Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39100 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-10-01
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Format: NTSC
• Original language: English
• Running time: 115 minutes

Video Details
All Day Entertainment presents a delirious collection of trailers from England's famed Hammer Films, purveyors of British blood and bosoms throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Here are all the classic thrillers of Peter Cushing as the cold-hearted Baron Frankenstein, every one of the eerie thrillers with Christopher Lee as the sensuous Count Dracula, plus cerebral sci-fi classics like "The Creeping Unknown," "Enemy from Space," "Five Million Years to Earth," and "X The Unknown," the controversial Joseph Losey thriller "These are the Damned," and some of Hammer's wildest exploitation films, like the campy "Prehistoric Women," Raquel Welch in "1,000,000 Years BC.," and the unique combination of kung fu and vampires, "The 7 Brothers and Their One Sister Meet Dracula." A must-have collector's item for all aficionados of Hammer's Gothic chills! 107 minutes.

Synopsis
Hammer studios became renowned for their stylish horror films, usually starring Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee. This video compiles two hours of trailers and previews of classic, and not-so-famous titles from the Hammer vault. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

DVD Menu

• Side #1 --
  • Play All
  • Bonus Features
    • When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
    • Brides of Dracula
    • Dracula AD 1972
    • Countess Dracula
    • Original Show Reels: Beauties and Beasties
    • Original Show Reels: The Prince of Terror
    • Aduio Commentary by Ted Newsom, Gary H. Smith, and Stuart Galbraith IV On/Off

Customer Reviews

Darn good trailer comp!
For what this is, it gets top marks! It's a two hour compilation of trailers from Hammer Studios that includes Frankenstein, Dracula, Quatermass and other Hammer mainstays plus an audio commentary track (by 3 experts in the field) that is very entertaining and informative. Extras include two behind-the-scenes reels and alternate versions of some of the trailers. If you want a good solid dose of monsters, vampires, werewolves, mummies, dinosaurs, mad scientists and hounds from hell in one mad swoop....this is the place to come. I find that some of the Hammer films themselves are a bit of a trial to sit through these days, but a compilation of the best bits (i.e. the trailers) is GREAT!! Buy it!

The Studio that drips Blood!
All Day Entertainment has just released the colorful DVD compilation of 53 Hammer Film trailers. Despite the variance in quality, this one is a treat for the true fan. As a homage to Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, get set for 1 1/2 hours of gory fun. All 4 Hammer Mummy films are previewed. Christopher Lee appeared in 15 movies as Count Dracula, 7 were released by Hammer. All 7 trailers appear here. Of note is a one-reel short promoting "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth". Gothic cinema expert Gary Smith is on the audio commentary track. As noted, "The Horror of Hammer" suffers from some archival quality problems. The trailer for "Dracula, Prince of Darkness" is faded and flat. "The Man Who Could Cheat Death" suffers serious sound loop problems. The video picture is 7 to 10 seconds behind the audio. All Day Entertainment's web site promotes "Prehistoric Women" as one of the epics to be seen, however, on the DVD, it is not to be found.

not half as good as it should be
When I heard about this DVD I got excited, over 50 original hammer trailers with audio commentary(!) The Audio and picture quality of the trailers is awful but that is to be expected. What I cant get over is the dreadful production quality of the commenatay track complete with background hiss. Informative as it is, the commentary is pretty much unlistenable, which is unfortunate as it's the main reason I bought the DVD.