Studio Canal has announced the release of two classic Hammer horror titles on 4 K UHD and Blu-ray: Horror of Frankenstein and Scars of Dracula.
These releases feature brand-new 4K restorations. The Collector’s Editions include stunning new artwork by Johnny Dombrowski, two posters, a 64-page perfect-bound booklet featuring new essays and the original press kit, and are packed with extras.
Both films were released by Hammer in November 1970 as a double bill in cinemas, billed as ‘the blood-brothers of horror and terror, together in the most terrifying monster shock show of the year’.
Christopher Lee returned to his most famous role – inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror novel – for the fifth time in Roy Ward Baker’s SCARS OF DRACULA, the bloodiest entry in the entire series.
The film also stars Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, and genre favourite Patrick Troughton; While Hammer legend Jimmy Sangster made his directorial debut with THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (based on the groundbreaking Mary Shelley horror novel), a bold experiment in horror comedy that features an outstanding cast, including Hammer film favourites Ralph Bates, Kate O’Mara and Veronica Carlson, as well as David Prowse as the Monster, Jon Finch and Dennis Price.
SCARS OF DRACULA SPECIAL FEATURES:
NEW “Fangs Out: Dracula, Desire & Disruption”: Clarisse Loughrey and Isaura Barbé-Brown in conversation.
NEW Legacy of the Vampire – An interview with Dacre Stoker, great-grand-nephew of Bram Stoker.
Hammer’s Bite: Chris Matthews on Scars of Dracula
Audio Commentary with Christopher Lee and director Roy Ward Baker
Blood Rites: Inside Scars of Dracula
Trailers and stills gallery
HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN SPECIAL FEATURES:
NEW “It’s Alive!” Revisiting The Horror of Frankenstein with Clarisse Loughrey and Isaura Barbé-Brown
Gallows Humour: Inside The Horror of Frankenstein
Audio Commentary with author Marcus Hearn and director Jimmy Sangster
Frankenstein, Dracula and Me: A conversation with Veronica Carlson
Hammer’s Monster – An Interview with David Prowse
Trailer and stills gallery
