DVD Review HTF DVD REVIEW: Hammer Films Icons of Suspense Collection (1 Viewer)

[JeffMc]

Originally Posted by Richard--W



Might there be hope for Creatures the World Forgot, then?
Do you think it would help to change the title?
It had a different title during production, a more appropriate title, but I can't remember what.

Add me as another who really wants this film out. way more than any others on that list. Sure, there are't any dinosaurs as in the previous two films, but if you know that going in, it's a pretty decent caveman adventure and would complete the trilogy. I wouldn't mind if it came out as a single release as I don't see how it would fit in to a theme for the next box-set. Unless it's called something generic like "More Hammer Icons".

 

[ahollis]

Originally Posted by JeffMc




Add me as another who really wants this film out. way more than any others on that list. Sure, there are't any dinosaurs as in the previous two films, but if you know that going in, it's a pretty decent caveman adventure and would complete the trilogy. I wouldn't mind if it came out as a single release as I don't see how it would fit in to a theme for the next box-set. Unless it's called something generic like "More Hammer Icons".

Put these together and call it "Icons of Hammer Adventure Too"

Creatures the World Forgot
The Brigand of Kandahar
The Scarlet Blade aka The Crimson Blade
The Camp On Blood Island

That is if Columbia/Sony still controls the rights.

 

[Randy Korstick]

Add "Yesterday's Enemy" to this and I'd definately love this box.

Originally Posted by ahollis




Put these together and call it "Icons of Hammer Adventure Too"

Creatures the World Forgot
The Brigand of Kandahar
The Scarlet Blade aka The Crimson Blade
The Camp On Blood Island

That is if Columbia/Sony still controls the rights.

 

[Richard--W]

Creatures the World Forgot
The Brigand of Kandahar
The Scarlet Blade aka The Crimson Blade
The Camp On Blood Island
Yesterday's Enemy

Looks like another winner to me.

 

[Jeffrey Nelson]

Originally Posted by Richard Gallagher


Cash on Demand (1961)

...rather average yarn about a bank robbery.

I don't think we saw the same film. In my opinion, this is one of the most underrated low-budget dramas ever made, and certainly a high water mark of quality for Cushing, Morell and Hammer. Not gory, not in color, not flashy, not splashy; just quietly, intensely effective. A tightly-written script, unfolding in real time, put over by some of the greatest Brit character actors ever. Morell's performance in particular is extraordinary; not one false moment there. Cushing's performance, while not quite as consistent as Morell's, nonetheless contains some of the best, most atypical work he's ever done.

 

[Douglas R]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Nelson




I don't think we saw the same film. In my opinion, this is one of the most underrated low-budget dramas ever made, and certainly a high water mark of quality for Cushing, Morell and Hammer. Not gory, not in color, not flashy, not splashy; just quietly, intensely effective. A tightly-written script, unfolding in real time, put over by some of the greatest Brit character actors ever. Morell's performance in particular is extraordinary; not one false moment there. Cushing's performance, while not quite as consistent as Morell's, nonetheless contains some of the best, most atypical work he's ever done.

I agree. I thought Cash on Demand was extremely well made, even if the ending was rather unconvincing. Andre Morell always gave superb performances. He was especially good in this film and, in my opinion, acted Peter Cushing off the screen.

 

[WadeM]

Originally Posted by Marcel H. /forum/thread/299722/htf-dvd-review-hammer-films-icons-of-suspense-collection#post_3683682

 

[Jeffrey Nelson]

Originally Posted by Douglas R




I agree. I thought Cash on Demand was extremely well made, even if the ending was rather unconvincing. Andre Morell always gave superb performances. He was especially good in this film and, in my opinion, acted Peter Cushing off the screen.

Well, I wouldn't say he acted Cushing off the screen, as Peter's pretty damn good in this apart from a couple overly mannered bits, but even these bits kind of fit the fussy character he's playing. And I thought the ending was satisfying enough. But at least we agree on Morell and the general high quality of the film. I've been a fan of it for years now, and am ecstatic to have it such good quality at last, and that more people will finally get a chance to see it. I hope its reputation grows because of this DVD release.

 

[John Hodson]

I'm with you Jeffrey; wonderful to see Morell and Cushing slug it out and I cannot declare a winner. It's a delightful, off kilter piece, a kind of weird mix of An Inspector Calls and A Christmas Carol, but a good tale in its own right; first time I'd seen it and certainly not the last.

 

[Richard Gallagher]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Nelson




I don't think we saw the same film. In my opinion, this is one of the most underrated low-budget dramas ever made, and certainly a high water mark of quality for Cushing, Morell and Hammer.

I may have been unfair to it. I'll take another look at it when I get the chance.

 

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