Hammer Film Collection - 5 Movie Pack: The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, Scream of Fear, The Gorgon, Stop Me Before I Kill, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

I bought this set primarily for "The Gorgon." I was a bit disappointed, not by the film but by the DVD mastering of the print. It is extremely blurry. The other film on the same disc, "Two Faces of Dr. Jecklyll," is razor-sharp. So I don't know what went wrong in the mastering process, but obviously something did.Speaking of "Jeckyll," I was surprised at how gorgeous the film was. Hammer spared no expense producing this in Technicolor and true Cinemascope (not the wretched half-frame Techniscope ripoff of later years). As usual, costumes and scenery are outstanding. What a shame they lavished all that on a ponderous, predictable script. They should have given this kind of treatment to "Dracula, Prince of Darkness" instead.Another interesting film is on disc two: "Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" also looks good, with beautiful set design, cinematography and color. Once again though, the script is poor; none of the characters are likeable and the story meanders, with one dreadfully weak scene wherein the British police attempt to apprehend the mummy. Hammer should have truncated this scene before the film's release."Scream of Fear" is an unsung gem, fascinating to watch the first time around. One spends the first half of the film thinking it's a very simple and obvious plot to kill an heiress for money. The truth is much more compelling. The last ten minutes are sensational."Stop Me Before I Kill" might better have been named, "Stop Me Before I Yawn." It is written and directed by Val Guest in the style of a stage drama; very talky, with endless patter delivered at lightning speed to keep the audience awake. The plot centers around a race car driver who recently sustained a head injury and his quicksilver temper. Approximately every 3 minutes, the script cycles through his happy banter with his new bride, an innocent remark of hers sparking his insane jealousy, a big fight, her asking what's wrong with him and him meekly apologizing. They repeat this over and over again throughout the film. You won't enjoy it.Overall, several hours of second-tier Hammer fun.

Yes, these are Hammer films, two of them are not horror films, but thrillers. One of those is really boring, with no real excitement until the last 3 minutes. (Stop Me Before I Kill), the other, Scream of Fear is a decent thriller that has good acting and decent picture quality, both are in black and white. The 3 horror films also have decent picture quality. What the movies don't have is good sound, the sound in 3 of these movie is horrendous, I had to turn the volume up to near max to hear the voices, then when the action or music started I had to turn the volume down. It is not fun having to keep your remote in your hand for an entire movie. The 2 movies that did have decent, but not good, sound were Two Faces of Dr Jekyll and The Gorgon. See what happens when you try to save a buck.Also no subtitles or language choices.

Of the four films, 'The Gorgon' is my favorite because it is an odd but effective mix of fantasy and horror with an excellent cast that includes the upteenth pairing of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. The film's haunting music is also haunting. The Scream of Fear is a pale thriller with some taut moments but nothing great. Of the other two, 'The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll' and 'The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb,' the former is an original variation of the classic tale and watchable. All in all, this is a decent set for true Hammer Films ' fans.

Hammer Films is a 5 star dvd set with five excellent hammer films they are all very good movies with Christopher Lee at his best you will enjoy all five of these films.

We popped ourselves a huge bowl of popcorn and enjoyed the films! You will too. Just a note for those unfamiliar with Hammer films these are not going to be top budget films - you have to like the cult-film feeling of these, so it may not appeal to everyone.

My second Hammer Collection purchase and it's not bad. Bought it for Scream of Fear (if you like this one I highly recommend The Snorkel) with its many twists and turns. IMO Stop me Before I Kill simply falls flat,the Curse of Mummy's Tomb, The Gorgon, and Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (look for Susan from Day of the Triffids) are decent.

this was so cheap i had to get it if only for historical reference. nvr been a huge hammer fan i preferred later tigon or hemdale productions because hammer always had that cheap soundstage look. yet with some of these 60s low budget productions like the mummy one i see how it influenced that bit in deep red where the mad doll came rolling out of the closet...the lighting scheme looked identical! some of these films also seemed to have a blurry look as if the camera operator were hungover or needed glasses. still tho you can always count on the anglos to make a halfhearted attempt at a coherent script....kind of a relief after watching something like blood and roses where it was all visual style and very thin on plot and character development.

For fans of Hammer films this is a must have pack. Some of these movies are very hard to find so this collection is great. Hammer films always have such great backgrounds. I really enjoyed all of them and a couple I had never seen. Good movies and it was a good buy.

Excellent selection of rare Hammer titles. You will need multi region player to play these in europe as they are Region 1

yet another collection of classics,for all lovers of the genre.

It is a good dvd but the only problem is the dvd is in mexicon

Tolle Doppel-DVD mit vier HAMMER-Klassikern und einer Gurke ( Stop me before I'll kill, 1960)DVD 1: THE TWO FACES OF DR JEKYLL (Schlag 12 in London,1960), einer der am meisten unterschätzten Jekyll/Hyde-Adaptionen überhaupt, mit Paul Massie, Christopher Lee, Dawn Addams und Oliver Reed. SCREAM OF FEAR (Ein Toter spielt Klavier,1961), der mit Abstand beste Psychothriller der HAMMER mit Susan Strasberg & Christopher Lee. THE GORGON(Die brennenden Augen von Schloß Bartimore,,1964), einer der nihilistischsten Horror-Klassiker von HAMMERmit der unschlagbaren Besetzung mit Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing und Barbara Shelley.DVD 2: STOP ME BEFORE I KILL/THE FULL TREATMENT(Der unsichtbare Schatten, 1960). Der zähflüssige Hitchcock-,Verschnitt um einen Seelenklempner, der selber einen an der Latte hat. THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB ( Die Rache des Pharao 1964), der beste der Mumien-Filme von HAMMER mit einem grossartigen Terence Morgan.Rundum: Eine tolle, lohnenswerte Edition in sehr guter Bildqualität. Ideal für “Einsteiger“ to the WORLD OF HAMMER!

Die Auswwahl der Filme aus den 1960er Jahren aus den Hammer Studios kann als durchschnittlich gutbewertet werden.Leider spielen meine DVD Player die Discs nicht ab; es erscheint die Meldung "Falscher Regionalcode".Außerdem sind die Filme im englischen Original; ob es UT gibt, konnte ich von der Verpackung her nichtherauslesen.Fazit: nur für den englischen bzw. US-Markt bzw. außerhalb Deutschlands abspielbar.