Hammer Films

[jazzo]

I know these are pricey, but these new Hammers are also some of the best curated releases I’ve ever seen. The bonus materials on, both, X…The Unknown! and The Abominable Snowman (two personal favourites) are simply astonishing, and the passion the participants have for the material, and the care that Hammer has put into finding archival or producing new material puts most of the major labels to shame.

I anxiously await the more affordable standard editions of the first two Quatermass pictures they’ve released so far, and hope they tackle the third, The Devil Rides Out, and Hell Is A City soon!

[Maltic]

Will there be "standard" editions?

[jazzo]

That was a hope more than anything else.

[Dr Amicus]

I would expect there to be standard editions. I think the only big box to sell out so far, apart from the Red Dracula set, has been Captain Kronos. I do get the limited editions, the books alone are worth the extra money.

Lady In The Fog is minor but quite fun, one of several “Yank gets involved in a murder mystery” they did. Again, the extras look like the main attraction here.

[midnitedave]

Due to a printing error, Hammer's Dracula is delayed until November.

[Stefan Andersson]

Daughter of Darkness, Lance Comfort, 2K:
https://hammerfilms.com/blogs/news/comi ... f-darkness
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=39218
https://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.c ... .html#more

"This Limited Collector's Edition comprises:

Brand-new artwork by Liza Shumska
Limited edition O-card packaging
English subtitles on the main feature
The discs feature:

New 2K restoration of the UK theatrical version from the original negatives
Two 2026 commentaries with Heidi Honeycutt, Sarah Morgan, Josephine Botting and Phuong Le
New programme on director Lance Comfort and his body of work, featuring bfi curator and programmer Josephine Botting, film critic and journalist Phuong Le, film and media historian Melanie Williams, writer/researcher Marc David Jacobs and film curator, filmmaker, and writer Ehsan Khoshbakht
New programme on the making of Daughter of Darkness by Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic and Studies in Terror"

[Stefan Andersson]

The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) Collector’s Edition (4K UHD)

"Coming to 4K UHD 2/22 from Hammer Films

The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) Collector’s Edition 4K UHD

A leather-feel slipcase with debossed foil titling, housing a stylish digipak
containing four discs: two UHDs and two Blu-rays, with content duplicated on
both formats.

Rigid inner box featuring new artwork by illustrator and artist Lucas Peverill.
Double-sided poster of original one-sheets and 8 art cards.

Book featuring reproduction of British master make-up artist Roy Ashton’s
annotated copy of the original shooting script.

Six iterations of The Man Who Could Cheat Death across three aspect ratios
(1.37:1 as-filmed, 1.66:1 UK theatrical and 1.85:1 US theatrical) featuring both
censored and uncensored scenes.

Brand-new 5.1 mix for each version of the film alongside the original mono film
soundtrack.

English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on each version of the
film.

Discs feature:
A comprehensive series of new and archive commentaries across the six
iterations with contributions and critical perspectives from Lizbeth Myles, Paul
Cornell, Kim Newman, Stephen Jones, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Lauren
Barnett, John Hamilton, Professor Lucy Bolton, Pamela Hutchinson, Constantine
Nasr and Dr. Steve Haberman.

A new programme with Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey, discussing the making of
this classic Gothic horror.

A Hideous Concoction: an archive featurette featuring actor and horror expert
Jonathan Rigby, who discusses the film and source play.

The Man Who Could Direct Death: an archive featurette with film historian and
BFI curator Vic Pratt, who discusses the film’s director, Terence Fisher.

The Man Who Can Chat Death: an archive interview with Hugh Harlow, a
Hammer mainstay and third AD on the film.

Court in Session: an archive featurette with film historian Melanie Williams, who
discusses actor Hazel Court.

Hazel Court 1999 interview: a candid interview with Hazel Court in front of a live
audience at Manchester’s Festival of Fantastic Films.

Hammer Convention Panel 1999: in addition to the FoFF interview, Hazel Court
also appeared on a panel chaired by Wayne Kinsey and featuring writer Jimmy
Sangster and award-winning director Freddie Francis.

A restoration featurette.

Original censor Card, UK trailer, clapperboard and alternative burning shot.
Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material."

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... hd.390290/
https://hammerfilms.com/products/the-ma ... 3303625091

Blu+UHD:
"Four iterations of The Man Who Could Cheat Death across two aspect ratios (1.37:1 as-filmed, 1.66:1 UK theatrical) featuring both censored and uncensored scenes.
Brand-new 5.1 mix for each version of the film alongside the original mono film soundtrack.
English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on each version of the film.
The disc features:

A comprehensive series of new and archive commentaries across the four iterations with contributions and critical perspectives from Lizbeth Myles, Paul Cornell, Kim Newman, Stephen Jones, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Lauren Barnett and John Hamilton.
A new programme with Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey, discussing the making of this classic Gothic horror.
A restoration featurette.
Original censor Card, UK trailer, clapperboard and alternative burning shot.
Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material."
https://hammerfilms.com/products/the-ma ... 3738554755