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Disc #1, Side A -- The Brides of Dracula/The Curse of the Werewolf
1. Main Titles [1:31]
2. Bumpy Travel [2:33]
3. Left Behind [3:03]
4. The Baroness [3:52]
5. Expected Guest [6:04]
6. Grave Risks [9:04]
7. Unleashed Evil [4:34]
8. Doctor Van Helsing [4:32]
9. Strange Sickness [5:16]
10. Act of Healing [4:41]
11. Waking the Dead [8:10]
12. Bride to Be [2:58]
13. Burning Desire [3:07]
14. Excessive Precautions [5:37]
15. Contagious Fever [3:53]
16. The Undead [5:43]
17. Love at First Bite [5:09]
18. (End Titles) [5:31]
1. Main Titles [1:33]
2. The Beggar [3:04]
3. Hunger Pains [8:07]
4. The Forgotten Prisoner [5:40]
5. Wretched Curse [7:07]
6. Newborn [4:36]
7. Young Wolf [9:24]
8. Constantly at War [3:00]
9. Strange Things [5:02]
10. Leaving Home [5:17]
11. Wrongful Romance [4:52]
12. Full Moon Fever [7:33]
13. "What Have I Done?" [4:49]
14. Running Away [8:15]
15. Deep Affliction [4:04]
16. Moonlit Metamorphosis [3:19]
17. Wolf Hunt [5:56]
18. End Titles [:53]
Disc #1, Side B -- The Phantom of the Opera/Paranoiac
1. Main Titles [2:53]
2. Unpleasant Jokes [4:38]
3. Stage Fright [6:44]
4. Postponed Indefinitely? [3:17]
5. Voice From the Unknown [2:17]
6. Expert Teacher [5:04]
7. Warnings in the Dark [8:44]
8. Enticing Audition [3:48]
9. The Music Box [4:42]
10. Mystery Man [2:51]
11. Taken in the Night [9:35]
12. Vocal Lessons [3:55]
13. The Man Behind the Mask [7:09]
14. Plagiarism [3:24]
15. Burning Catastrophe [3:30]
16. Seeking Revenge [2:43]
17. The Greatest Sacrifice [7:55]
18. End Titles [:50]
1. Main Titles [1:35]
2. Full of Sorrow [3:49]
3. Faith in the Dead [3:22]
4. Certified Lunatic [2:19]
5. Frightened Away [3:21]
6. Numbing the Pain [4:00]
7. Family Trust [3:15]
8. A Threatened Life [4:06]
9. Strong Tides [5:31]
10. Remarkable Resemblance [9:30]
11. Long Lost Brother [5:02]
12. Vicious Attack [4:35]
13. Close Comfort [5:45]
14. Ghastly Hymns [3:36]
15. Hideous Behavior [5:18]
16. Murderous Intentions [4:27]
17. Looking for Something [5:12]
18. Embracing the Insane [5:04]
Disc #2, Side A -- The Kiss of the Vampire/Nightmare
1. Main Titles [5:13]
2. Forewarning [3:50]
3. Reluctant Hospitality [5:18]
4. Extended Invitation [2:26]
5. Warm Welcoming [4:12]
6. Deadly Bite [5:35]
7. Entrancing Music [3:57]
8. Immense Grief [2:20]
9. Losing the Way [7:52]
10. Warned Again [3:16]
11. Masquerade of Madness [8:32]
12. The New Disciple [4:08]
13. Leaving the Party Alone [6:10]
14. Belief in Vampires [4:49]
15. A Changed Woman [8:53]
16. Frightening Message [2:21]
17. The Master Speaks [4:29]
18. Protective Spell [4:47]
1. Just a Dream (Main Titles) [4:56]
2. Going Home [4:53]
3. Inherited Insanity [6:53]
4. Highly Imaginative [4:25]
5. False Delusions [5:36]
6. Establishing Trust [5:15]
7. Bringing Back Memories [3:21]
8. Awful Things [4:58]
9. Happy Birthday! [4:19]
10. Locked Away [2:19]
11. Devious Intentions [7:14]
12. 'Til Death Do Us Part [5:49]
13. Not Well [5:46]
14. Losing Grip [3:49]
15. Crazed Behavior [2:59]
16. Driven Mad [3:01]
17. Cold-Blooded Defense [3:03]
18. Complete Recovery [3:33]
Disc #2, Side B -- Night Creatures/The Evil of Frankenstein
1. Severe Punishment (Main Titles) [2:50]
2. Deadly Fright [2:58]
3. Impure Thoughts [2:26]
4. The King's Men [6:26]
5. Bad Wine [4:28]
6. Unnatural Causes [5:56]
7. Last Rites [1:33]
8. Sneaking Away [7:17]
9. Local Superstitions [2:14]
10. Upset About Something [2:45]
11. Decoy [10:40]
12. Life Threat [6:17]
13. The Pirate's Daughter [4:24]
14. Known Secret [6:44]
15. Phantoms of the Marsh [5:02]
16. Upon the Gallows [6:04]
17. Long-Awaited Revenge [2:59]
18. End Titles [:55]
1. An Evil Thing [3:14]
2. Heartless Experiment (Main Titles) [3:34]
3. Interrupted Work [3:16]
4. A Long Journey [6:00]
5. External Impulses [8:53]
6. Proven Theory [4:34]
7. Hypnotic Techniques [6:36]
8. Unwelcome Return [2:55]
9. Perfectly Preserved [6:12]
10. Dormant Brain [5:26]
11. Mental Stimulation [5:15]
12. Subtle Obedience [5:00]
13. Mesmerizing Commands [5:46]
14. Unleashed Monster [2:53]
15. Terror of the Town [5:07]
16. Hidden Retreat [4:38]
17. Stark Raving Mad [6:16]
18. End Titles [:51]

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After injecting new life into classic movie monsters Dracula and Frankenstein, Hammer Studios apply their Gothic touch to another monster genre with this excellent, stylish piece -- probably the best of the old school (i.e. pre-Rick Baker) man-to-wolf transformation films in the mold of Universal's The Wolf Man. The title curse surfaces when a mute servant girl bears a child on Christmas day after being raped by a bestial madman and first shows itself at the infant's christening, whereupon the holy water begins to boil. Things go downhill from there, as young Leon's development is marred by savage, violent behavior during a full moon. Upon adulthood, Leon's (Oliver Reed) only relief from his murderous impulses comes from the love of Christina (Catherine Feller)... but he soon begins to fear that this cannot contain the beast within. Liberally based on Guy Endore's The Werewolf of Paris (here relocated to Spain), this film represents Hammer at their early best, building tension through mood and character (Reed turns in a bravura performance) and saving the effective monster transformation for the climax. Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

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December 03, 2008: I had never heard of "Nightmare" till I rented it, and now, having seen it, I don't know why I never came across it. It's an undiscovered gem by Hammer Studios.

Juiced up by director Freddie Francis with eerie, foreboding scenes in a house full of noirish black-and-white shadows and imminent menace, "Nightmare" seems more or less predictable at first, like it might be over halfway through, but in reality the best is yet to come. What in the world is going on here? Who is setting up whom? The plot, as adeptly crafted by Hammer stalwart Jimmie Sangster, has more twists and turns in it than does Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills, and keeps you guessing till the very end. Where has this minor classic been all my life? Why did it never get exposure on TV? Don't miss this one if you relish an intriguing story and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

--Bryan Cassiday, author of "Fete of Death"

I Also Recommend: The Nanny, Psycho, Strait-Jacket, Fete Of Death.

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After injecting new life into classic movie monsters Dracula and Frankenstein, Hammer Studios apply their Gothic touch to another monster genre with this excellent, stylish piece -- probably the best of the old school (i.e. pre-Rick Baker) man-to-wolf transformation films in the mold of Universal's The Wolf Man. The title curse surfaces when a mute servant girl bears a child on Christmas day after being raped by a bestial madman and first shows itself at the infant's christening, whereupon the holy water begins to boil. Things go downhill from there, as young Leon's development is marred by savage, violent behavior during a full moon. Upon adulthood, Leon's (Oliver Reed) only relief from his murderous impulses comes from the love of Christina (Catherine Feller)... but he soon begins to fear that this cannot contain the beast within. Liberally based on Guy Endore's The Werewolf of Paris (here relocated to Spain), this film represents Hammer at their early best, building tension through mood and character (Reed turns in a bravura performance) and saving the effective monster transformation for the climax. Cavett Binion

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Hardly the best of Hammer Studios' Frankenstein epics, The Evil of Frankenstein is too much the mixture as before to be truly memorable. Back in business once more is Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), who finds his fabled monster (Kiwi Kingston) frozen in a block of ice. Once the creature is thawed out, the Baron, worried that the big lug might develop a mind of his own, engages the services of a hypnotist (Peter Woodthorpe). Instead of keeping the monster docile, the hypnotist decides to use old "Frankie" for his own evil designs, and we're off and running again. At 84 minutes, Evil of Frankenstein was too short for a two-hour network TV slot, so Universal (the film's American distributor) tacked on 13 minutes of pointless additional footage, featuring timorous villagers Steven Geray, Maria Palmer and William Phipps. The film was followed by a vastly superior sequel, Frankenstein Created Woman. Hal Erickson

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Producer Anthony Hinds used the alias "John Elder" to pen the screenplay of Kiss of the Vampire. Professor Zimmer (Noel Williams), an early 20th century Bavarian, entices a British honeymooning couple (Clifford Evans, Jennifer Daniel) to accept his hospitality. Once ensconced in Zimmer's chateau, the couple discovers with horror that Zimmer, Bavaria's biggest fan of Count Dracula, is the leader of an enthusiastic vampire cult. Clifford Evans plays the Van Helsing counterpart, determined to rescue the entrapped couple. Not as horrific as the title suggests, Kiss of the Vampire concentrates on the seductive, sensual side of vampirism, especially in a surrealistic masked ball sequence. Though it contains far less bloodletting than most Hammer productions, Kiss of the Vampire was severely cut for its American TV release (and retitled Kiss of Evil). Hal Erickson

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This Technicolor retelling of the Gaston Leroux "grand guignol" classic The Phantom of the Opera has a little more opera than phantom, but that's because the stars are soprano Susannah Foster and tenor Nelson Eddy. Claude Rains carries the acting honors on his shoulders, playing a pathetic orchestra violinist who worships aspiring opera-singer Foster from afar. The girl is unaware that Rains has secretly been financing her music lessons with instructor Leo Carrillo. When he runs out of money, Rains attempts to sell the concerto that he's been working on all his life. Mistakenly believing that his precious concerto has been stolen from him, Rains attacks and kills the music publisher he holds responsible. Terrified, the publisher's mistress throws a pan full of acid into Rains' face. Rains runs screaming into the night, and is not heard from for the next reel or so. Soon afterward, the Paris Opera house is plagued by a series of mysterious accidents. The managers are informed via letter that the "accidents" will continue if Foster is not immediately promoted to leading roles. Only after reigning diva Jane Farrar is drugged into incapacitation is Foster given her big break. Farrar accuses Foster's boyfriend, police inspector Nelson Eddy, of doping her in order to advance Foster's career. Farrar is later strangled, and Eddy is accused of the crime. The culprit is, of course, Rains, who now poses as the masked-and-caped "phantom." Maniacally determined that no one will impede Foster's success, Rains causes a huge chandelier to crash down on the opera audience when Foster fails to appear onstage (she'd been kept from performing by police-chief Edgar Barrier, who hoped in this manner to flush The Phantom out of hiding). A chase through the catacombs below the opera house ensues, with Rains holding Foster prisoner. When Rains briefly lets down his guard, the tremulous Foster removes his mask. It's "yecccch," all right, but nowhere near as frightening as the unmasking scene in the silent Lon Chaney version of Phantom of the Opera. The same can be said for the rest of this 1943 remake, though in fairness it appears as though the film wasn't really designed to scare anyone, but instead to serve as a suspense yarn with musical interludes. Hume Cronyn makes his second film appearance in Phantom in a microscopic role. The huge sets designed for this picture were hastily reused for the 1944 Universal melodrama The Climax, starring Boris Karloff and (again) Susannah Foster. Hal Erickson

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In this engaging costume melodrama of skulduggery on the low seas set back in the 18th-century, the swamps of a small seaside town and the nocturnal activities of the towns' men provide the atmosphere and action. The Royal Crown suspects a bit of smuggling is going on in this locale, and they send Captain Collier (Patrick Allen) and his crew to check it out. As the Captain gets into his investigation, mysterious swamp phantoms cloud up the real issue which seems plain enough to see. Captain Collier suspects that the odd village vicar (Peter Cushing) might be hiding something, and what better way to do that than by fortuitous ghosts to scare away the curious -- or by posing as someone he is not? Eleanor Mannikka

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A woman must contend with her family's madness as she finds her own sanity in doubt in this thriller from British horror masters Hammer Films. After the death of her parents, Eleanor Ashby (Janette Scott) would seem a safe bet to inherit their estate, but at the funeral, she's convinced that she has seen Tony (Alexander Davion), her brother who killed himself seven years ago. Eleanor's other sibling Simon (Oliver Reed), who is inarguably alive, uses this as an excuse to contest the will, arguing that Eleanor is mentally unstable and an unfit heir. Simon's claims cause Eleanor to wonder about her sanity, and in a moment of weakness she attempts suicide. Tony rescues her and tells her that he never died but simply went into hiding. He returns to the family's mansion, but soon he and Eleanor become the subject of a number of violent attacks by a masked lunatic before Eleanor learns a surprising secret about Tony. Paranoiac marked the directorial debut of ace cinematographer Freddie Francis. Mark Deming

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UPC: 025192833328
Source: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code: 1
Presentation: Wide Screen
Editions: Digi-Pak
Time: 11:22:00
Sales Rank: 10,398

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

The Brides of Dracula
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Phantom of the Opera
Paranoiac
Kiss of the Vampire
Nightmare
Night Creatures
The Evil of Frankenstein

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Scene Index

Disc #1, Side A -- The Brides of Dracula/The Curse of the Werewolf
1. Main Titles [1:31]
2. Bumpy Travel [2:33]
3. Left Behind [3:03]
4. The Baroness [3:52]
5. Expected Guest [6:04]
6. Grave Risks [9:04]
7. Unleashed Evil [4:34]
8. Doctor Van Helsing [4:32]
9. Strange Sickness [5:16]
10. Act of Healing [4:41]
11. Waking the Dead [8:10]
12. Bride to Be [2:58]
13. Burning Desire [3:07]
14. Excessive Precautions [5:37]
15. Contagious Fever [3:53]
16. The Undead [5:43]
17. Love at First Bite [5:09]
18. (End Titles) [5:31]
1. Main Titles [1:33]
2. The Beggar [3:04]
3. Hunger Pains [8:07]
4. The Forgotten Prisoner [5:40]
5. Wretched Curse [7:07]
6. Newborn [4:36]
7. Young Wolf [9:24]
8. Constantly at War [3:00]
9. Strange Things [5:02]
10. Leaving Home [5:17]
11. Wrongful Romance [4:52]
12. Full Moon Fever [7:33]
13. "What Have I Done?" [4:49]
14. Running Away [8:15]
15. Deep Affliction [4:04]
16. Moonlit Metamorphosis [3:19]
17. Wolf Hunt [5:56]
18. End Titles [:53]
Disc #1, Side B -- The Phantom of the Opera/Paranoiac
1. Main Titles [2:53]
2. Unpleasant Jokes [4:38]
3. Stage Fright [6:44]
4. Postponed Indefinitely? [3:17]
5. Voice From the Unknown [2:17]
6. Expert Teacher [5:04]
7. Warnings in the Dark [8:44]
8. Enticing Audition [3:48]
9. The Music Box [4:42]
10. Mystery Man [2:51]
11. Taken in the Night [9:35]
12. Vocal Lessons [3:55]
13. The Man Behind the Mask [7:09]
14. Plagiarism [3:24]
15. Burning Catastrophe [3:30]
16. Seeking Revenge [2:43]
17. The Greatest Sacrifice [7:55]
18. End Titles [:50]
1. Main Titles [1:35]
2. Full of Sorrow [3:49]
3. Faith in the Dead [3:22]
4. Certified Lunatic [2:19]
5. Frightened Away [3:21]
6. Numbing the Pain [4:00]
7. Family Trust [3:15]
8. A Threatened Life [4:06]
9. Strong Tides [5:31]
10. Remarkable Resemblance [9:30]
11. Long Lost Brother [5:02]
12. Vicious Attack [4:35]
13. Close Comfort [5:45]
14. Ghastly Hymns [3:36]
15. Hideous Behavior [5:18]
16. Murderous Intentions [4:27]
17. Looking for Something [5:12]
18. Embracing the Insane [5:04]
Disc #2, Side A -- The Kiss of the Vampire/Nightmare
1. Main Titles [5:13]
2. Forewarning [3:50]
3. Reluctant Hospitality [5:18]
4. Extended Invitation [2:26]
5. Warm Welcoming [4:12]
6. Deadly Bite [5:35]
7. Entrancing Music [3:57]
8. Immense Grief [2:20]
9. Losing the Way [7:52]
10. Warned Again [3:16]
11. Masquerade of Madness [8:32]
12. The New Disciple [4:08]
13. Leaving the Party Alone [6:10]
14. Belief in Vampires [4:49]
15. A Changed Woman [8:53]
16. Frightening Message [2:21]
17. The Master Speaks [4:29]
18. Protective Spell [4:47]
1. Just a Dream (Main Titles) [4:56]
2. Going Home [4:53]
3. Inherited Insanity [6:53]
4. Highly Imaginative [4:25]
5. False Delusions [5:36]
6. Establishing Trust [5:15]
7. Bringing Back Memories [3:21]
8. Awful Things [4:58]
9. Happy Birthday! [4:19]
10. Locked Away [2:19]
11. Devious Intentions [7:14]
12. 'Til Death Do Us Part [5:49]
13. Not Well [5:46]
14. Losing Grip [3:49]
15. Crazed Behavior [2:59]
16. Driven Mad [3:01]
17. Cold-Blooded Defense [3:03]
18. Complete Recovery [3:33]
Disc #2, Side B -- Night Creatures/The Evil of Frankenstein
1. Severe Punishment (Main Titles) [2:50]
2. Deadly Fright [2:58]
3. Impure Thoughts [2:26]
4. The King's Men [6:26]
5. Bad Wine [4:28]
6. Unnatural Causes [5:56]
7. Last Rites [1:33]
8. Sneaking Away [7:17]
9. Local Superstitions [2:14]
10. Upset About Something [2:45]
11. Decoy [10:40]
12. Life Threat [6:17]
13. The Pirate's Daughter [4:24]
14. Known Secret [6:44]
15. Phantoms of the Marsh [5:02]
16. Upon the Gallows [6:04]
17. Long-Awaited Revenge [2:59]
18. End Titles [:55]
1. An Evil Thing [3:14]
2. Heartless Experiment (Main Titles) [3:34]
3. Interrupted Work [3:16]
4. A Long Journey [6:00]
5. External Impulses [8:53]
6. Proven Theory [4:34]
7. Hypnotic Techniques [6:36]
8. Unwelcome Return [2:55]
9. Perfectly Preserved [6:12]
10. Dormant Brain [5:26]
11. Mental Stimulation [5:15]
12. Subtle Obedience [5:00]
13. Mesmerizing Commands [5:46]
14. Unleashed Monster [2:53]
15. Terror of the Town [5:07]
16. Hidden Retreat [4:38]
17. Stark Raving Mad [6:16]
18. End Titles [:51]

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