You can fill in a couple more holes in your Region "A" Hammer Blu collection as Shout Factory have announced the release of two later period efforts from the British horror studio.
FEAR IN THE NIGHT from 1972 is one of Hammer's better later period films and one it best of the "psychological" thrillers that the studio dabbled in. Starring Peter Cushing, Joan Collins and Judy Geeson, it was directed by Hammer screenwriter/producer Jimmy Sangster.
1970's HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN came at a time when the studios Gothic horrors were floundering a bit and was an attempt to kick-start the Frankenstein franchise with a younger cast along with Ralph Bates replacing Cushing as the Doctor. A sometimes-uneven mix of dark comedy, blood and heaving bosoms, it showed Bates as a wholly unsympathetic character whose actually more evil & murderous then his creation.
Not as dismal as most reviews suggest, it's fun late-night horror when watched in the right frame of mind and helped by forgetting Hammer's previous Frankenstein films. Not mention you have Kate O'Mara and Veronica Carlson as the requisite "Hammer Glamour". David Prowse (STAR WARS) plays the monster and would again play that role in the far superior FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL in 1974.
No firm street dates or extras have been announced.
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