Hammer Box #2 - 5-DVD Box Set ( The Reptile / The Plague of the Zombies / Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell / Quatermass and the Pit / The Devil Rides Out ) ( The Zombies / Frankenstein Made Woman / Five Million Years to Earth / The Devil's Bride )

Hammer Box #2 - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Reptile / The Plague of the Zombies / Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell / Quatermass and the Pit / The Devil Rides Out
Alternate Title: The Zombies / Frankenstein Made Woman / Five Million Years to Earth / The Devil's Bride
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
447 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1966 - 1974 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
John Gilling
Terence Fisher
Roy Ward Baker

Written By:
Anthony Hinds
Peter Bryan
Nigel Kneale
Richard Matheson
Dennis Wheatley

Actors:
Noel Willman ..... Dr. Franklyn
Jennifer Daniel ..... Valerie Spalding
Ray Barrett ..... Harry George Spalding
Jacqueline Pearce ..... Anna Franklyn
Michael Ripper ..... Tom Bailey
John Laurie ..... Mad Peter
Marne Maitland ..... The Malay
David Baron ..... Charles Edward Spalding
Charles Lloyd Pack ..... The Vicar
Harold Goldblatt ..... The Solicitor
George Woodbridge ..... Old Garnsey
André Morell ..... Sir James Forbes
Diane Clare ..... Sylvia Forbes
Brook Williams ..... Dr. Peter Tompson
Jacqueline Pearce ..... Alice Mary Tompson
John Carson ..... Squire Clive Hamilton
Alexander Davion ..... Denver
Michael Ripper ..... Sergeant Jack Swift
Marcus Hammond ..... Tom Martinus
Dennis Chinnery ..... Constable Christian
Louis Mahoney ..... Coloured Servant
Roy Royston ..... Vicar
Ben Aris ..... John Martinus
Tim Condren ..... A young blood
Bernard Egan ..... A young blood
Norman Mann ..... A young blood
Peter Cushing ..... Baron Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor
Shane Briant ..... Simon Helder
Madeline Smith ..... Sarah
David Prowse ..... Monster
John Stratton ..... Asylum director
Michael Ward ..... Transvest
Elsie Wagstaff ..... Wild One
Norman Mitchell ..... Police sergeant
Clifford Mollison ..... Judge
Patrick Troughton ..... Bodysnatcher
Philip Voss ..... Ernst
Christopher Cunningham ..... Hans (as Chris Cunningham)
Charles Lloyd Pack ..... Prof. Durendel
Lucy Griffiths ..... Old hag
Bernard Lee ..... Tarmut
Sydney Bromley ..... Muller
Andrea Lawrence ..... Brassy girl
Jerold Wells ..... Landlord
Sheila D'Union ..... Gerda (as Sheila Dunion)
Norman Atkyns ..... Smiler
Mischa De La Motte ..... Twitch
Victor Woolf ..... Letch
Winifred Sabine ..... Mouse
Janet Hargreaves ..... Chatter
Peter Madden ..... Coach driver
Hugh Cecil ..... Inmate (uncredited)
Ron Eagleton ..... Inmate (uncredited)
Lianne Gilmore ..... Inmate (uncredited)
Beatrice Greek ..... Inmate (uncredited)
Toni Harris ..... Inmate (uncredited)
Peter Macpherson ..... Inmate (uncredited)
Gordon Richardson ..... Aggressive (uncredited)
Nicholas Smith ..... Death Wish (uncredited)
James Donald ..... Dr. Mathew Roney
Andrew Keir ..... Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Barbara Shelley ..... Barbara Judd
Julian Glover ..... Colonel Breen
Duncan Lamont ..... Sladden
Bryan Marshall ..... Captain Potter
Peter Copley ..... Howell
Edwin Richfield ..... Minister
Grant Taylor ..... Police Sergeant Ellis
Maurice Good ..... Sergeant Cleghorn
Robert Morris ..... Jerry Watson
Sheila Steafel ..... Journalist
Hugh Futcher ..... Sapper West
Hugh Morton ..... Elderly Journalist
Thomas Heathcote ..... Vicar
Christopher Lee ..... Duc de Richleau
Charles Gray ..... Mocata
Nike Arrighi ..... Tanith Carlisle
Leon Greene ..... Rex Van Ryn
Patrick Mower ..... Simon Aron
Gwen Ffrangcon Davies ..... Countess
Sarah Lawson ..... Marie Eaton
Paul Eddington ..... Richard Eaton
Rosalyn Landor ..... Peggy Eaton
Russell Waters ..... Malin

Synopsis:

The Reptile (1966)
A 19th century Cornish village is terrorized by a woman who changes into a snake at periodic intervals, following a curse put upon her by the members of a bizarre sect uncovered by her father while working in Borneo.

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
A doctor comes to a Cornish village after a request from his old student and uncovers a plot by the squire to turn all the men of the village into zombies to work in his mine.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Last of the Hammer Frankenstein films, this one deals with the Baron hiding out in an insane asylum, so that he may continue his experiments with reanimating the dead, along with inmate Dr. Helder, who has been institutionalized for conducting such experiments.

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
While digging a new subway line in London, a construction crew discovers first: a skeleton, then what they think is an old WWII German missile. Upon closer examination the 'missile' appears to be not of this earth! This movie examines the age old question of how we came to be on this planet. It is surprisingly scary.

The Devil Rides Out (1968)
The Duc de Richleau and his friend Rex van Ryn try to save their friend, Simon Aron, from the influence of a group of Satanists with magic powers. The story is based on a novel by black magic specialist Dennis Wheatley.

The Reptile (1966)
This chilling monster film metaphorically examines the horrors brought home by British colonialism. Harry and Valerie (Ray Barrett, Jennifer Daniel) inherit the Cornwall home of Harry's brother, who died under mysterious circumstances. The local villagers are tight-lipped and afraid, and the couple's neighbor, the hostile Dr. Franklin (Noel Willman), hides in a large mansion with his frightened daughter Anna (Jacqueline Pearce) and a strange foreign man (Marne Maitland). The truth is that Franklin had been investigating a secret tribe of snake-people on his last trip to Borneo, and they had reacted to his intrusion by making Anna one of them. As a result, the girl turns into a hideous cobra-woman every winter, with bulging eyes, a scaly face, and large, venomous fangs. Other than the unusual monster, The Reptile may as well be a direct remake of Hammer's The Mummy, a film which this one apes in many of its contrivances. Director John Gilling does manage some effective set pieces, such as the sulfur-spring below the mansion, which keeps Anna warm as she writhes beneath a blanket to shed her skin. Underrated character-actor Michael Ripper appears in one of his more substantial roles as Tom, the local pub-owner, who goes from avoidance to digging up graves and risking his life to save the couple. There are some inconsistencies in Anthony Hinds' script, but the film is handsomely mounted and delivers its share of shocks.

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
A wonderfully atmospheric outing from Hammer Films, who diverged from their often successful variations on Universal's classic monsters into the world of zombies, a genre which had yet to receive its infusion of terrifying new blood with the 1968 classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. The plot, which owes a debt to the Bela Lugosi chiller White Zombie, involves a mad Cornish squire, who solves an annoying labor crisis in his tin mines by turning local villagers into voodoo-controlled zombies. Dr. Thompson (Brook Williams) and his daughter Alice (Jacqueline Pearce) soon discover the unpleasant nocturnal habits of the shambling undead slaves -- including their tendency to go on murderous rampages when not directly under the squire's control. At the request of Alice, Sir James Forbes (André Morell) arrives on the scene to investigate. The superb script by Peter Bryan employs an interesting subtext about the rift between the British aristocracy and the exploited working class, but the film is less a political allegory than a spooky, atmospheric horror opus that ranks among Hammer Films' finest.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Simon Helder (Shane Briant), a young doctor inspired by the work of Victor Frankenstein is sent to an asylum for practicing ''sorcery.'' There he meets Dr. Carl Victor (Cushing), who apparently harbors secret information on the underhanded director Klauss (John Stratton), and is able to run the place his own way. Young Helder quickly realizes that Dr. Victor is actually Baron Frankenstein, who wants the outside world to believe he is dead. Helder knows that Frankenstein could never give up his experiments, so after doing some snooping, he discovers his secret laboratory and his latest project.

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Workers excavating at an underground station in London uncover the skeletal remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what is at first believed to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard Quartermass. When the interior of the 'missile' is exposed, a dead locust-like creature that resembles the devil is found. It is determined by Quartermass that these 'locusts' are evil Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors to eventually lay claim to the Earth. When Quartermass's suspicion that the missile can reactivate the dormant evil in humans is confirmed, all hell breaks loose.

The Devil Rides Out (1968)
In the countryside of England, the Duc de Richleau a.k.a Nicholas welcomes his old friend Rex Van Ryn that has flown to meet him and Simon Aron, who is the son of an old friend of them that had passed away but charged them the task of watching the youngster. Nicholas and Rex unexpectedly visit Simon that is receiving twelve mysterious friends. Sooner Nicholas, who is proficient in black magic, learns that the guests are member of a satanic cult and Simon and his friend Tanith Carlisle will be baptized by the powerful leader Mocata to serve the devil. The two friends abduct Simon and Tanith expecting to save their souls but Mocata summons the Angel of Death and the Goat of Mendes to help him in a battle between the good and the forces of evil.

The Reptile (1966)
When his brother Charles Spalding mysteriously dies, Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie decide to move to the inherited cottage in a small village in the country. They are coldly received by the locals, with the exception of the bartender and owner of a pub Tom Bailey, who welcome them. His weird neighbor Dr. Franklyn, who lives with his beautiful daughter Anna, tries to persuade them to sell the house and leave the place, but the couple decides to stay. Harry and Valerie find that the locals are being killed by some snake and they feel threatened. When Anna asks for help and they trespass Dr. Franklyn's house, they find the horrible truth hidden in the place.

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Young workers are dying because of a mysterious epidemic in a little village in Cornwall. Doctor Thompson is helpless and asks professor James Forbes for help. The professor and his daughter Sylvia travel to Thomson. Terrible things happen soon, beyond imagination or reality. Dead people are seen near an old, unused mine. Late people seem to live suddenly. Professor Forbes presumes that black magic is involved and someone has extraordinary power. He doesn't know how close he is: the dead become alive because of a magic voodoo-ritual, and so they must serve their master as mindless zombies...

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Nigel Kneale's Quatermass TV series spawned a brief film series produced over an eleven-year period; 1967's QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, released in the US as Five Million Years to Earth, was the third and (until 1979's Quatermass Conclusion) last of the features. As with previous chapters in the Kneale saga, the film begins with a baffling scientific discovery. This time it's an alien ship, alive after 5,000,000 years, discovered during the excavation of a new subway line. The craft is able to cause psychic disturbances in individuals genetically connected to the machine; it also prompts them to see dead Martians as ghostly entitites nearby. In time, conclusions drawn from these events lead scientists to shocking conclusions about the origins of the human race.

The Devil Rides Out (1968)
The Duc de Richeleau and his friend Rex discover their young charge Simon has fallen in with the powers of Darkness and is about to be baptized into the service of evil. The Duc is fortunately versed in such matters and finds himself locked in a duel with the deadly Mocata, disciple of the left-hand path.

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