DVD Review: Dracula (1958)

Jonathon Dabell takes at look at Terence Fisher’s Dracula starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD. A huge debt of gratitude should be extended to Lionsgate Home Entertainment for this Blu-Ray release of one of the finest of all Hammer horror movies. The first in their long line of Dracula entries is a key title in the evolution of horror cinema and a mighty fine film to boot. Of course it is dated in certain... Read More

Eastern Spotlight: The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires

The Eastern Spotlight series continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires; the first collaboration between Hammer Films and Shaw Bros., starring Peter Cushing. By 1973, Hammer Films were in terminal decline as a new era of graphic horror movies pushed the genre into new territory, way beyond anything the studio seemed able to offer. Once they had cut a wide path through the horror field with trailblazing... Read More

DVD Review: The Brigand Of Kandahar

Jonathon Dabell reviews an extremely rare Hammer title, The Brigand Of Kandahar starring Oliver Reed and Ronald Lewis. Available on DVD from Monday January 16th, 2012. Isn’t it funny how when you start collecting something, you always seem to encounter a hard-to-find specimen somewhere along the line which makes your mission to acquire the entire collection rather difficult? Any fan of Hammer films with a mind to watch everything the studio ever... Read More