Hammer horror fans are in for a treat, as respective collections of five William Castle films and five Hammer horror movies are coming out on Blu-ray in August, and The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant has been set to come out on Blu-ray.
The William Castle and Hammer horror collections will respectively come out on DVD August 18th from Mill Creek. The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant, meanwhile, is slated for release later this year by Kino Lorber. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for further updates.
From Mill Creek: "Iconic horror director William Castle created a simple, but winning formula for his films: a little comedy, a lot of scares, a preposterous gimmick, and a clear sense that fright films should be fun. This even meant Castle would, like Alfred Hitchcock, appear in his trailers and even the movies themselves. Though his career spanned 35 years and included everything from westerns to crime thrillers, he'll...
The William Castle and Hammer horror collections will respectively come out on DVD August 18th from Mill Creek. The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant, meanwhile, is slated for release later this year by Kino Lorber. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for further updates.
From Mill Creek: "Iconic horror director William Castle created a simple, but winning formula for his films: a little comedy, a lot of scares, a preposterous gimmick, and a clear sense that fright films should be fun. This even meant Castle would, like Alfred Hitchcock, appear in his trailers and even the movies themselves. Though his career spanned 35 years and included everything from westerns to crime thrillers, he'll...
- 7/31/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Restored by the BFI’s National Film Archive and released on DVD and Blu-ray by Optimum as part of their Ealing Classics restoration programme, Alberto Cavalcanti’s Went the Day Well? is a vivid example of British Ww II propaganda that remains rousing viewing today.
A squad of soldiers arrive in the sleepy village of Bramley End to conduct training exercises. Suspicions are aroused by the odd behaviour of a few of the men, and when a boy discovers a bar of German chocolate in the commanding officer’s rucksack, they are revealed to be German paratroopers sent to Britain to disrupt communications when the imminent Nazi invasion of the island commences. Most of the villagers are rounded up and held captive in the village church, but they refuse to accept their lot, and everyone from boys to the lady of the manor do their part to raise the alarm and foil the Germans’ plot.
A squad of soldiers arrive in the sleepy village of Bramley End to conduct training exercises. Suspicions are aroused by the odd behaviour of a few of the men, and when a boy discovers a bar of German chocolate in the commanding officer’s rucksack, they are revealed to be German paratroopers sent to Britain to disrupt communications when the imminent Nazi invasion of the island commences. Most of the villagers are rounded up and held captive in the village church, but they refuse to accept their lot, and everyone from boys to the lady of the manor do their part to raise the alarm and foil the Germans’ plot.
- 7/30/2011
- by Ian Gilchrist
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Dead of Night (1945) Synopsis: A group of six friends gathers together one afternoon in a cottage in the English country side. Walter Craig (Mervyn Jones) shows up to consult with the owner about restoring the aging abode, but is taken about when he realizes he's met all the guests before - in a recurring dream. He can't recall details of the dream, but he feels a terrible foreboding that it ends in horror. His claims of clairvoyance spur a discussion amongst the group about the probability of the paranormal, with everyone, including the skeptical Dr. Van Straaten (Frederick Valk), recalling their own personal experiences with things they can't explain. Killer Scene: Seeing as Dead of Night is an anthology film made up of five separate stories within one larger framework, there are many memorable and sufficiently frightening images worth mentioning. However, the sequence that stands head and shoulders above the rest has to be the film's climax...
- 10/18/2009
- by Jim Rohner
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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