Advantages: Some great episodes, lots for your money Disadvantages: Not so great episodes, lack or real quality extras
...Good Man Down' so proclaimed Hammer about Dracula, but in an effort to disprove that theory, the general public stopped going to see Hammer's gothic horrors. The Dracula and Frankenstein cycles suffered a slow death, and in the face of 'The Exorcist' Hammer made a few half hearted stabs at rebranding their packaging. Their last gasp came in 1978, when 'The Lady Vanishes' vanished on the film circuit, taking Michael Carreras with it, and Hammer needed ... ...as an ideal outlet for Hammer in its new slimmed down incarnation, Skeggs negotiated a deal for 13 50 minute stories to be broadcast on the ITV networks. Filmed on 35mm film, filled with guest stars, and reuniting Hammer with some of it's past glories, the future should have been rosey. As befits a 'grasping at straws' concept, 'Hammer House of Horror' fails on the most part for being frankly unsure of itself. Should it be gory? Should it be Gothic? ...
dadmancat 24.07.2004
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Hammer House Of Horror - Complete (DVD)
Advantages: Great eerie, creepy films, Good actors, Eerie music Disadvantages: No special effects, Simple storlines
...***THE BOX SET***
The Hammer House of Box Set is available from Amazon and HMV for about £11.99 which includes all 13 episodes on 4 discs. Also included on the discs are a Stills gallery and Key cast biographies. This is suitable for persons of 15 years and over, although I’m sure I remember watching this when I was younger than that.
Volume one includes 2 discs which have the following stories on:
• The House That Bled To Death – An old house ... ...the scene of a macabre murder, until new occupants move in with their young daughter. This house is a house of horror with the shadow of the past bringing new terrors to the couple and their young child and with an unexpected twist at the end brings even more horror.
• The Silent Scream – Pete Cushing plays a mad scientist who needs victims to experiment with. He owns a local vet shop and he plans to create a prison that contains no bars. When a ...
kiss_me2070 04.10.2009
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