Sangster Directs Hammer (4K-UHD) ***Preorder***6/30

The North American UHD Premieres of 3 Classic Films on 7 Discs with an All-New 312-Page Book and 18+ Combined Hours of Special Features

Sangster Directs Hammer presents the North American UHD premieres of three classic films from one of Hammer Films' most influential creative voices, writer-director Jimmy Sangster. Known for scripting landmark titles such as The Curse Of Frankenstein, Horror Of Dracula, and The Mummy, Sangster returned in the 1970s to direct the only three features of his career--each offering a bold and distinctive take on horror. In The Horror Of Frankenstein, Ralph Bates stars as a cold and sociopathic reinterpretation of the infamous doctor, blending dark humor with graphic intensity. Lust For A Vampire pushes the studio's gothic sensuality into new territory, with Yutte Stensgaard leading a tale of seduction and bloodlust. Fear In The Night shifts into psychological territory, delivering a tense, giallo-tinged thriller starring Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, and Peter Cushing.

Each film is presented in UHD for the first time in North America, newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negatives. This 7-disc collection also includes an extensive 312-page book, Horror! Lust! Fear! Sangster, featuring essays, interviews, comic adaptations, and archival material that examine Sangster's lasting influence on genre filmmaking. Across all three films, the set offers over 18 hours of newly produced and archival special features, including multiple audio commentaries, cast and crew interviews, academic video essays, archival panels, and the 2026 documentary Hammer And Beyond: The Jimmy Sangster Legacy.

Additional highlights include in-depth explorations of Mary Shelley's literary legacy, the evolution of the Frankenstein mythos, the history of the Karnstein vampire cycle, and the cultural impact of Hammer Films in both the UK and the United States. With contributions from historians, scholars, and surviving collaborators, this collection provides a comprehensive examination of Sangster's work both in front of and behind the camera. Celebrated as a defining voice in British horror, Sangster's legacy is captured here in a definitive edition that showcases his transition from master screenwriter to singular directorial talent, reaffirming his enduring influence on the genre.

Bonus Materials

• Audio Commentary For THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN With Producer/Co-Writer/Director Jimmy Sangster, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
• Audio Commentary For THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN With Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• Frankenstein, Dracula And Me – Archival Interview With Actress Veronica Carlson
• THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Reunion Panel At 1997 Festival Of Fantastic Films Manchester With Director Jimmy Sangster, Actor Dave Prowse And Actress Veronica Carlson, Moderated By Wayne Kinsey
• Younger Frankenstein – Interview With 2nd Assistant Director Nicholas Granby, Camera Operator Neil Binney, Production Runner Philip Campbell And Co-Writer Jeremy Burnham
• One Frankenstein After Another: 125 Years of Cinematic Adaptations – Illustrated Audio Essay By Gillian Wallace Horvat
• The Life & Work Of Mary Shelley – Interview With Dr. Emma Liggins, Co-Director Of The Manchester Centre For Gothic Studies
• The Unhallowed Arts: The Creation Myth Of Mary Shelley – Interview With Gothic Scholar Dr. Colin-Azariah Kribbs
• THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Vintage Behind-The-Scenes From Hammer Films
• THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Alternate TV Opening Credits
• THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Trailer
• SCARS OF DRACULA/THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Double Feature Trailer
• SCARS OF DRACULA/THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Double Feature TV Spot
• Audio Commentary For LUST FOR A VAMPIRE With Director Jimmy Sangster And Actress Suzanna Leigh, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
• Audio Commentary For LUST FOR A VAMPIRE With David Flint, Author Of Ten Years Of Terror: British Horror Films Of The 1970s
• Illustrated Archival Audio Interview With Actress Yutte Stensgaard By Michael Augustine-Reed With Accompanying Career-Spanning Still Gallery
• Live, Love, Lust – Interview With Actress Judy Matheson
• Gothic Girl – Interview With Actress Kirsten Lindholm
• Hammer Times – Interview With Actor Christopher Neame
• A Bit Of Fun – Interview With Actress Erica Beale
• Lust Mel – Interview With Actress Mel Churcher
• Running Blood – Interview With Production Runner Philip Campbell
• Gates Of Karnstein Castle – Archival Interview With Screenwriter Tudor Gates
• The Invisible Prince: The Life & Legacy Of J. Sheridan Le Fanu – Interview With Dr. William Hughes, Gothic Scholar & Co-Editor Of Open Graves, Open Minds: Representations Of Vampires And The Undead From The Enlightenment To The Present Day
• Strange Love – Carmen Maria Machado, Author Of Queer Reflections Of Horror, Reframes The Sapphic Vampire
• School Of The Heaving Bosom: Education, Eroticism And LUST FOR A VAMPIRE – Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Alternate Version Of LUST FOR A VAMPIRE Lesbian Scene
• LUST FOR A VAMPIRE Trailer
• Audio Commentary For FEAR IN THE NIGHT With Producer/Co-Writer/Director Jimmy Sangster, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
• Audio Commentary For FEAR IN THE NIGHT With David Flint, Author Of Ten Years Of Terror: British Horror Films Of The Seventies And Mayhem Film Festival's Chris Cooke
• Peter Cushing Discusses Hammer In Archival Audio Interview With Denis Meikle, Author Of A History Of Horrors: The Rise & Fall Of The House Of Hammer
• The Gaslighter's Playbook: Real And Imagined Horrors In FEAR IN THE NIGHT – Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller Nicholas
• Fun In The Day – Interviews With Camera Operator Neil Binney And Production Runner Philip Campbell
• FEAR IN THE NIGHT Trailer
• HAMMER AND BEYOND: THE JIMMY SANGSTER LEGACY – 2026 Documentary By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
• The Man From Bristol: Ralph Bates Remembered – Interviews With Actress/Wife Virginia Wetherell And Composer/Son Will Bates, Narrated By LUST FOR A VAMPIRE Co-Star Judy Matheson
• Joan Collins: Queen Of The Horror Films – Interviews With House Of Psychotic Women Author Kier-La Janisse And Telefilm Historian Amanda Reyes
• Hammer In The U.S.A. – Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner On The Studio's Stateside Distribution
• Hammer Scribe – Archival Interview With Director Jimmy Sangster
• Sapphic Blood Suckers: A Cinematic History Of The Lesbian Vampire Trope With Annie Rose Malamet, Film Scholar And Host Of Girls, Guts, Giallo
• I Coined 'The Karnstein Trilogy' – Interview With David Pirie, Author Of A Heritage Of Horror