Hammer’s Women: Jeanne Roland (2017): Diabolique magazine’s editor-in-chief Kat Ellinger offers an appreciation of the Burmese-born actor’s short career

For Twins of Evil, the differences are not as obvious. The Synapse presentation is cooler with pinker flesh tones and, once again, a slightly more narrow aspect ratio. The Imprint presentation is not as bright, though only by several degrees. Which is the more favorable is difficult to say as being darker benefits certain shots, yet slightly hampers others. The same level of detail and grain are on display, the latter much more moderate and even than the previous two presentations. It’s also the cleanest presentation thus far. As far as which is superior, it’s a toss up, though I tend to prefer Synapse’s cooler color palette overall. The video and audio presentations of these films have all been apparently sourced from the same masters used for the individual Synapse Films Blu-ray releases, though there are sometimes obvious differences. Hammer’s Women: Liane Aukin (2021, 7 mins): profile of the actor, writer and director by the academic Rachel Knightley The BEHP Interview with Freddie Francis (1994, 83 mins): career-spanning audio interview, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Francis in conversation with Alan Lawson and Syd WilsonKim Newman Introduces ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ (2021, 13 mins): appreciation by the critic and author Like its predecessor, it is based on the BBC Television serial Quatermass II written by Nigel Kneale. This was one of the first films (if not the very first) ever to use the number 2 as an indicator that it was the sequel to another film. (Enemy from Space - US) Down in the Sewers (2020, 6 mins): special effects artist Brian Johnson fondly recalls the production PLOT - The middle-aged American Simon Wells sails in his boat to Weymouth and stumbles with the twenty year-old Joan on the street. He believes that she is a prostitute but she is actually part of a scheme of a motorcycle gang to rob tourists. Simon is brutally beaten up by her brother King and his gang. The policemen find the wounded Simon and take him to a bar to recover, where he meets the military Bernard and his mistress Freya Neilson. On the next morning, Joan challenges King and meets Simon in his boat, and King and his gang hunts Simon down. Joan and Simon spend the night together in an isolated house and on the morning, they are located by the gang. They try to flee and stumble in a top-secret military facility managed by Bernard. They are helped by children and brought to their hideout in a cave. King falls in the sea while chasing the couple and is also helped by a boy and brought to the same place. Soon Joan finds that the children are cold as if they were dead. What is the secret of the children and the military staff?

This definitive box set includes such renowned films as Dracula Prince of darkness, The Plague of the Zombies, One Million Years BC, Quatermass and the Pit, Frankenstein Created Woman and the The Devil Rides out. With a legion of extras including audio commentaries, trailers, interviews and the full-length documentary To the Devils... the Death of Hammer, this is a must for any Hammer fan. Countess Dracula is an uneven film, but is ultimately driven by a terrific leading performance by Ingrid Pitt. The film borrows heavily from the exaggerated (and now considered mostly unsubstantiated) tales of serial murderer Countess Elizabeth Bathory in telling its story of a woman obsessed with her own youth and beauty, but with its own particular spin. Along with The Vampire Lovers, Countess Dracula essentially turned Ingrid Pitt into one of Hammer’s most beloved stars. Nightmare’ in the Making (2016, 28 mins): documentary with film historian Wayne Kinsey, featuring interviews with actor Jennie Linden, screenwriter Jimmy Sangster and art director Don MingayeThe final film of this boxed set, Vampire Circus truly goes off the beaten path. The evil Count Mitterhaus (Robert Tayman) is defeated by the local villagers, cursing them and vowing to return one day. Years later, a traveling circus comes to the village, entrancing many of its patrons, especially its young children. Talented performers though they are, this circus turns out to be made up of a band of vampires who are the loyal disciples of Count Mitterhaus. Once the villagers and their children begin disappearing, it becomes clear that this circus is more than it seems and that the performers are attempting to resurrect the long dead Count Mitterhaus. The BEHP Interview with Peter Graham Scott (2004, 201 mins): career-spanning filmed interview, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Graham Scott in conversation with Darrol Blake and John Sealey domestically and abroad maintaining acache of loyal followers. Although the studio delved into, noir, From the vaults of the legendary Hammer Film Productions come 21 classic movies, the cream of Hammer's horror, science fiction and fantasy productions, featuring iconic performances from Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Bette Davis and many others. Alternative TV cut (99 mins): extended version with unique scenes, presented open matte in Standard Definition

Our first five Hammer Horror movie Ultimate Guide magazines allow you to rediscover your favourite classic horror movies in style. They’re the perfect companions to these iconic movies, filled with stills, posters, facts and trivia, and due to demand, they’re now available as a bundle.Though known primarily for their Gothic horror features, Hammer Films’ released a number of high-quality dramas and psychological thrillers. Never Take Candy from a Stranger is a dark tale involving a young girl’s accusations of pedophilia involving a respected town elder. The story examines the lengths to which lawyers will go to discredit a child and protect the wealthy, no matter their guilt. The subject matter is uncomfortable and the ending is devastating, which lends this picture a haunting quality. The anti-war drama Yesterday’s Enemies spotlights the brutality of war through the actions of a depleted company of British soldiers in conflict with the Japanese army in a Burmese village and their struggle to maintain the moral high ground. This is a gripping tale full of tension and suspense. Taking a break from all of the doom and gloom, legendary director William Castle ( The Tingler) contributes a lighthearted haunted house movie, The Old Dark House, starring comedian Tom Poston ( Newhart). For its new box set Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection, Mill Creek Entertainment gathers twenty of the Columbia released titles (spread across ten discs), spanning the years 1957 – 1970, including: Commentary with “The Monster Party” podcast featuring James Gonis, Shawn Sheridan, Larry Strothe, and Matt Weinhold.