Worldwide 4K UHD premieres for Hammer classics! Spine-tingling double bill with superb Collector’s Editions released in November

 

These look STUNNING!  Prepare yourselves for a spine-tingling 1970s double bill like no other, as SCARS OF DRACULA and THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN make their worldwide 4K UHD debuts on November 24, with a superb brand new 4K restorations. The Collector’s Editions include stunning new artwork by Johnny Dombrowski, two posters, a 64 page perfect bound booklet featuring new essays and the original press kit, and are packed with extras. Both films were released by Hammer in November 1970 as a double bill in cinemas, billed as ‘the blood-brothers of horror and terror, together in the most terrifying monster shock show of the year’. STUDIOCANAL pays homage to the legendary British horror film production company by releasing both these worldwide 4K UHD debuts on the same day. 

 

Christopher Lee returned to his most famous role  – inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror novel – for the fifth time in Roy Ward Baker’s (Quatermass and the PitSCARS OF DRACULA, the bloodiest entry in the entire series. The film also stars Dennis Waterman (The Sweeney), Jenny Hanley (The Flesh and Blood Show), and genre favourite Patrick Troughton (The Omen); while Hammer legend Jimmy Sangster (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula) made his directorial debut with THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (based on the groundbreaking Mary Shelley horror novel), a bold experiment in horror comedy that features an outstanding cast, including Hammer film favourites Ralph Bates (Twins of Evil), Kate O’Mara (The Vampire Lovers) and Veronica Carlson (Dracula Has Risen From The Grave), as well as David Prowse (Star Wars) as the Monster, Jon Finch (Frenzy) and Dennis Price (Horror Hospital). This pair of Hammer 1970s classics – with fantastic performances, lashings of blood and superb production values – are a great addition to any Hammer fans collection – and look better than ever before.

SCARS OF DRACULA

Resurrected after a bat dribbles fresh blood over his mouldering remains, Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) unleashes a new reign of terror. When Paul (Christopher Matthews) goes missing, his brother Simon (Dennis Waterman) and Simon’s girlfriend (Jenny Hanley) set off in search of him, inevitably leading them to the Prince of Darkness’ castle…

I love special features and within this Scar of Dracula set, we get the following.

NEW “Fangs Out: Dracula, Desire & Disruption”: Clarisse Loughrey and Isaura Barbé-Brown in conversation

NEW Legacy of the Vampire – An interview with Dacre Stoker, great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker

Hammer’s Bite: Chris Matthews on Scars of Dracula

Audio Commentary with Christopher Lee and director Roy Ward Baker

Blood Rites: Inside Scars of Dracula

Stills Gallery

Original trailer

THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN

 

When the cold, arrogant genius Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) murders his father, he inherits the title of Baron von Frankenstein and the family fortune. He uses his newfound riches to enter medical school, but is forced to return home when he impregnates the Dean’s daughter. Returning to his estate, he sets up his own laboratory and begins a series of experiments involving the revival of the dead. After building a composite body from human parts, his creation (David Prowse) is unleashed upon the world…

Special Features in this set are as follows

NEW “It’s Alive!” Revisiting The Horror of Frankenstein with Clarisse Loughrey and Isaura Barbé-Brown

Gallows Humour: Inside The Horror of Frankenstein

Audio Commentary with author Marcus Hearn and director Jimmy Sangster

Frankenstein, Dracula and Me: A conversation with Veronica Carlson

Hammer’s Monster – An Interview with David Prowse

Stills Gallery

Original trailer

 

Both releases includes a 64 page perfect bound booklet and two posters

SCARS OF DRACULA and THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Collector’s Editions, including the films on 4K UHD and Blu-ray discs, are released on 24th November 2025 and available to pre-order HERE and HERE

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