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Summary: Great Hammer Collection
Comment: This is a better than average collection and well worth the small amount of money I paid for it. Most of the films in this collection are better than the others (you can't like them all equally) but it was worth my money to but this collection.
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Summary: Icons of Adventure Collection
Comment: Icons of Adventure Collection (The Pirates of Blood River / The Devil-Ship Pirates / The Stranglers of Bombay / The Terror of the Tongs)
Great action, good price!
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Summary: Excellent transfer in proper ratios
Comment: Behind the cheap cover artwork (and no front reference to Hammer), this Columbia/Sony collection of 4 movies is great ! Excellent anamorphic transfer, in proper ratios and interesting commentaries.
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Summary: Icons a Must for fans of Obscure Hammer!
Comment: After all these years, we finally get a copy of Hammer's "Stranglers of Bombay" on DVD...and there's three more obscure Hammer adventure films included on two-discs and they all look and sound awesome. Buy this now! Let's send Sony a message that there are Hammer fans out there willing to part with their hard-earned cash for a great, great bargain. You know who you are!
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Summary: More Hammer titles emerge from the vaults
Comment: Although this set contains 4 movies, I bought it for 2, specifically Terror of the Tongs and Stranglers of Bombay, as these fit as easily into the "Hammer Horror" collection as in the adventure collection, which I find less interesting. Both films are in fine condition, and in Tongs, it is great to see Christopher Lee in yet another villainous role. Some of the gruesomeness is surprising given the British Board of Film Censors' attitude toward these films, particularly shots of cut -off hands in Stranglers, making me wonder if this is a restoration or the original release. The censorship applied to Tongs results in its being fairly tame, as discussed in detail in the excellent book Hammer Films: The Bray Studios Years. For Hammer collectors, this set is a must-have. Others might find it less interesting.
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