Hammer Horror Originals (3 Disc Box Set) (UK)

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Review of Hammer Horror Originals (3 Disc Box Set)
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Mark Oates

Featuring three classic horrors
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 0 mins
Retail Price: £29.99
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Content Type: TV Series

Synopsis:
The Curse of Frankenstein
The first-ever foray into horror for the infamous Hammer studios, The Curse of Frankenstein - the scientist obsessed with the creation of life.
Following his partner`s denouncement of their research into the secret of life, the monstrous Frankenstein becomes more and more obsessed with the sinister experiments. Drawn deeper into madness by his dark work, Frankenstein decides to create a man who is a superior being. Committing unimaginable horrors to complete the experiment, Frankenstein has to face the consequences of playing god when the monster awakes.

Dracula
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, Britain`s premier masters of the macabre, bring Dracula to vivid, full-colour death in this retelling of Bram Stoker`s spellbinding vampire tale. Dracula (Lee), a centuries-old nobleman damned to an eternal half-life, travels from his native Transylvania to London. In the lurid nightlife of his adopted city, he finds new victims. He also finds Dr. Van Helsing (Cushing), a scientist who becomes the count`s impeccable foe in a deadly game of bat-and-mouse.
The dread is here - and so are the power and pathos that made this a genre landmark that helped England`s Hammer Productions usher in a new era of screen chills from classic evildoers. So lock the door, turn on the lights, get a tight grip on the armchair and tremble through that era again. Unleash the horror.

The Mummy
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star in this stylish Hammer Horror directed by Terence Fisher.
Egypt, 1895: An archaeological expedition, led by Stephen Banning (Felix Aylmer) and his son John (Peter Cushing) discover the 4000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka. Ignoring warnings from a mysterious Egyptian that "He who robs the graves of Egypt dies" they enter the tomb. Whilst alone in the tomb, Stephen Banning finds and reads the ancient `Scroll of Life` and suddenly suffers a breakdown.
England 1898. John Banning visits his father confined to a nursing home since his return from Egypt and is warned that a `living mummy` guarded the tomb of Ananka and will avenge those who desecrate it`s Princess`s tomb. Unknown to the Bannings, Mehemet Bey has transported the mummy (Christopher Lee) to England and revives it using the `Scroll of Life`. That night, Stephen Banning, is brutally murdered by the mummy. When his uncle suffers the same fate, John Banning realises that his life is now in danger. He also discovers that his wife Isobel will be confronted by the 4000 year-old mummy as it embarks on a night of terror and murderous retribution...

Special Features:
The Curse of Frankenstein
Theatrical Trailer

Dracula
Theatrical Trailer

The Mummy
Theatrical Trailer