Hammer Volume Six: Night Shadows revives four consummate Hammer classics from the early sixties, exemplifying some of the studio's best work in the horror and thriller genres. Edgar Allan Poe looms large in The Shadow of the Cat, a macabre `old dark house' tale of feline revenge, starring André Morell (Cash on Demand) and Barbara Shelley (The Camp on Blood Island); Peter Cushing (The Gorgon, Corruption) and Oliver Reed (The Scarlet Blade) star in Captain Clegg, which sees Hammer fuse horror and adventure in an eighteenth-century-set tale of smugglers and marsh phantoms; Herbert Lom (Mysterious Island) stars as The Phantom of the Opera in Hammer's acclaimed production of Gaston Leroux's Gothic classic, whilst Freddie Francis (Torture Garden) directs Nightmare, a spooky psychological thriller in the Les Diaboliques vein, which benefits from full-blooded central performances by Moira Redmond (Jigsaw) and Jennie Linden (A Severed Head).
This collection contains a wealth of new and archival extra features, including documentaries and appreciations, interviews with actors and crew members, audio commentaries, and extensive booklets. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Actor: Patrick Allen
Actor: Jennie Linden
Actor: Peter Cushing
Actor: Oliver Reed
Actor: Michael Gough
Actor: Herbert Lom
Actor: Yvonne Romain
Writer: Barbara S. Harper
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Director: Terence Fisher
Actor: David Knight
Actor: André Morell
Actor: Moira Redmond
Producer: Jimmy Sangster
Writer: Jimmy Sangster
Actor: Edward de Souza
Actor: Barbara Shelley
Actor: Catherine Lacey
Director: John Gilling
Producer: Jon Penington
Cinematographer: John Wilcox
Producer: Anthony Hinds
Writer: Anthony Hinds
Cinematographer: Arthur Grant
Music: Edwin Astley
Music: Don Banks
Director: Freddie Francis
Producer: John Temple-Smith
Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Writer: George Baxt
Actor: Heather Sears