Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 24, 2001
• Run Time: 115 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005KH28
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,471 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

All day entertainment presents a delirious collection of trailers from englands famed hammer films purveyors of british blood & bosoms throughout the 1950s 60s & 7-s. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 07/03/2001 Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, botched execution, August 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Horror of Hammer (DVD)

I got excited when I read about this coming out, but my enthusiasm cooled when I screened the final product. These Hammer trailers and featurettes have been around for a long time on bootleg and independent VHS releases, and most die hard fans already own them in that format. The big drawback has of course been the quality of the transfers; unfortunately, All Day's release does nothing to correct that . . . in fact it appears they've used some of these sources for the DVD. Almost all are fuzzy or faded, and in a few cases you can hear the hi-fi mistracking noise from the VHS source! Although it wouldn't be fair to expect the pristine quality Anchor Bay's promotional Hammer trailer DVD release had (since they had original film elements to work from) All Day should have made a little more effort to find collectors with film sources and re-transfer these trailers for a cleaner and professional end product. The disc is better than nothing, and if you don't have them already at least this release gives you a historical overview of Hammer. Still, a big dissappointment.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Studio that drips Blood!, August 14, 2001

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Brad Baker (Atherton, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Horror of Hammer (DVD)

All Day Entertainment has just released the colorful DVD compilation of 53 Hammer Film trailers. Despite the variance in quality, this one is a treat for the true fan. As a homage to Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, get set for 1 1/2 hours of gory fun. All 4 Hammer Mummy films are previewed. Christopher Lee appeared in 15 movies as Count Dracula, 7 were released by Hammer. All 7 trailers appear here. Of note is a one-reel short promoting "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth". Gothic cinema expert Gary Smith is on the audio commentary track. As noted, "The Horror of Hammer" suffers from some archival quality problems. The trailer for "Dracula, Prince of Darkness" is faded and flat. "The Man Who Could Cheat Death" suffers serious sound loop problems. The video picture is 7 to 10 seconds behind the audio. All Day Entertainment's web site promotes "Prehistoric Women" as one of the epics to be seen, however, on the DVD, it is not to be found.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not half as good as it should be, August 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Horror of Hammer (DVD)

When I heard about this DVD I got excited, over 50 original hammer trailers with audio commentary(!) The Audio and picture quality of the trailers is awful but that is to be expected. What I cant get over is the dreadful production quality of the commenatay track complete with background hiss. Informative as it is, the commentary is pretty much unlistenable, which is unfortunate as it's the main reason I bought the DVD.