Product Description

In the privacy of a girls' school he sought his prey - turning innocent beauty into a thing of unspeakable horror!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8798 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-15
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 82 minutes

Synopsis
A beautiful young French girl unwittingly frees a man mysteriously chained to the wall of his room. Once unbound, the baron fiendishly recruits the undead for his evil purposes until captured by Dr. Helsing. A Hammer Films classic.

Review
Top class Hammer movie. Peter Cushing's second outing as Van Helsing and David Peel's only vampire role. One of the most beautifully photographed movies ever - Jack Asher at his best and director Terence Fisher in top form. If the bat is a little clunky by modern effects standards, no worry for there is plenty to enjoy here. Great performances from Cushing and Peel, as mentioned, but also watch out for the acting duel between vetrans Freda Jackson and Martita Hunt; each gives a ripe performance and both are highly memorable. Other performances to look out for are from scene- stealing Miles Malleson as the hypochondriac Dr Tobler and Andree Melly who gave one of the 60's classic vampire images to the screen. Michael Ripper is also there for fans, this time as the scared coach driver. Cushing's authoratative Van Helsing carries the movie and David Peel's Baron Meinster is an excellent vampire foe - clipped Oxford English, red eyes and hissing vampire attacks. The burning windmill finale was lifted to conclude Tim Burton's SLEEPY HOLLOW which was a tribute to Hammer Films. Pure escapism - enjoy! --maxgol

Customer Reviews

We Deserve Better
Why have we not been given the correct format ? This cropped "tv" print is a real disappointment ! After years of waiting we deserve better. If American audiences can have correct formats why not us ? The releasing company needs to do a better job next time. Buy the US or German versions if you want to see the "full" frame.

4:3 inferior edition
What an outrage. This company has released this title and Evil of Frankenstein as a 4:3 non amorphic release. Tho' still nice print quality, information has been lost at the sides of the picture. The films were released last year as part of the Universal R1 boxset as very nice anamorphic 16:9 transfers. However, many people have had problems with these double sided DVds not playing so it was heaven sent when we heard news that these two films were coming to R2. My advice is if you want R2 to purchase the German Koch media releases - these are anamorphic like the R1 releases and play in english (without subtitles) and German - currently available are Brides and the Curse of the Werewolf. Interestingly these British editions falsely claim on the back 'never been released before!'

Disappointing Format
I have been looking forward to this release for some time. The quality of the print is good and there are some nice stills, but I couldn't believe it when I found out it was full frame and not the correct widescreen format. These releases are for a particular fan base and the correct format is a basic requirement to me. Very disappointing, I hope they correct this in future releases.