Horror Movies Icons of Horror Collection: Hammer Films (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb / Scream of Fear / The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll / The Gorgon)
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Icons of Horror Collection: Hammer Films (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb / Scream of Fear / The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll / The Gorgon) Overview
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
When European Egyptologists Dubois, Giles and Bray discover the tomb of the Egyptian prince Ra, American entrepreneur and investor Alexander King insists on shipping the treasures and sarcophagus back to England for tour and display. Once there, someone with murderous intent has discovered the means of waking the centuries dead prince...
Scream of Fear
After narrowly surviving an accident in which she nearly drowned, the wheelchair bound Penny Appleby returns home to live with her widowed step-mother Jane on the French Riviera. She begins to question her sanity after several times seeing her father's corpse around the house and its grounds, and enlists the help of the friendly chauffeur Bob while attending Doctor Gerrard acts in a suitably sinister manner. No one is who they seem in this tale of intrigue and suspense.
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
The Gorgon
In early-twentieth-century middle-Europe, villagers are literally becoming petrified. Although the authorities try to hush the matter up it is apparent that at the full moon, Medusa leaves her castle lair and anyone looking on her face is turned to stone. When this fate befalls a visitor, experts from the University of Leipzig arrive to try and get to the bottom of it all.
Icons of Horror Collection: Hammer Films (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb / Scream of Fear / The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll / The Gorgon) Specifications
Though perhaps not as iconic as their Dracula and Frankenstein pictures, this quartet of fright flicks from England's Hammer Films deliver enough Saturday afternoon creature feature thrills to please devotees of the legendary studio's output and vintage horror fans alike. 1964's The Gorgon will be the title to attract the most immediate attention due to the presence of Hammer's biggest stars, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, in its cast, and its most celebrated director, Terence Fisher, behind the camera. It's an atmospheric and offbeat entry in the Hammer canon, with one of its most unusual villains: a snake-haired fiend from Greek mythology who turns men into stone. Cushing and Lee are typically fine (both are on the side of the angels for once), and the picture's sole stumbling block is the lackluster makeup for its monster. Lee is also present in supporting roles in two other films in the collection: Scream of Fear (1961), one of several competent psychological suspense features made by Hammer in the wake of Psycho, with Susan Strasberg as a fragile young woman plagued by terrible visions and a house full of suspicious types; and Fisher's The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), a revamp of the Stevenson story with Paul Massie as the dour scientist whose personality experiments unleash a virile but unhinged alter ego. Hardcore Hammer aficionados will be thrilled to discover that the DVD version is uncut and preserves much of the (mildly) salacious material trimmed for its release in America under the title House of Fright. The final film on Icons of Horror is Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, with Hammer exec Michael Carreras (son of company founder James Carreras) behind the camera for a featherweight monster romp that doesn't hold a candle to Terence Fisher's Mummy in 1959. Unlike previous Icons of Horror DVDs, the supplemental features here are slim--just the theatrical trailers for each film--though they do offer their own degree of charm, especially the ballyhoo-heavy tone of Mummy and the oddly elegant and unnerving preview for Scream of Fear, which is centered solely around an image of Strasberg's face. --Paul Gaita
Horror Movies Customer Reviews
I got this set because I love "The Gorgon, a truly classic horror film. Since it is my favorite in this series, I reviewed" The Gorgon "first. The film is full of tension and suspense, and highly atmospheric (an element I love in this classic horror film). The film is also quite unique as Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee playing roles reversed from what is expected to portray, that Lee is good and Cushing bad is wrong. The story in short - asmall town in Germany about 20 st century is plagued by mysterious deaths and appalling that local authorities silenced. The bodies were all petrified, and Peter Cushing, who plays Dr. Namaroff, director of the local insane asylum, is complicit in this silence-up as well. Amid this setting, a young man named Paul Heitz, arrives to investigate the mysterious deaths of his father and brother. We learn from a letter left by her father, that there could be a force of evil lurking in the smallcity, a Gorgon whose gaze is fatal to all who see him, turning them into stone. As Paul investigates, he meets a beautiful woman who is also assistant be Namaroff, Carla (Barbara Shelley). When things get more dangerous, he argues with his old professor to come and help (Christopher Lee). There is much suspense in this movie, and I thought the production quality was above average. The acting is excellent, especially from Cushing, Lee and Shelley, and qualitythe DVD is clear.
Now for the other three films:
"The Curse of the Mummy" - revolves around the resurrection of Ra mummy, which continues to perform despicable acts under the control of a wicked person who has a powerful amulet. This is a horror film weak, driven by clichés and truly underwhelming. The actors are Ho-hum, with a particularly atrocious dubbing on the actress who made mistakes, gets the unwelcome attention from mummy. There is an interesting twist inalthough the film has maintained an average of interesting. Not one I'd care to see again.
"The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" - directed by Terence Fisher, this 1960 production stars Paul Massie Hammer as Dr. Jekyll, and also co-stars Christopher Lee, David Kossoff, and Dawn Addams. What was interesting about this film is the way they designed the two characters - Dr. Jekyll is portrayed as a person warm while Dr. Hyde is portrayed as charismatic and handsome.
"Scream of Fear" -Susan Strasberg plays a crippled young man at the mercy of an evil person / s bent over the wheel of his madness. This film is more of a psychological thriller, and is quite well done suspense film.
Final verdict - a great set for fans of classic horror!
It's Hammer Time - A. Jones - AustraliaBeing a fan Hammer I was my whole life, I was in seventh heaven when I saw these movies were rare and not offered through a set flipper disc that was a bonus.
The recovery here is the Gorgon and Scream Of Fear, the other two is not bad, but the first two my vote on this set.
Picture and sound quality is also worth writing home about, Columbia seems to take care of their classic releases.
A lot of people saying that Hammer films trash are dated, but I will say this, Ihave had more excitement and thrills from Hammer Films than most of today's so-called horror movies.
So, for fear that perfect late night, that will not turn your stomach, but will the back of the neck hair standing up, It's Hammer Time, now the most beautiful full moon of England.
Not What I Thought It Would Be - Robert - Columbus, OhioIt's all right, but not the most famous "Hammer" films included.
It's so, so ...
purist only - Kirk Barlow - reno nevadascream of fear and two faces of dr. Jekyll barely hold up.in Dr. J. you must go beyond the fake beard. not an easy thing to do.the Gorgon and the Mummys tomb are almost laughable. I suggest the 20th Century Fox films that are around the same time as universal are still very classics.laird square CREG hangover and the tenant.
Great Classic on DVD - Jon Ballard - Melbourne, AustraliaScream of Fear is an absolute classic film. When I discovered it was available (with 3 other films), Hammer Films on DVD I had to buy it. I was not interested in other movies to be honest, but it was so convenient that it was worth buying.
For people who saw Scream of Fear, you will never forget. It 's a real mystery film that will keep you intrigued until the end. And maybe not as scary as it was back when it was done, but it is stillcreepy, and not too dated.
I liked the movie as much as I did when I saw him. The DVD transfer is of high quality. My old VHS copy of the film was beginning to deteriorate, so I'm happy that now I have a DVD copy.
If you have never seen Scream of Fear I would recommend purchasing this DVD. Even if they have not seen before, you're in for a real treat. I'm sure in the future I'll watch the other movies in this set of 2 discs, but for now are morethan happy to own this DVD but only for Scream of Fear. If this film were more mainstream I'm sure he would be rebuilt by now. Maybe it's better that it was not rebuilt because the original is simply perfect.
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