A SERIOUS DISC AGREEMENT: IMPRINT FILMS - HAMMER HORROR: FOUR GOTHIC HORROR FILMS (1971-1972)

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Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the second episode on the July 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking:

• Countess Dracula (1971) – Imprint Collection #50
• Hands of the Ripper (1971) – Imprint Collection #51
• Twins of Evil (1971) – Imprint Collection #52
• Vampire Circus (1972) – Imprint Collection #53
• FLESH & BLOOD – THE HAMMER HERITAGE OF HORROR DOCUMENTARY

HAMMER HORROR: FOUR GOTHIC HORROR FILMS (1971-1972)

Countess Dracula (1971) – Imprint Collection #50

In 17th-century Hungary, elderly widow Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy maintains her misleading youthful appearance by bathing in the blood of virgins regularly supplied to her by faithful servant Captain Dobi.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High Definition presentation
• Audio commentary with Ingrid Pitt and critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones
• Audio Commentary by Ingrid Pitt, Peter Sasdy, Jeremy Paul and Jonathan Sothcott
• NEW Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons (2021)
• NEW Vampire Lover: The Life and Career of Ingrid Pitt – Visual Essay by Kat Ellinger (2021)
• NEW Blood Countess: Bathory on Film – A Visual Essay By Kat Ellinger (2021)
• NEW Interview with Leon Lissek discussing Countess Dracula
• “Immortal Countess: The Cinematic Life of Ingrid Pitt” featurette
• Video and Audio Interview With Ingrid Pitt
• Interview with director Peter Sasdy, moderated by Marcus Hearn
• Theatrical Trailer
• Double Bill trailer (with Vampire Circus)
• LPCM 2.0 Mono

Hands of the Ripper (1971) – Imprint Collection #51

As a young child Jack the Ripper’s daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080P High Definition presentation
• Audio Commentary with Angharad Rees, Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• NEW Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons (2021)
• The Devil’s Plaything: Possessed by the ‘Hands of the Ripper’ documentary
• Slaughter of Innocence: The Evolution of Hammer Gore motion still gallery
• S. Television Introduction
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots
• Motion Still Gallery
• LPCM 2.0 Mono

Twins of Evil (1971) – Imprint Collection #52

A religious sect led by Gustav Weil hunts all women suspected of witchcraft, killing a number of innocent victims. Young Katy, Gustav’s niece, will involve herself in a devilish cult, and become an instrument of Justice in the region.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080P High Definition presentation
• NEW Audio commentary with critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)
• Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons
• NEW 2 hour Directors cut of “The Flesh and The Fury: X-posing ‘Twins of Evil'” feature length documentary exploring Hammer’s “Karnstein Trilogy” from Ballyhoo Productions (2021)
• NEW Satanic Decadence & The Legacy of Sheridan Le Fanu in Hammer’s Twins of Evil – A Visual Essay by Kat Ellinger (2021)
• The Props that Hammer Built: The Kinsey Collection featurette
• Interview with director John Hough, conducted by Marcus Hearn in 2013
• Interview with Damien Thomas, conducted on stage by Wayne Kinsey
• Super-8 version
• Motion Still Gallery
• Deleted Scene
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Double Bill Trailer (with Hands of The Ripper)
• 3 TV Spots
• Isolated Effects and Music score
• Galleries
• LPCM 2.0 Mono

Vampire Circus (1972) – Imprint Collection #53

As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080P High Definition presentation
• New Audio commentary with critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)
• Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons
• “The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus” documentary
• Gallery of Grotesqueries: A Brief History of Circus Horrors featurette with British author/film historian Philip Nutman
• Visiting The House of Hammer: Britain’s Legendary Horror Magazine featurette with British author/film historian Philip Nutman
• NEW 30min Documentary on Vampire Circus Produced & Directed by Marcus Hearn
• NEW Peter Musgrave Interview on editing Vampire Circus
• Vampire Circus Interactive Comic Book
• Theatrical Trailer
• Isolated Music and Effects Track
• LPCM 2.0 Mono

Exclusive Bonus Blu-Ray disc on the Limited Edition box:

FLESH & BLOOD – THE HAMMER HERITAGE OF HORROR DOCUMENTARY

• This remastered Director’s Cut features stereo sound, new candid interviews, rare clips, photos, home movies and over 40 minutes of additional content added to the film. Well over two hours of Gothic ghouls, gore and glamour.
• Presented on Blu-Ray, this film has been upscaled to deliver the best possible visual presentation of this documentary.

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