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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 20, 2017 17:47:55 GMT
I ordered the blu ray set & it arrived today, I'm going to watch an episode or maybe two tonight so will report back on quality. The limited edition slipcase made of a velvety card is underwhelming as it has several very obvious notches, like perforations on a postage stamp, around the edges. This is a common sight on card packaging, obviously part of the manufacturing process, but for a set costing £32 they ought to have been through a finishing process to remove them. I even tried cutting them off with a craft knife they look so bad The scripts are being sent out separately. Three discs in the set, no booklet.
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Post by Vienna on Oct 20, 2017 18:09:20 GMT
I pre-ordered my set off Amazon back in May so won't get mine until Tuesday 24th October, after release on Monday. Looking forward to watching these episodes again after not seeing most of them for several years.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 22, 2017 14:47:48 GMT
Watched a few episodes now ( House That Bled To Death, 13th Reunion & Growing Pains ), the picture quality is excellent as expected, the mono audio is exceptional, in fact I had the audio on normal until I noticed there was a 5.1 option which picks up ambient noise you don't hear on the dvd. Not keen on the menu with the episode titles written in cheap looking 'blood dripping' letters. Below is a smudge of the slipcase showing the perforations I mentioned- I've always found the fact that we're supposed to believe stick thin Julia Foster is a 'fatty' ( as she describes herself ) rather ridiculous, 'you're overweight!' cries her editor on the 'woman's page' she writes for...no, she's just wearing baggy clothes. Later in the episode when asked her age she says '29', and the rest love! In fact Julia Foster was about 37 at the time, though she looks more like 47 by today's standards. Noticed that they spell James Cosmo wrong in the end titles. Maybe I wasn't concentrating but I don't remember seeing Peter Dean in the episode I think the corpse at the start of the episode may have been played by Eric Kent. Whoever it was he noticeably blinks when the light is switched on. Another thing I noticed was the red wine drank in more than one episode looks like raspberryade.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 22, 2017 18:33:23 GMT
Have you noticed that Roger Webb's theme is more or less the same as his theme for 'The Gentle Touch'?
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Post by Gene Hunt on Oct 22, 2017 19:31:16 GMT
Crikey. No stone left unturned in saving money on the packing was there?
Julia Foster was a poor choice to play an overweight bird. I also agree, a poor choice to play a 27 year old too. Isn't she Ben Fogle's mother in real life?
Arthur - Have you watched Two Faces Of Evil yet? That's a second favourite of mine next to A Silent Scream.
Talking of strange.... About 2 hours ago I drove past Chuck & Annie Spiller's house from this episode.
Gene.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 22, 2017 22:41:44 GMT
Very strange! Yes it was odd to cast Ben Fogle's mother, she needed to gain weight if anything & Warren Clarke wasn't exactly obese either. Gerard Kelly is good as the young undertaker ( they've spelled his name wrong in the credits as well I've just noticed ). Not watched Two Faces yet, I'm saving the better episodes till last
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Oct 27, 2017 14:20:37 GMT
Slightly off topic as it's not strictly HHofH related ( though Hammer's Michael Carreras & Denholm Elliot feature in it ) but I thought this was the best place to add it since it will be of interest to fans of horror, I watched this great documentary from 1974 last night 'The Dracula Business', presented by Daniel Farson, a relative of the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker. It begins in Whitby with some nostalgic footage of kids buying some 'Dracula's Secret' ice lollies, later we see the cult film 'Vampyres' being made ( with full frontal female nudity which must've been very unusual on tv then ). Lots of great footage including a visit to a horror bookshop & Highgate cemetery, plus some unusual characters such as a priest who carries out exorcisms, as well as some atmospheric footage of Transylvania. I saw it on youtube but it's also available on bbciplayer- www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p027vs31
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Dec 9, 2017 15:52:09 GMT
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 22, 2018 14:43:17 GMT
'Charlie Boy' features in this run down, also 'Perfect Friday', there is a TV Times letter of complaint about the early showing of this film earlier in the thread.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 31, 2018 15:24:52 GMT
Impossible to imagine it happening today, but you may remember that ITV used to show seasons of French films in the 80's, usually from the 70's & dubbed in English, not sure about other regions but Granada would show them late under the banner 'Le Continental'. Most of these films starred Alain Delon, possibly France's most recognisable actor. One film that stuck out for me was called 'Traitement De Choc' ( 'Shock Treatment' ) from 1973, this film gained some notoriety when it was released in the UK under the title 'Doctor In The Nude' as there is a scene where several characters go for a naked swim in the sea, Alain Delon amoung them whose willy is on display.
The film is about a single woman who goes to a health farm to recuperate, she discovers that the migrant workers who work there are being killed & their blood is being used as part of a rejuvination treatment. She has a male friend already staying there who tries to warn her about the place, he ends up getting bumped off. When she uncovers the gruesome truth about what goes on there she discovers that most of the town is in on it & she's taken away as 'mad' by the police.
Watching it last night it struck me how similar it is to 'The 13th Reuinion' & I'm convinced it was used as the basis for the story. Does anyone else remember seeing this film?
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