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Elite Entertainment (the laser disc gods who brought us the
uncut, widescreen "Tombs of the Blind Dead") and Video Treasures
have once again teamed up to placate the thousands of drooling
horror fans out there. They are releasing a whopping ton of
classic Hammer Films releases in their complete, remastered
forms - correct aspect ratios included! Their first handful of
titles include: "The Reptile," "Plague of the Zombies," "Rasputin:
The Mad Monk," and our pick of the week, "Dracula: Prince of
Darkness."
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Hammer Films, for those of you not in the know, was world famous
for their horror films - re-visitings of the old Universal
monsters i.e. Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy - in the 60s
and 70s. The last great English film company, Hammer cleaned house
at the drive-ins until overkill drove them to bankruptcy (as is
the case with any franchise - remember how many "Nightmare on
Elm Street" films there were? Didn't think so). Ah, but in their
prime, Hammer films could be depended on for atmospheric chills
and abundant Victorian-Era-by-way-of-the-Summer-of-Love cleavage.
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