Creature with the Blue Hand + Web of the Spider Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		3.5
Audio		3.5
Extras		3.0
Overall		3.5

Creature with the Blue Hand + Web of the Spider Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman October 14, 2024

Film Masters has been carving out a little niche for itself with cult offerings that the label has often brought out in "double feature" form, with two films per release. They're upping the ante with this release, which offers three films with perhaps seemingly somewhat tenuous but still definable connective tissues. Collectors of previous niche Blu-ray releases may have some with the venerable Sam Sherman on hand in some supplements, and the B- movie entrepreneur is back here both on supplements and in his executive role as part of Independent International Pictures, whose masthead adorns all three films in this set. Sherman offers a commentary track on The Bloody Dead, which is offered in this set as a supplement, and which is actually a rejiggered version by Sherman of this set's "main" feature, Creature with the Blue Hand, which has a memorable starring performance (actually performances, since he plays twins) by Klaus Kinski. Kinski is also featured as none other than Edgar Allan Poe in the advertised "second feature" of this set, Web of the Spider, which is itself a remake of the well remembered Castle of Blood.

For reviews of the two main films offered in this set, please click on the following links:

Creature with the Blue Hand Blu-ray review

Web of the Spider Blu-ray review

Creature with the Blue Hand + Web of the Spider Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality is assessed in the above linked reviews. Note that the sixth screenshot I've included in this review is from The Bloody Dead, and was included to show that the shared material between that film and Creature with a Blue Hand look pretty identical (see screenshot 3 in that review for a comparison).

Creature with the Blue Hand + Web of the Spider Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Creature with the Blue Hand + Web of the Spider Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements on each disc (including the third "bonus" film) are detailed in the above linked reviews. As usual, Film Masters also provides a very nicely appointed insert booklet, with writing by Nick Clark and Christopher Stewardson.

Creature with the Blue Hand + Web of the Spider Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Creature with the Blue Hand is probably the best of the three films in this set, but Klaus Kinski fans in particular should get a kick out of this trio of offerings. Technical merits are variable and are discussed in length in the separate reviews, but as usual Film Masters has assembled some really interesting supplements. As a whole, and with caveats noted, Recommended.