Four classic Hammer Films arrive on DVD for the first time with the release of Icons of Horror: Hammer Films from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The set will arrive on store shelves in time for Halloween on Oct. 14th and will include The Gorgon, The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, and Scream of Fear. Icons of Horror 3 will have a suggested retail price of $24.96.
From a press release:
Four classic horror films from the legendary Hammer Studios make their DVD debuts when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases Icons of Horror: Hammer Films on October 14.
The must-have collection for thrill-craving fans includes The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964), and three films featuring legendary horror icon Christopher Lee: The Gorgon (1964), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) and Scream of Fear (1961).
Each film has been digitally re-mastered for the best possible quality picture and sound and the collector’s set includes the original trailers.
Directed by Terence Fisher (The Curse of the Werewolf) and written by John Gilling (The Pirates of Blood River), The Gorgon (1964) stars legendary horror icons Peter Cushing (Horror of Dracula) and Christopher Lee (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sleepy Hollow), as well as Barbara Shelley (Dracula: Prince of Darkness) and Michael Goodliffe (Von Ryan's Express).
In a Balkan village, a professor investigates the suicide of his youngest son. No one is willing to help the professor, so he enters the ruins of a local castle where he encounters the legendary monster whose gaze turns men to stone. Before dying, the professor warns his eldest son who continues the investigation.
Handsomely photographed and deliciously eerie, the film follows an expedition in Egypt as they open a cursed crypt. The leader of the excavation crew decides to give the ruins to a museum, but a fast-talking American grabs the tomb for a sideshow attraction.
Absorbed in research directed towards the isolation of the two natures of man, Dr. Jekyll (Massie) degenerates into Mr. Hyde, a vengeful maniac. While Hyde wants revenge against a gambler whom his wife is in love with, Dr. Jekyll, revolted by his second nature, takes steps to do away with his evil self.
When wheelchair-bound Penny (Strasberg) pays a visit to her father's Riviera resort, she finds her father's corpse propped up in the backyard. Everyone thinks she's crazy, but she believes it's a plot to drive her mad.DVD Special Features Include:
Digitally Remastered Audio and Video
DVD Cover Art
Back Cover Art
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