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The Hammer Collection Box Set

Advantages: An aesthetically pleasing collection
Disadvantages: Some rather poor inclusions

...of classic Hammer films from the very good to...not so good. An aesthetically pleasing set for fans of the studio, or those wanting at least half of the titles. Features star favourites Peter Cushing, Raquel Welch, Ursula Andress and Christopher Lee (about whom there is an interesting documentary with 'Scars of Dracula'). The extra features vary greatly, the biggest ommission, in my opinion, is the total absence of subtitles for the hearing impaired. ...
...some for the first time, and completely uncut. My personal favourite was the inclusion of the 1965 film 'The Nanny' which stars a very chilling Bette Davis in a well scripted, and often overlooked role. Probably a tad overpriced for most, but new DVD versions of individual films are also available, so take a look at some of those if you don't want to commit yourself to a full collection. ...

spacavoy 16.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Hammer Collection (Box Set) (DVD)

~ When She Cannot Cope ~

Advantages: Great twists, Exciting drama, Good character developments
Disadvantages: none

...WHEN SHE CANNOT COPE ~ Buffy Season 3 - Spoilers included! Season three was actually the first season I brought on box set as it was on offer at WH Smith for only £15. I decided to collect the seasons after his as I wanted to watch them from the start. I think that this season shows a lot more development of the characters and as there is a few months between the ending of season 2 and the start of this some of the characters have changed. Buffy ...
...Sarah Michelle Gellar- Buffy Summers Buffy at the start of this season seems lost and confused. She has lost interest in being the chosen one and wants a normal life. She goes through a lot in this season to see why she has been chosen for this fate. She is more collective and mature than the second season, thinking more about her decisions and concentrating more on her family life and her future. Eliza Dushku - Faith Faith is back in season three ...

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Review of Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Series 3 - Complete (DVD)

Angel battles his inner demon

Advantages: Lots more familiar characters from the Buffy universe
Disadvantages: Some of the special features are tedious

Plot In season 2 Angel moves away from its Buffy origins and concentrates more on what makes Angel himself interesting - the fact that he's a vampire with a soul and is, therefore, constantly battling his inner demon and struggling for redemption. Given the destruction of their original office building at the end of season 1, the team (Angel, Wesley and Cordelia) move into the abandoned Hyperion hotel, which gives them much more room for ...
...before. The team at Angel Investigations are joined by Charles Gunn, a tough street kid with a history of fighting vampires and once again are battling evil wherever they find it and the 'Big Bad' - the lawyers for the supernaturally challenged, Wolfram and Hart, who bring Darla (the gal who vamped Angel) back from the dead to turn him bad. Another new character is the green singing demon, Lorne, who comes in handy when the whole team is transported ...

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Review of Angel - Series 2 - Complete (DVD)

Never go here for a holiday...

Advantages: Superior horror movie
Disadvantages: A bit too gruesome

'The Wicker Man' is probably the Scottish Tourist Board's most hated film! This 1973 horror classic came out of an idea from the novel 'Ritual' by David Pinner. However, the film's director, Robin Hardy (whose first feature film this was, incredibly), and writer Anthony Shaffer, worked out the original script and plot. Edward Woodward is the central figure in the film, as the middle-aged innocent of a policeman, Sergeant Neil Howie. His remit is ...
...and solve the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan Morrison. Set on an island called Summerisle, 'The Wicker Man' begins deceptively mundanely, with Howie flying in, but that's about as normal as this film gets. Howie's investigations soon hit a dead end, as he comes up against the reticent schoolteacher Miss Rose (Diane Cilento), an evasive librarian (Ingrid Pitt), and the magnificent Christopher Lee as you've never seen him before, as the liberated ...

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Review of The Wicker Man (Special Edition) (DVD)

A vampire classic

Advantages: Characters, sets, atmosphere, score, made with good taste
Disadvantages: None

First film in the great Karnstein trilogy, followed by a flawed little masterpiece Lust for a vampire (1970) and wonderful Twins of evil (1971) , The Vampire lovers is based on (Joseph) Sheridan LeFanu´s 1872 vampire novella Carmilla. Written by Tudor Gates from the story by the producers Michael Fine and Harry Style, The Vampire lovers is set in early 19th century Styria and it follows lesbian vampire beauty Mircalla Karnstein (Polish-born Ingrid ...
...daughters. Peter Cushing plays the revenge-minded father and Madeline Smith has equally impressive role than Pitt as the wide-eyed, innocent heroine with reddish hair and pretty negligees. This elegant, richly Gothic vampire romance has wonderful sets of mansions, castles and graveyards, natural but strong colours of Hammer Studios´1970´s Technicolour, and some very mild nudity. One of the bes films from Hammer Studios and much, much better than ...

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Review of The Vampire Lovers (DVD)