Hammer Films 4K

[John Johnson]

After all the buzz from Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter, I would never guessed this would be their second release.



Hollywood starlet Barbara Payton stars in this gripping sci-fi thriller, two brilliant scientists unlock the secret to duplicating life, only to find their actions have deadly consequences. When they use their invention to clone the woman they both love, a dangerous love triangle ensues. With mind-bending twists and a chilling exploration of human nature, Four Sided Triangle blends classic British sci-fi with psychological suspense, proving that some inventions are best left unexplored. Never before seen on Blu-Ray in the UK, Four Sided Triangle makes its debut as a brand-new Hammer 4K restoration from the original negative film elements.

Co-written and directed by Hammer legend Terence Fisher, Four Sided Triangle is available to Pre-Order on 14th February and will be released on 31st March.

Special Features
This limited collector's edition comprises:

Two disks in a stylish digipak, one UHD and one Blu-Ray with the content duplicated across both formats, with English, French, Italian, Spanish, German subtitles on each version of the film.
A rigid box featuring brand new artwork by UK illustrator Tommy Pocket.
An extensive booklet containing new essays and reproduced material from the Hammer archives.
Facsimile reproductions of the UK and US pressbooks and a double-sided poster.
The disks features:

New commentary with film and media historian Melanie Williams and film researcher and critic Thirza Wakefield.
New commentary with actor and film historian Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic, and Kevin Lyons, editor of the Encyclopaedia of Fantastic Film and Television website.
I Am Not Ashamed: Film historian Lucy Bolton takes an unvarnished look at Barbara Payton, her body of work and her riches-to-rags story of Hollywood excess in an unenlightened and censorious age.
In the Sticks Sci-Fi!: William Fowler and Vic Pratt, creators/curators of the bfi’s ongoing Flipside series, discuss and deconstruct this key example of Hammer’s science-horror output.
Things to Come: Film historian and writer Neil Sinyard examines Four Sided Triangle, its stars, direction and problematic sexual politics.
An extensive image gallery, including behind-the-scenes images, alongside tracks from Malcolm Arnold’s score.
The booklet features:

New article by writer and actor Bruce G. Hallenbeck, examining the making of Four Sided Triangle.
New article by novelist and screenwriter Gavin Collinson, examining the source for this Frankenstein-inspired story and its many adjacent films.
New article by author and film expert Neil Sinyard, comparing the screenplay against noted sci-fi author William F. Temple’s source novel.
An archive interview with Len Harris, Hammer’s stalwart camera operator and a key presence at Hammer for over a decade.
A new in-depth examination of the attempts at remaking Four Sided Triangle in the 1990s (including reproduction production paperwork from the Hammer archive).
Reproductions of the UK and US Pressbooks.
A double-sided poster.
The features, packaging and specification on this page are not final and are subject to change.

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[AndyDursin]

I picked up CAPTAIN KRONOS but I'll be passing on that one. Hopefully they will do a regular edition minus the physical extras.

[John Johnson]

I think they might be on a roll now, but could have picked a better title for their second release.

On a side note, any word on Scars of Dracula 4K from Kino?

[John Johnson]

They really are smashing these classics out of the Ballpark.






Hollywood hard man Stuart Whitman and powerhouse martial artist Ti Lung star in this brutal crime thriller filmed entirely on location in Hong Kong by Hammer and the Shaw Brothers. Guest-starring Peter Cushing and sporting a funky soundtrack from Johnny Dankworth's key collaborator David Lindup, Shatter has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film negatives.

Professional contract killer Shatter is double-crossed on his latest job and finds himself pursued across Hong Kong, a pawn in the game of his client's violent criminal agenda.

Special Features

The discs feature:

New commentary with academic and Asian cinema expert Leon Hunt and film historian and writer Adrian Smith.
New commentary with Heidi Honeycutt, writer, filmmaker and film programmer, and western/crime movie expert Toby Roan.
1998 commentary with uncredited director Monte Hellman and contributions from Stuart Whitman.
Once Upon a Time in the East: Screenwriter and author David Pirie and Little Shoppe of Horrors’ Dick Klemensen examine the state of Hammer in the 1970s and the numerous issues encountered filming Shatter in Hong Kong.
Hammer and Tongs: archive interview with Renée Glynne, in charge of continuity on many Hammers, as she reflects on Hong Kong and the various issues that plagued Shatter’s production.
Cultural Crossover: Historian and film critic Christina Newland and academic/martial arts cinema expert Wayne Wong examine Shatter’s place in the wider context of 1970s action/crime films and Asian martial arts cinema.
Hitting the Right Notes: Musician Mike Lindup reflects on his father, composer David Lindup, and his body of work which covered film soundtracks, library music and arrangements and orchestrations for musicians like Johnny Dankworth.
Censored: A comparison of the new, uncensored restoration and the censored master that was previously in circulation for decades.
A gallery of stills and publicity material alongside tracks from David Lindup’s score.
The booklet features:

New article by writer and actor Bruce G. Hallenbeck examining the making of Shatter.
New article by film journalist Paul Bramhall that investigates “East meets West” productions and the casting of Asian stars in international films.
New article by author and crime film expert Barry Forshaw who investigates the Golden Age of Crime Movies: the 1970s!
New article by writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington who takes a pointed look at the swirling zeitgeist of early 1970s pop culture and how it influenced Shatter.
New article making an in-depth comparison of the different versions of the Shatter script in the Hammer Archive, how the story developed and how it compares with what’s onscreen.
New article taking a deep dive that addresses the rumours and guesswork surrounding the making of Shatter with the aid of recently-unearthed key paperwork from the Hammer Archive.

Double-sided poster.

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[John Johnson]

Explore the chilling sci-fi classic that put Hammer on the map. Created by the legendary Nigel Kneale and directed by the great Val Guest, The Quatermass Xperiment is available for the first time ever in 4K UHD and Blu-ray.

In this tense, suspenseful tale of scientific ambition gone awry, a space expedition takes a nightmarish turn when an astronaut crash-lands on Earth—only to begin mutating into something horrifyingly inhuman. As his transformation accelerates, his struggle to contain violent urges proves increasingly futile. Scientists and authorities race to understand the catastrophe unfolding before them, in a desperate attempt to prevent a monstrous disaster.

Blending horror and science fiction in the way that only Hammer can, The Quatermass Xperiment delivers a haunting vision of the terrifying consequences of unchecked exploration. This definitive boxset comes packed with special features and additional material.

Available to Pre-Order on 25th April and released on 9th June 2025.

Special Features
This limited collector's edition comprises:

Five discs in a stylish digipak, including two UHD and three Blu-ray, with the Hammer content duplicated across both formats. English, French, Italian, Spanish, German subtitles on all versions of the film.
Included in the same set as the film for the first time, the existing episodes from the original BBC television series.
Three iterations of The Quatermass Xperiment: the widescreen 1.66:1 UK Theatrical Version, the fullscreen 1.37:1 As-Filmed Version and the widescreen 1.85:1 US Theatrical Version re-titled The Creeping Unknown.
Brand-new 5.1 mix for 1.37:1 and 1.66:1 versions alongside the original mono film soundtrack.
Packaged in a high-end, leather-feel slipcase with debossed red and silver titling.
A rigid inner box featuring new artwork by cult favourite artist Graham Humphreys.
A double sided poster of original one-sheets
Eight act cards featuring facsimiles of the original UK cinema lobby cards.
180 page booklet featuring new and reprint articles and reproductions of original publicity.
56-page comic featuring a reprint of the comic strip from legendary 1970s magazine The House of Hammer.
The discs feature:

New commentary with actor and comedian Toby Hadoke, Nigel Kneale’s biographer Andy Murray and Wayne Kinsey, writer of numerous books on Hammer.
New commentary with Stephen R. Bissette, artist and film historian.
New commentary with filmmaker and Hammer expert Constantine Nasr and writer/producer Dr Steve Haberman.
Archive 2003 commentary with director Val Guest and Hammer expert Marcus Hearn.
The Legend of Nigel Kneale: The Creeping Unknown. Who was Nigel Kneale? Toby Hadoke investigates the man and his influence in part one of a brand-new two-part documentary.
Unstoppable: Unleashing The Quatermass Xperiment. A close look at the making of The Quatermass Xperiment, with contributions from Jon Dear, Stephen Gallagher, Toby Hadoke, Wayne Kinsey, Andy Murray and Stephen Volk.
The Quatermass Experiment: the remaining two episodes of the landmark 1953 BBC serial.
Patient Zero. Award-winning actor and writer James Swanton, who played Carroon in the live, 70th anniversary production of The Quatermass Experiment, examines the life and career of Richard Wordsworth.
Monstrous! Stephen R. Bissette talks briefly about Phil Leakey and the make-up effects used in the film, for a section trimmed from the audio commentary.
The Eric Winstone Bandshow. A musical short from Hammer that played alongside The Quatermass Xperiment at the August 1955 UK premiere.
The Kneale Tapes. A 2003 BBC documentary that explores the career of Nigel Kneale, arguably one of the most significant writers of the post-war generation.
Cartier and Kneale in Conversation. From the 2005 BBC DVD. Writer Nigel Kneale and producer Rudolph Cartier reminisce about their work on the seminal Quatermass series.
Making Demons. From the 2005 BBC DVD. An interview with Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie, visual effects pioneers at the BBC.
Val Guest 2000 interview from the Festival of Fantastic Films archive.
Val Guest 2003 interview from original UK DVD release of The Quatermass Xperiment.
Exhuming The Quatermass Xperiment. A look behind-the-scenes at how the new 4K restoration of The Quatermass Xperiment was made.
Original trailers, foreign titles, Super 8 cut-down versions and the original BBFC censor cards for both The Quatermass Xperiment and The Eric Winstone Bandshow.
Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material, alongside tracks from James Bernard’s score.
Quatermass and the Pit Omnibus Titles. From the 2005 BBC DVD. The bespoke titles used for the omnibus repeat edition of the third Quatermass TV series.
TV Series Photo Gallery. From the 2005 BBC DVD. Rare photos of the original BBC productions.

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[John Johnson]

For those interested, there is a standard version of Captain Kronos.



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[John Johnson]

I heard back from Hammer, they have plans to release a standard edition of Quatermas II, it would be safe to assume that's the plan once the limited editions sell out. Hopefully, it will have all the bells and whistles there with the extras. If that's the case, I may offload my limited editon of Captain Kronos.

[AndyDursin]

I think they're following the Arrow model of releasing a standard disc as soon as the limited one sells out. I'm not buying all of these but I did buy CAPTAIN KRONOS and it was a pretty good deal for $65 or whatever it was. SHATTER was under $50 and I picked that up also. Their books are really superb and better than Arrow's IMO.

[John Johnson]

I think they're following the Arrow model of releasing a standard disc as soon as the limited one sells out. I'm not buying all of these but I did buy CAPTAIN KRONOS and it was a pretty good deal for $65 or whatever it was. SHATTER was under $50 and I picked that up also. Their books are really superb and better than Arrow's IMO.

I went for the Limited Edition for Captain Kronos as well. I'm thinking of selling my copy and just opting for the standard release.