The Hammer Horror Series (Brides of Dracula / Curse of the Werewolf / Phantom of the Opera / Paranoiac / Kiss of the Vampire / Nightmare / Night Creatures / Evil of Frankenstein)

This is a great set of Blue Rays at a reasonable price. If you are a Hammer fan this is the way to go. I know that there has been debate on the film ratio. All I can say is that it did not come across is any kind of hinderance to my viewing pleasure.The DVD set of these films was a horror in it self for me as I had to get 2 sets to be able to see all of the movies. Universal did a terrible job with the DVD set and the discs would skip, stop, and digitize on certain movies. The Blue Ray does not have that problem.Now for some info on the movies. Evil of Frankenstein is a favorite of mine. Peter Cushing makes for a swashbuckling Baron in this one which shows a heavy influence from the 40's Universal horror movies. They even have the Monster frozen in an ice block. Well photographed and directed by Freddie Francis.The Phantom of the Opera was supposed to have Carey Grant is the Phantom. He pulled out and Herbert Lom did a credible job in the role. Hammer spent a lot more money than usual on the film and it did not light up the box office. Terence Fisher directed.Brides of Dracula again Cushing is here in the role of Van Helsing. Wonderful stuff this movie and it all comes together for a fine evenings fun. There is no Dracula but the Vampire in this story is not a bad replacement. A classic horror with out a doubt.Curse of the Werewolf another classic by Fisher with a young Oliver Reed in the lead. Hammer's only foray into the Lycanthropy genre. Great production and a well done tale.The Kiss of the Vampire.Two honeymooners are terrorized by a coven of vampires. Well done film not in the normal set up for a Hammer film which helps make it more fun to see. A real classic vampire film.Night Creatures is a swashbuckling pirate movie based on the tales of the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Disney was also doing a version with Patrick McGoohan in the lead. Peter Cushing is in that role here and as usual he does an excellent job. The film is not a horror movie but is a good action movie from Hammer who did several of these.Paranoic and Nightmare are excellent examples of the Psycho genre of film. Both of them are in black and white and I enjoy them very much. Both deserve a viewing and I believe you will want to look up Hammer's other titles of this sort they made more than a few.

This set includes a few Hammer Horror movies that I haven't seen yet in H.D.blu-ray! Couldn't pass up the fantastic & affordable price for this awesome 8 movie set. Includes Phantom of the Opera, Nightmare, Evil of Frankenstein, Brides of Dracula (my favorite Cushing performance of Van Helsing) and Kiss of the Vampire. Can't wait to jump in!

Not the best ones but lots of fun. All from the early 60s. 3 aren't even horror, more thriller and one is even comedy. Vampires (but no Dracula), Frankenstein, the sooe werewolf film Hammer did. Their version of Phantom of the Opera is unfortunately a bit weak.

8 films for $12 is a heck of a deal. Out of the included movies, 5 were good, 2 were meh, and 1 was horrible. That ain't bad. If I had one complaint, it's that 3 films weren't even horror movies. That said, my favorite, Night Creatures (a very misleading title), turned out to be one of those. If you like Hammer films I'd definitely recommend this set.

Great quality and fast delivery. A great starter kit for beginners in the Hammer Horror universe. It has a good selection of different horror genres from Hammer productions. It’s a great addition to my collection.

UNIVERSAL did a great Job on the HAMMER FILMS 8 films blu ray setI’am only reviewing 5 major films out of the 8 films set.Here we go….BRIDES OF DRACULAGreat transfer from a IB TECH original master neg.Cropped a little bit from top and bottom hardly noticeable . EVERY BODY is in frame.Rock steady picture, sharp clean audio sound and lush color.a little grain because of the IB tech neg. Overall amazing looking.CURSE OF THE WEREWOLFGreat transfer from a IB TECH original master neg.Cropped a little bit from top and bottom hardly noticeable . EVERY BODY is in frame.Rock steady picture lush color muffle audio in some areas of the film. Bad news the entire girl’s bedroom scene when reed first turns into the werewolf and kills the girl, audio is out of sync. Lips are 1 sec. before the audio. Overall amazing looking. Also UNCUT.PHANTOM OF THE OPERAGreat transfer from a IB TECH original master neg.Cropped a little bit from top and bottom hardly noticeable . EVERY BODY is in frame.Rock steady picture, sharp clean audio sound and lush color. NO GRAIN here. Remember how grainy the laser and the standard dvd was . not this time, new re-work master here. This is a smooth amazing picture.and has the full eye scene restored.EVIL OF FRANKENSTEINGreat transfer from a IB TECH original master neg.18:5 FULL 6/9 HD TV frame . EVERY BODY is in frame.Rock steady picture lush color muffle audio in some areas of the film.NO GRAIN here. Remember how grainy the laser and the standard dvd was . not this time, new re-work master here. This is a smooth amazing picture.KISS OF THE VAMPIRE18:5 FULL 6/9 HD TV frame.This is not a IB tech master neg. it is a IB tech clean printAnd sometimes it looks like an up-grade HD VHS.GRAIN is all over this film, meshy looking picture.Rock steady picture, sharp clean audio sound and lush color.

This is a great collection films that is extremely inexpensive and offers fantastic picture and audio quality. My only complaint is the lack of any special features, but that's a small price to pay for the value you're getting here!

Picture and sound were great brought back old memories of why I loved Hammer.