Grew up watching the bbc2 double bills on Saturday nights. At that point to me they were all Hammer Horrors. Likewise was only when I started collection of dvd that I realised. Tigon etc. indeed one of my fave Hammer films was Beyond the grave lol.
Yeah Ricky!! 🤩🤩👏👏 definitely the best things to hit the TV ever for me mate 🤩🤩👍👍 as a kid you never think of Studios or directors, I just soaked up anything on those double bills Ricky 😁😁👌👌 that's such a great film mate 🤩🤩👏👏
Hi John House That Dripped Blood and Aslyum are another two great portmanteau films from Amicus, which second sight have released. Look forward to your hammer review.
Love the Amicus portmanteau films, it's a tradition in our house to watch one on Boxing Day evening. There is also 'Tales That Witness Madness' (1973) which is not an Amicus film but very similar 👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Watched the other night 'Tales From The Darkside The Movie' (has 3 stories), highly recommended, on shout factory 4k.... it's a lovely transfer 😎
City of The Dead is well worth getting. Amicus’ first movie under the Vulcan studio. It’s got some great releases on Blu Ray, Arrow and VCI in the USA all have great versions with some nice extras..
I've got that one as well!! Didnt see that on the list but I'll mention it in a future video for sure 😁😁👍👍 I'm sure I've watched it recently, if not I'll get on it 🤔😁👍 thanks again bud 😁😁👍👍
It would wouldn't it!! I thought the first 2 Dr Who films were great and they really have missed a trick with not making a 3rd 🤯 big shame it didn't happen mate 😵💫😵💫😁👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies I wonder if the concept of a disembodied digit giving life to the rest of the body was an influence on Carry On Screaming or maybe it was the other way around?🤔
Great video john, really enjoyed watching it. Think you can get Tales From The Crypt and Vault Of Horror as a double set for about £15 at HMV. Picked ip a real humdinger of a portmanteau film recently, The House That Dripped Blood starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Todd, Jon Pertwee, Britt Ekland and Charlotte Rampling to name but a few.
Definitely get Second Sights House that Dripped Blood & Asylum. I also have a Spanish grey market Beyond the Grave that's good. Finally, Arrow Video's City of the Dead is amazing. Aside from that Network put out The Monster Club (a bit naff) and Tales that Witness Madness (great). Not sure they are strictly Anicus, but both are Milton/Subotsky.
Yeah I've seen that loads of times DK, but I honestly thought I had them separately 🤯🤣 ill probably upgrade to that one mate 👍👍 I remember the house that dripped blood 🤔😁 is that a UK release DK? 🤩🤩👍👍
@bestofboastworlds1883 I will definitely pick up those second sight ones bud 😁😁👍👍 I have thar City of the Dead, didn't realise it was an Amicus/Tigon release 🤯😁 have Monster Club and Tales that witness madness 🤩🤩👍👍 yeah there are few that kind of aren't in this category but nearly are 🥴🥴🤣🤣👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Yes it is mate, bought mine at HMV for about a tenner. Would also recommend Asylum, but I think that's an Amicus or Tigon film and not a Hammer .
@TheDriller-Killer yeah it's an Amicus release DK, great that's it's available over here, when I went looking for the cover I remember seeing it a few times in HMV, don't know why I slept on these ones!! 😵💫 but I'll put that right 😁😁👍👍
Fantastic video John 😀🍿🎸🎶 I really enjoyed both ‘Tales From The Crypt’ & ‘Vault Of Horror’; I got to get onto the TV series of T.F.T.C aswell; heard fantastic things 😀 I really want to check out the film ‘Dead Of Night’; Really enjoyed the first Peter Cushing Dr Who film John; the 4K transfer is marvellous 🤩
I love these early portmanteau films Sam 🤩🤩👍👍 they used to petrify me as a kid 🤯🤯 that series is meant to be cracking 👏👏 Dead of Night is a pure classic!! 🤩🤩 those Cushing Dr Who 4ks are 👌👌🤩🤩
I've only seen a couple of Amicus's films, but they've all been pretty good. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The House That Dripped Blood and The Beast Must Die are the top dogs of their output of work. Their Anthology (Portmanteau as you called them) films were a big key to their success in the long run as it allowed multiple smaller tales that fit either a common theme or an arc story. Italy was the king of the Tragicomedy Anthology film while Amicus was the king of the Horror Anthology film. What I really liked about them was that they gave Peter Cushing much more interesting roles when it came to the Horror genre, not that Hammer did bad with what they gave him, but I always felt like they treated Cushing with a lot more respect than Hammer did, especially after the Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed debacle. Even Christopher Lee got the better roles more often from Amicus than Hammer, I often think Lee's best film The Devil Rides Out only got made cause Hammer was afraid he'd lawyer up to get out of his contract with them. Hammer may have had the license on the Univeral Monsters, but Amicus told the much better original stories. Take care my friend, hope you and the Debs are well, and speak to you soon.
Yeah totally agree Nash 🤩🤩👍👍 Amicus had some amazing films mate!! And on reflection more meaty roles for Lee & Cushing 🤔🤩👍 you could see Lee wasn't happy with Hammer for most part as he didn't have the best experiences with them, same as Cushing!! If I was Hammer I would have treat them like royalty, which is what they were!! 🤩🤩👌👌 thanks Nash, yeah doing well mate, hope you are well too 😁😁👍👍
Great video John. Your right. You do have some great titles missing from your collection 😉😅 Hammer, Amicus and Tigon are my favourite British classic horror film makers. But, are you forgetting a short-lived British 1970's horror film company 🤔 TYBURN FILM PRODUCTIONS. They only made 3 films:- Persecution 1974 The Ghoul 1975 Legend of the Werewolf 1975
Yeah I'm going to try and put that right mate!! I was probably thinking when I was looking at the films in HMV that they were already on the shelf but madly enough they weren't, so time to get caught up 🤩🤩👍👍 I will get those Tyburn films... I honestly thought they were under the Tigon/Amicus umbrella!! 🤯🤯 thanks again bud, time to go shopping 🤩🤩👍👍
Great stuff as usual. Saw most of those back in the 60s some even before I was 16, they usually let us in . What a great period watching those films. Likewise I'm sure Hammer will release everything on 4K eventually so many collectors out there waiting . Cheers my friend.
Cheers Hilda 🤩🤩👌👌 I remember getting into pretty much everything we wanted to back in the day 🤣🤣 totally brilliant times!! It would have been great to see them in the Cinema Hilda 😁😁👌👌 yeah they have to don't they!! Pretty much everything is coming out now on 4k!! 🤔😎😎 thanks again for watching 😁😁👍👍
@Paul01191 All three tales are suitably creepy and enjoyable in their own way, Paul. I'd like to see the complete versions of each story and a remastered release of Screamtime, too.👍
I’ve love the amicus films John. That’s a great collection you have have. Have you heard of Tyburn films they made 2 classic Peter Cushing films that are lost in copyright hell ..Legend of the werewolf and The Ghoul I’ve got them both on dodgy DVDS but I rally hope one day we get them on Blu ray😎
Yeah Shaun they are a class act 😁😁👌👌 I have mate, it's a real shame to hear those amazing films are in rights hell 🤯🤯 nothing worse!! Wouldn't care, I would buy those instantly Shaun 😁😁👏👏
Excellent stuff John, I'm so glad you finally got the corrected audio edition of Devil Girl From Mars mate. I'm assuming then the one in Eldon Square surely must be corrected as well.
Yeah looks like that one would have been ok Nige, I think with not hearing anything about it coming back out I thought 😱😱 gamble 🥴🤣🤣 it's a great little film Nige!! 🤩🤩👍👍
I would love the creeping flesh on blu-ray, but apparently freddie francis owns the wright's and he's asking for to much money for it so I don't think we'll ever see it on blu-ray in the UK.
It's sad to hear that Ian 🥴 too many films are locked away due to someone wanting a kings ransom to put it out 🤬🤬 the one I have from the US is a triple bill and the picture quality is amazing!! Maybe you could pick it up that way for now Ian 🤔 shouldn't have to though, it should be widely available 😬👍👍👍👍
Hi John, another great video buddy, Like you i don't own many from Amicus, The one i want most is From beyond the grave, but that's one that doesn't have a UK Blu-ray for some strange reason. Those double and triple feature Blu-ray's look great and i don't own any of the films that are on them, The Skull is a great one, i don't think i have seen The Man who could cheat death or Creeping flesh, will keep a lookout for those two. Thanks mate.
Cheers Mark 👍👍 yeah it's a shame From Beyond the grave isn't out here 🤯 nowt worse when it's only available abroad and isn't easy to pick up 😵💫🤩 they are great little sets and the triple feature picture quality is absolutely amazing, which strange for a triple bill 😱😱 man who could cheat death and Creeping Flesh are really good films mate highly recommend Mark 😊😊👌👌
Amicus are an extremely underrated British studio when it came to horror. I think Amicus far better horror films than Hammer. Hammer did really good movies when they did the classic monsters, or the Devil Rides Out, & Quatermass but the rest were hit and miss especially towards the end of the 60s where the quality dipped, Amicus were almost consistent with their output.
Fair point Floyd 🤔😁👍 I agree Hammers strength was their monster films, they didn't seem to be able to nail the other ones, but Amicus certainly had a forte at that Floyd 🤔😁😁👍👍
Was raised on 60s/70s horror here in the UK & could hardly tell what was what back then. I know them all now & their endings (always crashed out watching them 😅) What do U think of Fright, And Soon The Darkness & The Man Who Haunted Himself John..? So many goodies from 70 - 73 😀. Brilliant channel man ✌🏻😊
Yeah it was such a great time to be a kid in those days mate!! I probably tapped out on the second film no matter how hard I tried to stay awake 😵💫😴😁 Fright and Man who haunted himself are true classics 🤩🤩👏👏 and soon the Darkness 🤔 rings a bell but not sure if I've seen it bud 🤔🤔 I agree that this run of films from this period where some of the greatest Horrors around!! Thanks again, appreciate the kind words Scary Stardust 😁😁👍👍
@scarystardust6095 is that the 1970 fim bud? It looks familiar, I'll definitely give it a look at, thanks for commenting Scary, nice to make your acquaintance 😁😁👍👍
That's the one, Michelle Dotrice, Pamela Franklin & Sandor Eles. Two nurses cycling through northern France & one disappears... Quite an unsettling movie. Looking forward to future uploads Sir 👍🏻
I think that the Amicus fims may actually look slightly better than Hammer's sometimes rather wobbly sets that can remind me a bit of classic BBC costume dramas, to be perfectly honest.
@@MondoChelloveckMovies For me it's no contest, over the years Hammer have out the far better filums, but Amicus and Tigon have had their moments too. (Cheque's in the post I assume Niiiige, £5 as agreed) 😂😂😂
