammer Films : the ultimate collection

Title
Hammer Films : the ultimate collection.
Publication
[Minneapolis, Minn.] : Mill Creek Entertainment LLC, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
10 videodiscs (approximately 29 hr., 18 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
'These are the damned' based on the novel 'The children of light' by H.L. Lawrence. 'The old dark house' based on the novel by J.B. Priestley. 'Cash on demand' based on a play by Jacques Gillies. 'Die! Die! My darling!' based on the novel 'Nightmare' by Anne Blaisdell. 'Stop me before I kill!' based on the novel 'The full treatment' by Ronald Scott Thorn. 'Never take candy from a stranger' based on the play 'Pony cart' by Roger Garis.
Originally released as motion pictures 1958-1970.
Wide screen (various aspect ratios).
Special features: audio commentary with filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr and author/film historian Steve Haberman (The revenge of Frankenstein); audio commentary with The Monster Party Podcast featuring James Gonis, Shawn Sheridan, Larry Strothe, and Matt Weinhold (The old dark house); audio commentary with writer/director Joshua Kennedy (The Gorgon); audio commentary with writer/producer Phoef Sutton, writer/film historian Mark Jordan Legan, and screenwriter/film historian C. Courtney Joyner (The snorkel); audio commentary with filmmaker/historian Constantine Nasr (Never take candy from a stranger); audio commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman (Scream of fear).
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Summary
The revenge of Frankenstein: Having escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the effectiveness of the process and the secret of his identity soon begin to unravel.
The curse of the mummy's tomb: British archaeologists and their American investor ship an Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus to London but someone has the amulet to revive the mummy that will then kill all those who disturbed its tomb.
These are the damned: An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
The two faces of Dr. Jekyll: Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
The old dark house: In England, an American car salesman ends-up spending a stormy night at the mysterious and deadly mansion of a client's family.
The Gorgon: In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European village by turning its citizens to stone.
Cash on demand: A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.
The snorkel: Although the police have termed her mother's death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her step-father murdered her.
Maniac: An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village, and agrees to help murder her husband, who has escaped from a prison for the criminally insane.
Die! Die! My darling!: A young woman is terrorized by her deceased fiancé's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
Stop me before I kill!: After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.
Never take candy from a stranger: Peter Carter meets official resistance when he finds his 9 year old daughter has been the victim of the pedophile patriarch of the town's most powerful family.
Scream of fear: A wheelchair-bound young woman returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
The stranglers of Bombay: In the 1830s, a captain in the East India Company lobbies to investigate the criminal Thugee Cult of Kali, an organized crime group of stranglers and thieves.
The terror of the Tongs: In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.
The pirates of Blood River: A group of ruthless pirates attack a seventeenth century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
Sword of Sherwood Forest: While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.
The camp on Blood Island: Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp.
Yesterday's enemy: In World War II, during the Japanese invasion of Burma, the lost remnant of a British Army Brigade HQ, led by the ruthless Captain Alan Langford, escapes through the jungle toward the British lines.
Creatures the world forgot: In prehistoric times, two brothers fight each other for the leadership of their tribe.
Variant and related titles
Revenge of Frankenstein (Motion picture)
Curse of the mummy's tomb (Motion picture)
Damned (Motion picture : 1962)
Two faces of Dr. Jekyll (Motion picture)
Old dark house (Motion picture : 1963)
Gorgon (Motion picture)
Cash on demand (Motion picture)
Snorkel (Motion picture)
Maniac (Motion picture : 1963)
Fanatic (Motion picture : 1965)
Full treatment (Motion picture)
Never take sweets from a stranger (Motion picture)
Taste of fear (Motion picture : 1961)
Stranglers of Bombay (Motion picture)
Terror of the Tongs (Motion picture)
Pirates of Blood River (Motion picture)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (Motion picture)
Camp on Blood Island (Motion picture)
Yesterday's enemy (Motion picture)
Creatures the world forgot (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 08, 2021
Cast
The revenge of Frankenstein: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn.
The curse of the mummy's tomb: Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jeanne Roland, George Pastell, Jack Gwillim, John Paul.
These are the damned: Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox.
The two faces of Dr. Jekyll: Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff, Norma Marla, Francis De Wolff, Joy Webster.
The old dark house: Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell.
The Gorgon: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe.
Cash on demand: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon, Norman Bird.
The snorkel: Peter Van Eyck, Betta St. John, Mandy Miller.
Maniac: Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston, Liliane Brousse.
Die! Die! My darling!: Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Maurice Kaufmann, Yootha Joyce, Donald Sutherland.
Stop me before I kill!: Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis, Francoise Rosay, Bernard Braden.
Never take candy from a stranger: Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis, Alison Leggatt, Bill Nagy, Michael Gwynn, Budd Knapp, MacDonald Parke.
Scream of fear: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, John Serret, Leonard Sachs, Anne Blake, Fred Johnson.
The stranglers of Bombay: Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson, Andrew Cruickshank, George Pastell, Marne Maitland, Jan Holden, Paul Stassino, Tutte Lemkow.
The terror of the Tongs: Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Geoffrey Toone, Marne Maitland, Brian Worth, Ewen Solon.
The pirates of Blood River: Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee, Peter Arne, Marla Landi, Oliver Reed, Andrew Keir.
Sword of Sherwood Forest: Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall McGinnis, Richard Pasco, Jack Gwillim, Sarah Branch, Nigel Green, Vanda Godsell, Edwin Richfield, Charles Lamb, Dennis Lotis.
The camp on Blood Island: Carl Mohner, Andre Morell, Edward Underdown, Walter Fitzgerald, Phil Brown, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe.
Yesterday's enemy: Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern, Gordon Jackson, David Oxley, Richard Pasco, Philip Ahn.
Creatures the world forgot: Julie Ege, Tony Bonner, Brian O'Shaughnessey, Robert John, Rosalie Crutchley.
System details note
Blu-ray; 1080p High Definition; region A; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
All films not rated except 'Creatures the world forgot,' MPAA rating: PG.
Contents
[Disc 1]. The revenge of Frankenstein / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; written by Jimmy Sangster ; produced by Anthony Hinds ; directed by Terence Fisher (1958, 90 min., color, 1.66:1)
The curse of the mummy's tomb / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; screenplay by Henry Younger ; produced and directed by Michael Carreras (1964, 81 min., color, 2.35:1).
[Disc 2]. These are the damned [original title: The damned] / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; screenplay, Evan Jones ; producer, Anthony Hinds ; director, Joseph Losey (1963, 95 min., black and white, 2.35:1)
The two faces of Dr. Jekyll / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; screenplay by Wolf Mankowitz ; produced by Michael Carreras ; directed by Terence Fisher (1960, 89 min., color, 2.35:1).
[Disc 3]. The old dark house / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a William Castle-Hammer production ; screenplay by Robert Dillon ; produced and directed by William Castle (1963, 87 min., color, 1.85:1)
The Gorgon / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; screenplay by John Gilling ; based on an original story by J. Llewellyn Devine ; produced by Anthony Nelson Keys ; directed by Terence Fisher (1964, 84 min, color, 1.78:1)
Cash on demand / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; screenplay by David T. Chantler, Lewis Greifer ; directed by Quentin Lawrence (1961, 80 min., black and white, 1.66:1).
[Disc 4]. The snorkel / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screenplay by Peter Myers and Jimmy Sangster ; story by Anthony Dawson ; produced by Michael Carreras ; directed by Guy Green (1958, 91 min., black and white, 2.35:1)
Maniac / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; written and produced by Jimmy Sangster ; directed by Michael Carreras (1963, 87 min., black and white, 2.35:1).
[Disc 5]. Die! Die! My darling! [original title: Fanatic] / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; screenplay by Richard Matheson ; produced by Anthony Hinds ; directed by Silvio Narizzano (1965, 97 min., color, 1.85:1)
Stop me before I kill! [original title: The full treatment] / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Val Guest production ; in association with Falcon Films Limited ; screenplay by Val Guest and Ronald Scott Thorn ; produced and directed by Val Guest (1960, 108 min., black and white, 2.35:1).
[Disc 6]. Never take candy from a stranger [original title: Never take sweets from a stranger] / a Columbia Pictures Corporation presentation of a Hammer Film production ; screenplay by John Hunter ; producer, Anthony Hinds ; director, Cyril Frankel (1960, 82 min., black and white, 2.35:1)
Scream of fear [original title: Taste of fear] / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; written and produced by Jimmy Sangster ; directed by Seth Holt (1961, 82 min., black and white, 1.66:1).
[Disc 7]. The stranglers of Bombay / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production in association with Kenneth Hyman ; written by David Z. Goodman ; producer, Anthony Hinds ; director, Terence Fisher (1959, 80 min., black and white, 2.35:1)
The terror of the Tongs / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; written by Jimmy Sangster ; produced by Kenneth Hyman ; directed by Anthony Bushell (1961, 77 min., color, 1.66:1).
[Disc 8]. The pirates of Blood River / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; screenplay by John Hunter and John Gilling ; from a story by Jimmy Sangster ; produced by Anthony Nelson Keys ; directed by John Gilling (1962, 87 min., color, 2.35:1)
Sword of Sherwood Forest / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production in association with Yeoman Films Ltd. ; screenplay by Alan Hackney ; produced by Sidney Cole and Richard Greene ; directed by Terence Fisher (1960, 80 min., color, 2.35:1).
[Disc 9]. The camp on Blood Island / Hammer Films presents ; screenplay by Jon Manchip White & Val Guest ; story by Jon Manchip White ; produced by Anthony Hinds ; directed by Val Guest (1958, 81 min., black and white, 2.35:1)
Yesterday's enemy / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Hammer Film production ; written by Peter R. Newman ; produced by Michael Carreras ; directed by Val Guest (1959, 95 min., black and white, 2.35:1).
[Disc 10]. Creatures the world forgot / Columbia Pictures presents a Hammer production ; written and produced by Michael Carreras ; directed by Don Chaffey (1971, 96 min., color, 1.85:1)
Hammer at Columbia Pictures
The actors of Hammer Film
Curse of the mummy's tomb retrospective
The two faces of Dr. Jekyll retrospective.
Subjects
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Robin Hood (Legendary character) > Drama.
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
Robin Hood (Legendary character)
1189-1945
Human experimentation in medicine > Drama.
Mummies > Drama.
Radioactivity > Physiological effect > Drama.
Multiple personality > Drama.
Murder > Drama.
Millionaires > Drama.
Gorgons (Greek mythology) > Drama.
Bank robberies > Drama.
Hostages > Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Drama.
Dangerously mentally ill > Drama.
Religious fanaticism > Drama.
Automobile racing drivers > Drama.
Psychiatrists > Drama.
Child molesters > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > Drama.
Missing persons > Drama.
Thugs (Indic criminal group) > Drama.
Tongs (Secret societies) > China > Hong Kong > Drama.
Kidnapping > Drama.
Pirates > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Malaysia > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Burma > Drama.
Stone age > Drama.
Prehistoric peoples > Drama.
Earthquakes > Drama.
Automobile racing drivers.
Bank robberies.
Child molesters.
Dangerously mentally ill.
Earthquakes.
Fathers and daughters.
Gorgons (Greek mythology)
Hostages.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Kidnapping.
Millionaires.
Missing persons.
Multiple personality.
Mummies.
Murder.
Pirates.
Prehistoric peoples.
Prisoners of war.
Psychiatrists.
Radioactivity > Physiological effect.
Religious fanaticism.
Stone age.
Thugs (Indic criminal group)
Tongs (Secret societies)
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Great Britain > History > Richard I, 1189-1199 > Drama.
Burma.
China > Hong Kong.
Great Britain.
Malaysia.
Genre/Form
Action and adventure films.
Comedy films.
Crime films.
Detective and mystery films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
History.
Horror films.
Science fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
Horror films.
Science fiction films.
Comedy films.
Crime films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Detective and mystery films.
Action and adventure films.
Historical films.
War films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Fisher, Terence, 1904-1980, film director.
Carreras, Michael, 1927-1994, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Losey, Joseph, film director.
Castle, William, film director, film producer.
Gilling, John, 1912-1985, film director, screenwriter.
Lawrence, Quentin, film director.
Green, Guy, 1913-2005, film director.
Narizzano, Silvio, film director.
Guest, Val, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Frankel, Cyril, film director.
Holt, Seth, 1923-1971, film director.
Bushell, Anthony, 1904-1997, film director.
Chaffey, Don, 1917-1990, film director.
Sangster, Jimmy, screenwriter, film producer.
Jones, Evan, 1927-2012, screenwriter.
Mankowitz, Wolf, screenwriter.
Dillon, Robert (Screenwriter), active 1959-2000, screenwriter.
Devine, J. Llewellyn, screenwriter.
Chantler, David T., screenwriter.
Greifer, Lewis, 1919-2003, screenwriter.
Myers, Peter, 1923-1978, screenwriter.
Dawson, Anthony, 1916-1992, screenwriter.
Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013, screenwriter.
Thorn, Ronald Scott, 1920-1996, screenwriter.
Hunter, John M. (John Melville), 1944- screenwriter.
Goodman, David Zelag, screenwriter.
Hackney, Alan, screenwriter.
Newman, Peter R., 1926-1975, screenwriter.
Hinds, Anthony, 1922-2013, film producer.
Keys, Anthony Nelson, 1913-1985, film producer.
Hyman, Kenneth, 1928- film producer.
Cole, Sidney, 1908-1998, film producer.
Greene, Richard, 1918-1985, film producer, actor.
White, Jon Manchip, 1924-2013, screenwriter.
Cushing, Peter, 1913-1994, actor.
Matthews, Francis, 1927-2014, actor.
Gayson, Eunice, actor.
Gwynn, Michael, actor.
Morgan, Terence, 1921-2005, actor.
Howard, Ronald, 1918-1996, actor.
Clark, Fred, 1914-1968, actor.
Roland, Jeanne, 1937- actor.
Pastell, George, 1923-1976, actor.
Gwillim, Jack, actor.
Paul, John, 1921-1995, actor.
Carey, Macdonald, actor.
Field, Shirley-Anne, 1938- actor.
Lindfors, Viveca, 1920-1995, actor.
Knox, Alexander, actor.
Massie, Paul, 1932-2011, actor.
Addams, Dawn, 1930-1985, actor.
Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015, actor.
Kossoff, David, 1919-2005, actor.
Marla, Norma, actor.
De Wolff, Francis, 1913-1984, actor.
Webster, Joy, 1934- actor.
Poston, Tom, actor.
Morley, Robert, actor.
Scott, Janette, 1938- actor.
Grenfell, Joyce, 1910-1979, actor.
Pasco, Richard, actor.
Shelley, Barbara, 1933- actor.
Goodliffe, Michael, 1914-1976, actor.
Morell, André, 1909-1978, actor.
Vernon, Richard, 1925-1997, actor.
Bird, Norman, 1920-2005, actor.
Eyck, Peter van, 1911-1969, actor.
St. John, Betta, 1929- actor.
Miller, Mandy, 1944- actor.
Mathews, Kerwin, actor.
Gray, Nadja, 1923-1994, actor.
Houston, Donald, 1923-1991, actor.
Brousse, Liliane, 1937- actor.
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968, actor.
Powers, Stefanie, actor.
Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016, actor.
Kaufmann, Maurice, 1927-1997, actor.
Joyce, Yootha, 1927-1980, actor.
Sutherland, Donald, 1935- actor.
Dauphin, Claude, 1903-1978, actor.
Cilento, Diane, actor.
Lewis, Ronald, 1928-1982, actor.
Rosay, Françoise, actor.
Braden, Bernard, 1916-1993, actor.
Watford, Gwen, 1927-1994, actor.
Allen, Patrick, 1927-2006, actor.
Aylmer, Felix, 1889-1979, actor.
MacGinnis, Niall, 1913-1977, actor.
Leggatt, Alison, actor.
Nagy, Bill, 1900-1973, actor.
Knapp, Budd, actor.
Parke, MacDonald, 1891-1960, actor.
Strasberg, Susan, actor.
Todd, Ann, 1909-1993, actor.
Serret, John, actor.
Sachs, Leonard, 1909-1990, actor.
Blake, Anne, 1908-2000, actor.
Johnson, Fred, 1899-1971, actor.
Rolfe, Guy, actor.
Cuthbertson, Allan, 1920-1988, actor.
Cruickshank, Andrew, 1907-1988, actor.
Maitland, Marne, 1916-1991, actor.
Holden, Jan, 1931-2005, actor.
Stassino, Paul, actor.
Lemkow, Tutte, 1918-1991, actor.
Monlaur, Yvonne, actor.
Toone, Geoffrey, 1910-2005, actor.
Worth, Brian, 1914-1978, actor.
Solon, Ewen, 1917-1985, actor.
Corbett, Glenn, 1933-1993, actor.
Arne, Peter, 1920-1983, actor.
Landi, Marla, 1933- actor.
Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999, actor.
Keir, Andrew, 1926-1997, actor.
Branch, Sarah, 1938-2007, actor.
Green, Nigel, 1924-1972, actor.
Godsell, Vanda, 1922-1990, actor.
Richfield, Edwin, actor.
Lamb, Charles, 1900-1989, actor.
Lotis, Dennis, actor.
Möhner, Carl, 1921-2005, actor.
Underdown, Edward, 1908-1989, actor.
Fitzgerald, Walter, 1896-1976, actor.
Brown, Phil, 1916-2006, actor.
Baker, Stanley, Sir, 1928-1976, actor.
McKern, Leo, 1920-2002, actor.
Jackson, Gordon, 1923-1990, actor.
Oxley, David, 1920-1985, actor.
Ahn, Philip, 1905-1978, actor.
Ege, Julie, 1943-2008, actor.
Bonner, Tony, 1943- actor.
O'Shaughnessy, Brian, 1931-2001, actor.
Crutchley, Rosalie, 1921-1997, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lawrence, H. L. (Henry Lionel), 1908-1990. Children of light.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984. Benighted.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Gillies, Jacques, 1920-2009. Gold inside.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Blaisdell, Anne, 1921-1988. Nightmare.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Thorn, Ronald Scott, 1920- Full treatment.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Garis, Roger, 1901-1967. Pony cart.
Columbia Pictures Corporation, presenter.
Hammer Film Productions, production company.
Mill Creek Entertainment, publisher.
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