Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		3.5
Extras		5.0
Overall		4.0

Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman March 21, 2020

Note: The scores above are averages for the set. Please see the individual reviews, linked below, for more information.

Powerhouse Films has already delighted fans of a certain iconic British studio with Hammer Volume One: Fear Warning!, Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent and Hammer Volume Three: Blood & Terror, all of which offered an admittedly sometimes odd grabbag of films. This fourth volume of offerings from Hammer is itself kind of an odd grabbag of sorts, with two more “traditional” Hammer opuses, at least in terms of offering a recognizable genre character like Frankenstein and/or Dr. Jekyll, included with two other, more contemporary, outings that at least may arguably offer some Gothic content in their own way.

For reviews of the four films in this set, please click on the following links:

The Revenge of Frankenstein Blu-ray review

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll Blu-ray review

Taste of Fear Blu-ray review

The Damned Blu-ray review

Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplementary material on each disc (as well as the bonus disc included with The Damned ) is detailed in the respective above linked reviews. I do recommend those interested to peruse all of the supplements on all of the discs, as some may be at least a bit more generalist in nature rather than only tied to whatever film they're supposedly associated with. Powerhouse only supplied check discs for the purposes of this review, so I can't comment authoritatively on non-disc swag, but Powerhouse's website mentions a poster (exclusive to sales from the website) and a booklet with essays.

Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

This is another really fun collection of Hammer films from what has become a really worthwhile "franchise" of sorts for Powerhouse's Indicator series. While the four don't really hold together as a "unit", the two "traditional" Gothic horror outings make for a nice counterpart to the two more contemporary outings, offering a nice overview of the breadth of content Hammer was at least attempting to produce. Technical merits are generally solid, but it's the outstanding supplemental package that may end up swaying a lot of fans. Highly recommended.