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Classic Horror
Review: '56 Forgotten Oldie 'The Werewolf' September 19, 2006 -- Tony Bernardini from HorrorTheaterVideo reviews a forgotten film from
1956: "The Werewolf." This one used to double feature with "Earth
vs. the Flying Saucers." [MORE]
August 8, 2006 --
Sony has announced they will release the "Boris Karloff: Icons of
Horror Collection," Oct. 17. Films in the box will include "The Man
They Could Not Hang," "The Black Room," "Before I Hang" and "The
Boogey Man Will Get You."
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Classic Horror Sets for Halloween
On the same day, Universal will also release the
1973 TV movie in its original 3-hour version.
this will be the full three-hour version of the
British-made telefilm, starring James Mason, Leonard Whiting,
Michael Sarrazin and Jane Seymour. ...
Warner Home Video will
"Hollywood’s Legends of Horror Collection" on October 3.
The 3 disc collection
features
DVD debuts of
"The Devil Doll,"
"Doctor X,"
"The Return of Doctor X,"
"Mad Love,"
"Mark of the Vampire"
and "Mask of Fu Manchu."
All come with newly remastered fullscreen transfers ("Doctor X"
presented in its rare two-strip Technicolor version) and Dolby Digital Mono tracks.
Extras will include audio commentaries
and trailers for each film. Retail is $29.99. ...
Meanwhile, Fox will release the rarely
seen 1963 film "House of the Damned," starring
Ron Foster and Merry Anders. Richard Kiel ("Jaws" from the James
Bond movies) is featured in an early performance. The film
streets on Sept. 1.
DISCUSS THIS NEWS ON THE ESPLATTER MESSAGE BOARD.
 Universal's
Hammer Titles to See DVD at Last
June 14, 2005 -- Universal is going to release its entire Hammer Horror catalog in a single box set!
Due out Sept. 6 are
"Curse of the Werewolf,” "Phantom o the Opera," "Paranoiac",
"Kiss of the Vampire," "Nightmare," "Night Creatures," and
"Evil of Frankenstein". The ENTIRE BOX is just $19.95.
This is MAJOR news for old-time Hammer Horror fans.
January 30, 2003 -- More than two
years after their last Hammer release on DVD, Warner Bros.
is dusting off three titles for the vaults for release on DVD on April
27, around the time that "Van Helsing" hits screens. "Dracula
Has Risen From the Grave," "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" and "Taste
the Blood of Dracula" will hit disc on that day, and "Taste" is going to be
the uncut European version (containing a little extra gore and nudity
than what appeared in the original U.S. release). Thanks to DVD
Drive-In.
November 21, 2002 -- More than two
years after their last Hammer release on DVD, Warner Bros.
is dusting off three titles for the vaults for release on DVD sometime
in 2004. "Dracula
Has Risen From the Grave," "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" and "Taste
the Blood of Dracula" will hit disc in '04. "Taste" is going to be
the uncut European version (containing a little extra gore and nudity
than what appeared in the original U.S. release). Thanks to DVD
Drive-In. Classic Horror Reviews The staff at ESplatter is generally
too perverse to focus on anything but modern, R-rated horror films
from 1970-present. All the same, here are some classic '50s and '60s
titles we do have reviews for:
Curse of Frankenstein; Curse
of the Werewolf; Evil of
Frankenstein; Fall of the
House of Usher; Frankenstein
Created Woman; Horror of Dracula;
Night of the Living Dead (1968);
Psycho (1960); Revenge
of Frankenstein
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Warner's
Hammer Lineup to Hit Stores April 27
January 16, 2003 -- Although I prefer the original cover
art that Universal put on these titles,
the long out-of-print Universal classic
monsters catalog is coming back with
a vengeance this year. On April 27,
the two-DVD set 'Frankenstein: The Legacy
Collection' will feature the original '31
Karloff classic, along with 'Bride of',
'Ghost of' and 'House of Frankenstein.'
On the same day, Universal will unleash
Dracula and Werewolf box sets,
featuring the original Lugosi Dracula,
along with the Spanish version, 'Dracula's Daughter,'
'Son of Dracula,' the Chaney 'Wolfman,' 'Werewolf of
London,' 'Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman' and
'She-Wolf of London.' The sets retail for $26.98.
April
22, 2002 -- Warner Bros.
has finally announced plans to release "
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