hammer horror dvd boxset?

[jedicow]

i saw someone mention this in another thread. is this true? will it be like universals where they put out a frankenstein box set, a wolfman set, a mummy set and a dracula set?

if its just 1 box set, which films will be included? anyone have any info on this?

[The_Return]

Havnt heared anything, but sounds pretty kickass to me!

[TheOmen]

Yep! It's at Deep discount dvd now! I'll be getting it.

[stacilayne]

There are several reviews from the upcoming boxed set on the site now -- http://horror.com/php/?m=browse&id=12

It's an excellent value. I recommend it.

Staci

[The_Return]

Any word on a price? I just skimmed a couple of the reviews, I might have missed it. Sounds kickass though!

[hollywoodgothiq]

I picked up my copy at Tower for $19.99 plus tax -- not bad for eight films on two discs!

Too bad the films didn't get the royal treatment -- there are no extras, not even trailers -- but it's still a great bargain to have them all for a reasonable price. BRIDES OF DRACULA and CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF alone make the package worth owning. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is a disappointment, but at least it's a noble, ambitious failure. The two psychological horror films, PARANOIAC and NIGHTMARE, are a bit mechanical in the story department, but Freddie Francis directed them in a very stylish and effective manner. KISS OF THE VAMPIRE and EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN are somewhat less interesting but still worth seeing. I haven't watched NIGHT CREATURES yet -- I've been saving that for last, as it's one Hammer film I've never seen, even on television.

[ADOM]

Have you experienced any problems with the DVD's playing? I read on another board that there were widespread problems on this set, but it could be internet rumor.

[hollywoodgothiq]

I've watched all eight films without a single glitch, and they look beautiful!

[ADOM]

I finally picked mine up. Paid too much, apparently, and it has spots where it pauses near the end of the movie. I'll have to see what Best Buy will do about it.

[hollywoodgothiq]

Don't most dual layer discs have spots where the movie pauses, while the DVD player switches from one layer to the other?

It's annoying, but not as bad as the old days of laserdisc, when you had to flip the disc over to get to side two.

[ADOM]

These are supposed to have 2 movies on one side and two on the other, rather than spreading them from side to side. I was impressed at the picture quality with over 2 hours on each side of the disc, so I am guessing it is when the varied bitrate really jumps around. For me it has only been a momentary pause every few minutes in a small section, but some of the complaints have been the same spot over and over every 20 seconds or so, that would be maddening.

My other dual sided stuff plays fine, but most of it doesn;t look as good, so it is a give and take sort of thing.

[hollywoodgothiq]

That does sound annoying. Hopefully, you can get the discs replaced?

[zomb5150]

I just ordered this today from deep discount dvd, I can't wait to check it out.:D

[MoonLit Meadow]

You bastards...I'm gonna have to order this now :)

[Tat2]

I bought this collection "series" last week... paying 19.99 at Best buys for it. If you like Hammer films, it's a must have. I did notice a few annoying 1-2 second pauses every now and then, but it's still worth it.

[zomb5150]

I'm so pissed off about mine:mad:
I watched "Curse of the Werewolf" and "Brides of Dracula" and they played perfectly.
Then I tried to watch "The Evil of Frankenstein" and it froze and skipped like crazy, making it unwatchable.
I sent it back to Deep Discount DVD for a replacement.
What sucks is that I am going to have to watch all 9 films to make sure they all work.

Who has the time:confused:

[hollywoodgothiq]

Yeah, you should get to watch the films when you want to, not be forced to view them immediately just to make sure the disc works right.

I'd been lucky enough to see BRIDES OF DRACULA and CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF in a theatre last year (I'm sure new prints were available because they'd been prepared for the DVD release), so it's not as if I felt the need to watch them immediately when I got the box set. But I felt I had to, because I didn't want to find out a year later that something's wrong with the disc.

Anyway, I seem to be one of the lucky ones -- all the films in my box set played perfectly.

Wish I could say the same about the Land of the Dead DVD.

[Horror1979]

A box set of dracula would be the ultimate treat and everything else can follow on other box sets.

[hollywoodgothiq]

I think the problem with doing a Hammer Dracula box set (in the U.S., that is) is that the film's were handled by different distributors on this side of the Atlantic. So no single entity could put out all the titles, because no one owns the rights to all of them.