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3/3/08 at 4:41pm
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According to DVD Drive In:

"No exact street date has been confirmed, but this Summer, Sony will release a box set of Hammer Films’ costume adventures originally released theatrically by Columbia Pictures. The films in the set include Terence Fisher’s STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY, TERROR OF THE TONGS, PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER and DEVIL SHIP PIRATES. All films except for STRANGLERS star Christopher Lee. Extras will include three separate commentaries with legendary Hammer screenwriter Jimmy Sangster, as well as some to-be-announced short subjects. More details to follow in the coming months"

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Personally, I'm looking forward to STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY, one of the studio's best films. TERROR OF THE TONGS is supposed to be pretty good, according to some Hammer aficionados, but I have never seen it nor the others.
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3/3/08 at 5:30pm
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

Great news! I've been wanting these films for years!
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3/3/08 at 5:36pm
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

this is nice, but they're sitting on the good stuff. hopefully they're just holding back on it until the "scary season" of the fall

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3/4/08 at 4:01am
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

Very cool. I've been wanting to see Stranglers of Bombay for years.
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3/4/08 at 12:43pm
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

Great news! I'll get this just to have STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY. Now, Sony, give us the REALLY good stuff...yep, I'm talkin' 'bout THE GORGON and CASH ON DEMAND, for starters...

A pity Mr. Lee apparently won't be involved with the extras.
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3/8/08 at 8:14am
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

Very cool
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3/8/08 at 10:50am
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

Any word on THESE ARE THE DAMNED in R1 or R2?

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3/9/08 at 4:20pm
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

more Christopher Lee is always a good thing

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3/9/08 at 6:15pm
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

Does Columbia own the rights to CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND?
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3/10/08 at 11:36am
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

Yes, I believe they do.
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3/10/08 at 11:51am
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

It was in that batch of Columbia films which were to be released in the U.K. last year in a deal between Sony and DD Home Entertainment before the latter went into receivership. There's been no news as to whether the company that took over DDHE has revived the deal, and, right now, it looks dead in the water.
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3/10/08 at 2:41pm
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

John, Simply Media hold the rights and it is hoped these releases will start to appear in the late Summer /early Autumn. Copyright issues are still being worked out between the various lawyers representing Sony and Simply Media
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

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John, Simply Media hold the rights and it is hoped these releases will start to appear in the late Summer /early Autumn. Copyright issues are still being worked out between the various lawyers representing Sony and Simply Media

That's good news; thanks! Bruce - do you mind me asking your source, or can't you tell?
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

I'm hoping THE GORGON finds its way to DVD sometime soon.

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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

well along with sony i would like to see MGM continue to release its Hammer films, one in paticular, Twins of evil !
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well along with sony i would like to see MGM continue to release its Hammer films, one in paticular, Twins of evil !

This is great news even though its hard to believe coming from Sony. Hopefully they get good enough sales on this to convince them to release the rest of the Hammer's that they own. They have most of the remaining inreleased Hammers.

I have never seen Stranglers of Bombay or Devil Ship Pirates so this espcially good news. Terror of the Tongs is pretty good and Pirates of Blood River is very good. Would have been nice if they also included "The Crimson Blade" with Oliver Reed in this set.
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3/11/08 at 5:30pm
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

John , regrettably I have just found out that Simply media have handed back the rights to Sony so it is Sony who MAY be releasing these titles later this year. I will have more info soon...
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Re: More Hammer coming from Sony...

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John , regrettably I have just found out that Simply media have handed back the rights to Sony so it is Sony who MAY be releasing these titles later this year. I will have more info soon...

TBH, I'm not too distressed; the old DDHE didn't have a reputation for producing particularly high quality transfers, and it was looking like at least some of the Columbia films (including the Boetticher / Scott westerns) in the deal were going to arrive full-frame instead of OAR. Hopefully, they will still arrive in either R1 or R2, and Sony will (if I'm not being too naive) listen to fans who want decent OAR presentations.

I wonder now, though, what will happen to the extras that were prepped and in the can for the two-disc 'Night of The Demon'? Will Sony take those on board now, or will they simply be discarded?
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3/12/08 at 2:14pm
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I spoke to Marcus Hearn who wrote the booklet and at this time of writing the jury is still out......... any news will be reported on this column
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Sony UK have announced September releases for The Camp on Blood Island, The Damned and Yesterday's Enemy. Surely R1 releases cannot be far behind?
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Hi john
Knew about this but was sworn to secrecy! I thought that Cash on Demand was also included. Isnt the damned already out?
BTW the NFT is showing Camp on Blood Island in August
Which website is this on? 
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This is great news. I was starting to think of "The Camp On Blood Island" & "Yesterdays Enemy" as lost films. I saw on another site that someone said, you could buy "The Damned" if you knew where to look. I don't know what that means, probably someone taped it from the telly, & is flogging homemade DVD's.
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Which website is this on? 


Sony's UK site.
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Hi john
Knew about this but was sworn to secrecy! I thought that Cash on Demand was also included. Isnt the damned already out?
 

No, it isn't; it was shown (a rather nice print) on Beeb 2 a couple of years ago mind. I suppose there's still time for Cash on Demand to pop up given that this isn't a box set (and it would make a particularly good R1 set wouldn't it? Hint, hint Mike S...)
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