Scream Factory: Shatter and Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter Detailed for Blu-ray
HomeScream Factory: Shatter and Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted February 21, 2020 08:28 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory has detailed two upcoming Blu-ray releases: Michael Carreras, and Monte Hellman's Shatter (1974) and Brian Clemens' Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974).
Shatter
Synopsis: Hammer Films and The Shaw Brothers come together again for an exciting action film!
International assassin Shatter (Stuart Whitman, Crazy Mama, Ruby) completes a contract kill on an African dictator and heads for Hong Kong to collect his payment. But when he finds himself marked for death in a deadly double-cross, the hit man is hunted through the seedy underworld. Now with the help of a kung fu master (Ti Lung, A Better Tomorrow), Shatter must take on the international drug syndicate in a final showdown of violence and vengeance!
Filmed on location in Hong Kong, Shatter (also known as Call Him Mr. Shatter) was the second and last of Hammer's co-productions with the famed Shaw Brothers studio (The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires). Cult director Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter) was replaced mid-production by producer Michael Carreras who completed this troubled-yet-fascinating action thriller that co-stars Anton Diffring (Circus Of Horrors) and the legendary Peter Cushing in his final Hammer performance.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Synopsis: In a small village in the remote English countryside, several young maidens have been found dead – their beautiful faces horribly aged almost beyond recognition. Suspecting a supernatural evil at work, the local doctor calls on Army friend and famed vampire hunter Captain Kronos, an expert swordsman formerly of the King's Imperial Guard. Aided by his expert assistant, Professor Grost, the two quickly confirm the gruesome murders are the work of a unique type of vampire, one who drains its victims not of their blood, but of their youth! After forging a lethal new sword from an old graveyard cross, the vampire hunters set out to put an end to evil's reign of terror in this Hammer Films horror classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Shatter
Synopsis: Hammer Films and The Shaw Brothers come together again for an exciting action film!
International assassin Shatter (Stuart Whitman, Crazy Mama, Ruby) completes a contract kill on an African dictator and heads for Hong Kong to collect his payment. But when he finds himself marked for death in a deadly double-cross, the hit man is hunted through the seedy underworld. Now with the help of a kung fu master (Ti Lung, A Better Tomorrow), Shatter must take on the international drug syndicate in a final showdown of violence and vengeance!
Filmed on location in Hong Kong, Shatter (also known as Call Him Mr. Shatter) was the second and last of Hammer's co-productions with the famed Shaw Brothers studio (The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires). Cult director Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter) was replaced mid-production by producer Michael Carreras who completed this troubled-yet-fascinating action thriller that co-stars Anton Diffring (Circus Of Horrors) and the legendary Peter Cushing in his final Hammer performance.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE UNCUT VERSION OF THE FILM
- Audio Commentary With Uncredited Co-director Monte Hellman And Star Stuart Whitman, Moderated By Norman Hill
- World Of Hammer Episode "CHILLER"
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Synopsis: In a small village in the remote English countryside, several young maidens have been found dead – their beautiful faces horribly aged almost beyond recognition. Suspecting a supernatural evil at work, the local doctor calls on Army friend and famed vampire hunter Captain Kronos, an expert swordsman formerly of the King's Imperial Guard. Aided by his expert assistant, Professor Grost, the two quickly confirm the gruesome murders are the work of a unique type of vampire, one who drains its victims not of their blood, but of their youth! After forging a lethal new sword from an old graveyard cross, the vampire hunters set out to put an end to evil's reign of terror in this Hammer Films horror classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary with critic Bruce G. Hallenbeck
- NEW Anything Goes: Hammer Film In The 70s Featurette
- Audio Commentary With Writer/Director/Producer Brian Clemens, Actress Caroline Munro, And Hammer Films Historian Jonathan Sothcott
- Theatrical Trailer
- Radio Spots
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
