GIFS GALORE! WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES OF THE BEST OF THE HAMMER DRACULA BLU RAY RELEASES! COLLECTING CUSHING WEDNESDAY

WITH THE ARRIVAL of THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES from SCREAM FACTORY in APRIL on BLU RAY, it signals the long awaited fact that, all of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing Hammer Dracula films, are now available on BLU RAY . . in some region and in most cases, REMASTERED. We will forever sadly, be hearing many clashing and some questionable opinions for from collectors, experts and fans, to the overall quality of some if not all of these releases. But personal tastes aside, it is great that all of these films have risen from the VHS quality of yesteryear, to a format that embellishes some of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee's best work. Over at the FACEBOOK PCAS FAN PAGEHow many of these titles do own on blu ray, how many on DVD and which stands out as your favorite release and why?

HOW MANY OF THE THESE GIFS from Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing DRACULA tittled Hammer Films can you identify?  

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WARNER BROTHERS REMASTERED HORROR OF DRACULA BLU RAY COMPETITION NOW LIVE!

AS PROMISED our LAST competition for this year, has been launched today on the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE AND what a prize! 😲 With many thanks to our sponsors at Warner Brothers..we have a PAIR of their latest Peter Cushing Hammer film release... their REMASTERED blu ray of the restored BFI print of Hammer films 1958 DRACULA! All you have to do is guess the answer to our VISUAL competition. 

AS USUAL I have to ask that you DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER ON THE PAGE... send it to us using the SEND MESSAGE button UNDER THE COMPETITION BANNER 😉 Any answers or entries posted on the COMMENTS thread will be deleted and not counted as an entry. The competition CLOSES on Wednesday 19th December 2018. So get your ENTRY in now...and maybe you would like to give us a LIKE too? I'd be most grateful 😌😉 Have fun and GOOD LUCK! - Marcus

JUST CLICK ON THIS LINK to the WARNER BROTHERS SHOP site, where you can also purchase your copy of this release!

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WARNER BROTHERS 'SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA' REMASTERED SECOND PCASUK HALLOWEEN COMPETITION NOW CLOSED : WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 18TH

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here is our SECOND PCAS Halloween Competition. Last night, we launched our first with prizes of Warner Brothers Collective Archive release of Hammer films, 'Dracula AD 1972' REMASTERED blu ray! The competition is still live and doesn't close until November 14th! Now we have another remastered Warner Brothers Hammer Dracula film, starring again, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing : 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula'. The last time Cushing and Lee fought as Van Helsing and The Count! Warner has been very generous in also sponsoring this competition and we have FIVE COPIES to give away as prizes!

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, is answer our competition question, send you answer to us ONLY using our Facebook Message, please. Any answers posted on this post, will be deleted and made void. Lots of luck everyone! It's a SUPERB remastering of a classic and quite different Hammer film, and Lee and Cushing REALLY do their thing! I hope you are having a great Halloween, Good Luck and have fun! - Marcus

THE WARNER BROTHERS Archive Collection release of The Satanic Rites of Dracula will go on release from NOVEMBER 13th 2018. You can palce your order HERE!

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CORRUPTION : SUPER SPLATTER OR SHOCKING MISCAST?

FOR SOME NOT CUSHING'S finest hours! But there are many who consider his performance as SIR JOHN ROWAN in the film, CORRUPTION (1967) to be obne of his best! I can't say I personally sit on either stool. I like the film, but I can take or leave Cushing's performance. When the film was given a very impressive remastering by GRINDHOUSE a few years ago, it blu rays and excellent extra features package, flew off their shelves. Cushing had found a NEW audience, his probably one and onlY 'splatter' film! This little collection of GIF'S selected and requested by Carl Porter, ends with a fine example of how far, the violence is cranked up in this one and believe me, on watching the uncut European print, that was part of the GRINDHOUSE package, it doesn't stop there!

 

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YOU REVIEW: MILL CREEK REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN DISAPPOINTMENT

THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN: Part of a TWO Hammer film package, with The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, released on blu ray by Mill Creek Entertainment September 2016. Mill Creek's double feature is currently the only way to own these films on BLU RAY:  They can be purchased  HERE

 *Deep, heavy sigh*

Where as Mill Creek Entertainment's blu ray release of The Gorgon I felt looked incredible for it's age and found very few flaws with the look and sound of the film, Revenge of Frankenstein looks as if it had been strained through a dirty wet sock. What a shame, for it is one of the better sequels, in the Hammer films Frankenstein series. Picking up precisely where The Curse of Frankenstein left off, Revenge is a brilliant journey into the twisted genius of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his machinations to reanimate a human life. Peter Cushing's performance is immaculate and his snark and slight tinge of madness portrayal of Frankenstein is among his finest.

That being said...

This blu ray looks awful. I mean if you told me that this was transferred from a used VHS tape, I wouldn't be hard pressed to believe you. Let's start with the egregious amount of scratches, dirt and vertical lines that mar this 58 year old film. Remember those awful film reels you used to have to watch in high school back in the day?  Well, it's not THAT bad, but the mere fact that I am using that as an example of how to represent the disrespect this transfer is to the film should show you how much of a lost opportunity this is and it's distracting to the enjoyment of viewing the film on this format. When the Columbia Pictures opening came up I let out an audible "Uh-oh." I knew I was in for a challenging viewing of Revenge of Frankenstein. Still, I adore this film and it's always a pleasure to revisit it but it deserves better. Much better.

Now, on to the color quality of this release. There isn't any. It's so diluted through the ravages of time that everything looks washed out. Peter's crystal blue eyes withstanding, it looks as if this was put through a soft filter with an eraser. Where in The Gorgon's colors popped, watching Revenge feels like someone turned off the color hue setting on my television. The 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio doesn't assist this situation in any way and may have been yet another hindrance to this struggling release. Also, the 25g blu ray as opposed to the normal 50g capacity blu ray further recedes the films chances of a successful viewing. If a character moves too fast on screen it gets blurry. That should never happen. I am not going to go into the sound as it is mono and was recorded as such in 1958. There's nothing any one can do about that and for what it is it sounds just fine.

I don't want to blame Mill Creek Entertainment for this transfer but I have to wonder if they a) did the best that they could do with the quality of the print they had access to or b) didn't try at all. With how incredible The Gorgon looked I am going to go by faith and choose answer A. However, I will be keeping an eye on the quality of any future releases along with the two films I have yet to watch from the Double Features. So Mill Creek is currently batting 500. They need to keep an eye on quality control on the text of the blu ray covers (Curese instead of Curse on Curse of The Mummy's Tomb and Gorgan instead of Gorgon.) However, I do look forward to any future Hammer releases from them.

The YOU REVIEW feature: All YOU REVIEW features are complete and unedited  written reviews  independently submitted by followers of the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society , it's website and Facebook Fan Page. The opinions here in, are solely the authors and are shared here with the purpose and intent of providing a guide to dvd's and blu rays recently released featuring the work of Peter Cushing.  All viewing equipment used for the reviews is domestic and typical of the range of players and tv monitors used in a domestic viewing environment.

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