EXPERIENCE THE ULTIMATE HAMMER HORROR COLLECTION IN GLORIOUS HIGH DEFINITION
Experience the ultimate Hammer Horror Collection in glorious High Definition. This set includes four gothic based tales from Hammer Studios’ classic early 70’s period, packed with hours of bonus supplements on each feature.
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Countess Dracula (1971)
Starring Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, and Lesley-Anne Down.
In 17th-century Hungary, elderly widow Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy maintains her misleading youthful appearance by bathing in the blood of virgins regularly supplied to her by faithful servant Captain Dobi.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Ingrid Pitt and critics Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (2006)
- Audio Commentary by Ingrid Pitt, director Peter Sasdy, writer Jeremy Paul and author Jonathan Sothcott (2014)
- Audio Commentary by Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons (2021)
- “Vampire Lover: The Life and Career of Ingrid Pitt” – a Visual Essay by Kat Ellinger (2021)
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“Blood Countess: Bathory on Film” – a Visual Essay By Kat Ellinger (2021)
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“Immortal Countess: The Cinematic Life of Ingrid Pitt” featurette
- Archival Video and Audio Interviews With Ingrid Pitt
- Interview with director Peter Sasdy, moderated by Hammer historian Marcus Hearn
- Interview with actor Leon Lissek (2021)
- Interview with writer Gabriel Ronay (2021)
- Isolated Music and Effects score audio track
- Theatrical Trailers and Stills Gallery
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Hands of the Ripper (1971)
As a young child Jack the Ripper’s daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Angharad Rees and critics Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (2006)
- Audio Commentary by Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons (2021)
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“The Devil’s Plaything: Possessed by the Hands of the Ripper“- documentary
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“Fresh Blood” – interview with director Peter Sasdy
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“Slaughter of Innocence: The Evolution of Hammer Gore” stills gallery
- U.S. Television Introduction
- Original U.K. and U.S. Theatrical Trailers and TV Spots
- Isolated Music and Effects score audio track
- Stills Gallery
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Twins of Evil (1971)
A religious sect led by Gustav Weil hunts all women suspected of witchcraft, killing a number of innocent victims. Young Katy, Gustav’s niece, will involve herself in a devilish cult, and become an instrument of Justice in the region.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with critics Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (2021)
- Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons (2021)
- Director’s Cut of “The Flesh and The Fury: X-posing ‘Twins of Evil’” – feature-length documentary exploring Hammer’s “Karnstein Trilogy” (2021)
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“Satanic Decadence & The Legacy of Sheridan Le Fanu in Hammer’s Twins of Evil” – A Visual Essay by Kat Ellinger (2021)
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“The Props that Hammer Built: The Kinsey Collection” featurette
- Interview with director John Hough, by Hammer historian Marcus Hearn
- Interview with actor Damien Thomas
- Super-8 version of the film
- Deleted Scene
- Original Theatrical Trailers and TV Spots
- Isolated Music and Effects score audio track
- Motion Stills Gallery
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Vampire Circus (1972)
As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by critics Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (2021)
- Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons (2021)
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“The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus” documentary
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“Gallery of Grotesqueries: A Brief History of Circus Horrors” featurette with British author/film historian Philip Nutman
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“Revisiting The House of Hammer: Britain’s Legendary Horror Magazine” featurette with author/film historian Philip Nutman
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“Behind the Mirror: The Secret History of Vampire Circus” – documentary
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“Blood and Circuses” – interview with director Robert Young
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“Vampire Victim” – interview with actress Sibylla Kay
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“Cutting Hammer Horror” – interview with editor Peter Musgrave
- Vampire Circus Motion Comic Book / Animated Stills & Poster Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
- Isolated Music and Effects score audio track
