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Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear
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The Revenge of Frankenstein | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Taste of Fear | The Damned
Licensor Information
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Featuring: Peter Cushing, Paul Massie, Susan Strasberg, Macdonald Carey, Francis Matthews, Dawn Addams, Ronald Lewis, Shirley Ann Field, Christopher Lee, Ann Todd, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox, John Serret, Oliver Reed, Walter Gotell, James Villiers
Four classic Hammer chillers presented on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Accompanied by a wealth of new and archival extras – including exclusive new documentaries, audio commentaries, alternative versions, new and archival cast and crew interviews, a series of appreciations of their female stars, analyses of their composers’ scores, and extensive booklets – this collection is strictly limited to 6,000 units.
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The Revenge of Frankenstein
Year: 1958
Time: 90
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
Audio
English PCM Mono 1.0
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Year: 1960
Time: 88
Aspect Ratios
2.35:1
Audio
English PCM Mono 1.0
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Taste of Fear
Year: 1961
Time: 81
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
Audio
English PCM Mono 1.0
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The Damned
Year: 1962
Time: 96
Aspect Ratios
2.35:1
Audio
English PCM Mono 1.0
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (4 Discs)
BD-25 (1 Disc)
Total: 5 Discs
Regions:
A/B/C (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
2.35:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included:
- Audio Commentary with authors Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby (2019)
- Audio commentary with film historians Josephine Botting and Jonathan Rigby (2019)
- Two presentations of the film: Taste of Fear, with the rarely seen original UK title sequence, and Scream of Fear, with the alternative US titles
- Alternative presentations of the complete 96-minute version, playable as either The Damned or These Are the Damned
- Audio commentary with horror and fantasy authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2019)
- Identity Crisis: Inside ‘The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll’ (2019, 19 mins): new and exclusive documentary, featuring Alan Barnes, Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby, exploring aspects of the film’s production
- New audio commentary with Kevin Lyons, editor of The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television
- Box-set exclusive presentation of the rarely seen original 87-minute UK theatrical cut of The Damned on Disc 2
- Back from the Dead: Inside ‘The Revenge of Frankenstein’ (2019, 22 mins): new and exclusive documentary, featuring Alan Barnes, Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby, exploring aspects of the film’s production
- Hammer’s Women: Dawn Addams (2019, 11 mins): profile of the Hammer star by British cinema expert Laura Mayne
- Body Horror: Inside ‘Taste of Fear’ (2019, 23 mins): new and exclusive documentary, featuring Alan Barnes, Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby, exploring aspects of the film’s production
- Audio commentary with film historians Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan
- Hammer’s Women: Eunice Gayson (2019, 8 mins): profile of the Hammer star by film historian Pamela Hutchinson
- Interview with Paul Massie (1967, 10 mins): archival audio recording of the film’s star
- Hammer’s Women: Ann Todd (2019, 12 mins): profile of the Taste of Fear actor by Melanie Williams, author of Female Stars of British Cinema: The Women in Question
- On the Brink: Inside ‘The Damned’ (2019, 27 mins): new and exclusive documentary, featuring Alan Barnes, Kevin Lyons, Nick Riddle and Jonathan Rigby, exploring aspects of the film’s production
- A Frankenstein for the 20th Century (2019, 27 mins): video essay by film historian Kat Ellinger and Dima Ballin
- Now and Then: Wolf Mankowitz (1968, 28 mins): archival interview featuring the screenwriter in conversation with broadcaster Bernard Braden
- The BFI Southbank Interview with Jimmy Sangster (2008, 68 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated filmmaker and screenwriter in conversation with Marcus Hearn at London’s BFI Southbank
- Hammer’s Women: Viveca Lindfors (2019, 15 mins): profile of the renowned actor by film historian Lindsay Hallam
- Arpeggios of Melancholy (2019, 13 mins): appreciation of composer Leonard Salzedo’s score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
- Mauve Decadence (2019, 11 mins): appreciation of composer Monty Norman’s score by David Huckvale, the author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
- The BEHP Video Interview with Jimmy Sangster (2008, 117 mins): archival video recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Sangster in conversation with Jonathan Rigby
- Looking in the Right Place (2019, 10 mins): actor Shirley Ann Field recalls working with Oliver Reed and Joseph Losey
- Outtakes reel (1958, 12 mins, mute): rare, unseen on-set footage
- The Many Faces of Dr. Jekyll (2019, 7 mins): an overview of the censorship history of The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
- The BEHP Interview with Douglas Slocombe, Part Two: From Hammer to Spielberg (1988, 82 mins): archival audio recording featuring the renowned cinematographer in conversation with Sidney Cole
- Children of ‘The Damned’ (2019, 24 mins): former child actors David Palmer, Kit Williams and Christopher Witty discuss their experiences of making The Damned
- Original theatrical trailer
- Super 8 version (8 mins, b&w, mute): cut-down home cinema presentation
- Fear Makers (2019, 9 mins): camera operator Desmond Davis and assistant sound editor John Chrome recall the making of the film
- Something Out of Nothing (2019, 7 mins): screenwriter Evan Jones reflects on his first feature-film credit
- Original theatrical trailer
- Sam Hamm trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): short critical appreciation
- Anxiety and Terror (2019, 25 mins): appreciation of Clifton Parker’s score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Films’ Psychological Thrillers, 1950–1972
- Smoke Screen (2019, 12 mins): interview with camera operator Anthony Heller
- Joe Dante trailer commentary (2013, 2 mins): short critical appreciation
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- Super 8 version of Scream of Fear (20 mins): original cut-down home cinema presentation
- Beneath the Surface (2019, 26 mins): interview with filmmaker Gavrik Losey, son of director Joseph Losey
- Original US Scream of Fear theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Kat Ellinger, a selection of promotional materials, an overview of contemporary reviews, and film credits
- Beyond Black Leather (2019, 15 mins): academic I Q Hunter discusses The Damned
- Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Marcus Hearn, Kieran Foster on Hammer’s unrealised Tales of Frankenstein television series, Jimmy Sangster on The Revenge of Frankenstein, a selection of promotional materials, an overview of contemporary reviews, and film credits
- Sam Hamm trailer commentary (2013, 2 mins): short critical appreciation
- No Future (2019, 26 mins): appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- The Lonely Shore (2019, 21 mins): appreciation of James Bernard’s score by David Huckvale, author of James Bernard, Composer to Count Dracula: A Critical Biography
- Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with an essay by Marcus Hearn, Jimmy Sangster on Taste of Fear, an archival on-set report, a selection of promotional materials, an overview of contemporary reviews, and film credits
- Isolated music & effects track
- Original US theatrical trailer
- Joe Dante trailer commentary (2013, 4 mins): short critical appreciation
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Richard Combs, Joseph Losey on The Damned, a look at the US pressbook, an overview of contemporary reviews, and film credits
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