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Still no
official update on the forthcoming Hammer titles from DD
Home Entertainment, as part of an exciting deal with
Sony Pictures, rights-holders to a number of classic
Hammer horrors.
However it
is believed that the first of the Hammer titles will
likely appear in October (traditionally a strong month
for Hammer releases on video and dvd). The Gorgon has
been hotly tipped to be amongst the first batch.
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The titular demon from British horror
classic Night of the Demon - out on dvd this
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In the
meantime, British horror fans will be pleased to learn
that another title in the Columbia/DD deal has been
announced for release on 17th September. Although not a
Hammer film,
Night of the Demon (based on the classic MR
James story Casting the Runes) began filming on
the same day as Hammer's Curse of Frankenstein, and
holds a place amongst horror fans as one of the most
important British horror films of the 1950s.
The dvd
will be a 2 disc special edition, to include both the
original UK and US versions of the film (the latter
titled Curse of the Demon), as did the Sony R1 release
of a few years ago. The dvd will also contain a number
of other special features exclusive to the UK release,
including a photo gallery, a documentary including
interviews with the film's lead Peggy Cummins, and
historians Jonathan Rigby and Tony Earnshaw; and as a
special bonus, the 1979 tv adaptation of the story
Casting the Runes directed by Laurence Gordon Clark.
The dvd is
priced at £15.99, but you can pre-order yours for only
£11.99 including free p&p by
clicking here.
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