The Beast of Hollow Mountain / The Neanderthal Man Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.0
Video		3.0
Audio		3.5
Extras		0.0
Overall		2.0

The Beast of Hollow Mountain / The Neanderthal Man Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman January 4, 2014

Let’s face it: cineastes haven’t had much to complain about as the Blu-ray format has blossomed into its maturity. Many (if not quite all) of the “all time classics” in the annals of film have already been released in high definition (some more than once), titles as iconic as Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, and Citizen Kane. Foreign classics like La Grande Illusion and 8½ are well represented, as are silent legends like Intolerance and Nosferatu. Even more greats in virtually all genres are on tap for this year, which brings us to the not exactly stellar pairing of The Beast of Hollow Mountain and The Neanderthal Man. It’s either a good sign or a bad one that movies (it hardly seems fair to call them films) like this are being released on Blu-ray. The positive response is engendered by a feeling that the market can support frankly Grade Z material like this. The negative response is perhaps a result of film lovers asking why product like this is coming out when there are still at least a few (and maybe more than a few) more deserving titles that have yet to see the Blu-ray light of day.

For complete write-ups of the two films included on this release, please click on the individual reviews:

The Beast of Hollow Mountain Blu-ray review

The Neanderthal Man Blu-ray review

The Beast of Hollow Mountain / The Neanderthal Man Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

See the individual reviews for details on the video quality of each film.

The Beast of Hollow Mountain / The Neanderthal Man Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

See the individual reviews for details on the audio quality of each film.

The Beast of Hollow Mountain / The Neanderthal Man Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

No supplements are included on either film.

The Beast of Hollow Mountain / The Neanderthal Man Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Neither of these movies is probably going to make anyone's "must see" list, but for a certain segment of the population, this kind of low grade, drive-in fare offers a certain degree of entertainment value. The technical merits here are solid if unspectacular with regard to The Beast of Hollow Mountain, and a bit better than that with regard to The Neanderthal Man, so those who do have in interest in either or both of these films will most likely not be disappointed by the transfers on this Blu-ray.