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[Neil]

It's a good time for fans of classic horror movies.

Universal are releasing The Boris Karloff Collection (19th Sept) Region 1
A 5 film collection of Universal Horror pictures and later films. The Titles to be included are:

The Black Castle (1952)
The Climax (1944)
The Night Key (1937) Looking forward to this as I have never seen it.
The Strange Door (1951)
The Tower of London (1939)



Due for release 17th October 2006, Sony's DVD box set "Icons of Horror Collection: Boris Karloff.
The set will include the following Karloff Columbia titles:
THE BLACK ROOM, (a wonderful chiller)
THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG,
BEFORE I HANG
and THE BOOGIE MAN WILL GET YOU.

Another exciting collection of Karloff films, this time from the Columbia film archives, to complement the existing releases of The Devil Commands (1941) and The Man with Lives (1940).

Also due for release on 19th September 2006 from Universal is

The Inner Sanctum Mysteries Box Set with Lon Chaney Jr

Calling Doctor Death
Weird Woman
Dead Man's Eyes
The Frozen Ghost
Strange Confession
Pillow of Death


On November 21, Dark Sky will unleash another in their “Drive-In Double Feature” series with BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE/THE HELLFIRE CLUB. The two British classics, scripted by Hammer Films vet Jimmy Sangster, will feature anamorphic widescreen transfers (BLOOD is 1.85:1 and HELLFIRE is 2.35:1), and include trailers and other drive-in goodies. Retail price is $14.95.


and last but definatelty not least

Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection 10th Oct 2006

which looks to be the most exciting Classic Horror sets yet announced including a number of long demanded films (notably The Mask of Fu Manchu and Mark of the Vampire) as well as several lesser known but more than welcome titles.

The Mask of Fu Manchu
Doctor X
Mad Love
Mark of the Vampire
The Devil Doll
The Return of Doctor X

[Ken Barnes]

Thanks for calling attention to these release,Neil. A veritable Aladdin's Cave for horror fans. It's strange that no company has yet released the 1958 Hammer version of "Dracula" which, in my opinion, is still the finest version of that oft-told tale.

[Neil]

There is a box with the big 3 - Dracula/Curse of Frankenstein/Mummy - though the Dracula print is the US one entitled Horror of Dracula.

I agree - it is a wonderful film.

The box was released a couple of years ago under the title Hammer Horror originals.

Whilst on Hammer, Optimum have a 21 film set out on 23rd October featuring some later Hammer titles, all out on region 1 previously but many firsts for region 2:

ONE MILLION YEARS BC
PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (wonderful)
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (fantastic)
RASPUTIN, THE MAD MONK
REPTILE (excellent)
DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN
HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN
SCARS OF DRACULA (attrocious)
SHE
TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER
VENGEANCE OF SHE
WITCHES (Joan Fontaine)
BLOOD FROM THE MUMMIES TOMB
DEMONS OF THE MIND
FEAR IN THE NIGHT
SLAVE GIRLS
THE NANNY (Bette Davis)
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (outstanding)
THE VIKING QUEEN
STRAIGHT ON TIL MORNING

a veritable mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly there!

and

CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB is due for release from Sony Pictures on 23rd October, the first Hammer release from Sony/Columbia in some time and the second of Hammer's four mummy outings.

Finally - non horror - Odeon Entertainment have confirmed that their forthcoming biographical dvd

Alma Cogan - Her Unforgettable Story

will include two rare and highly-sought after mid-1950s Hammer half-hour shorts as extras - the Cogan starring Eric Winstone's Stagecoach and The Eric Winstone Show Band.

[Neil]

Actually the 19th Sept dates may be wrong. I was in London yesterday and I saw the Chaney Jr Inner Sanctum set in the Cinema Store. When I got home, I saw PlayUSA had posted my copies of Inner Sanctum and the first Karloff out.