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Fangoria has been on a roll lately with their DVD news cov­er­age, dish­ing up a trio of news items in the last cou­ple of days that focus on the reis­sue of vin­tage British hor­ror flicks on DVD.  The fol­low­ing is a quick guide to these sto­ries, along with links and a few stray com­ments from Your Humble Reviewer…

First up, Dark Sky Films is unleash­ing a reis­sue of Horror Hospital, an enjoy­ably odd­ball flick about strange, grue­some goings-on at a secluded hos­pi­tal.  It boasts a few unfor­get­table images (look out for the hospital’s car!) and a typ­i­cally won­der­ful per­for­mance from U.K. char­ac­ter actor Michael Gough.  This disc will be released in the sum­mer.  Click here for tech specs and sup­ple­ment info:

Horror Hospital DVD details at Fangoria

Severin will throw their hat in the ring this fall with reis­sues of two vin­tage faves, The House That Dripped Blood and Horror Express.  The for­mer is an Amicus hor­ror anthol­ogy penned by genre great Robert Bloch and the lat­ter is a Spanish/U.K. co-production with Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas about an unearthly mon­ster ter­ror­iz­ing a Trans-Siberian train.  Both will receive new hi-def trans­fers and will also be issued on Blu-Ray.  Click here for the early news:

House That Dripped Blood & Horror Express DVD news at Fangoria

Finally, the biggest news comes from Synapse Films: they have obtained the rights to a trio of Hammer clas­sics that have never been on DVD in the U.S. before.  The titles are Hands Of The Ripper, Twins Of Evil and Vampire Circus.  If that’s not enough news for you, they’re also doing a box set of the 13-episode t.v. series Hammer House Of Horror.  A fall release is being con­sid­ered for all four titles and you can read more details via this link:

Tons O’ Hammer DVD’s com­ing from Synapse — news from Fangoria

All in all, this is a very nice batch of titles.  Those of us who have been sad­dened by the lack of vin­tage title reis­sues in recent years now have a bevy of rea­sons to be cheer­ful.  Redder pas­tures lie across the Atlantic and Dark Sky, Severin and Synapse will be bring­ing it all home.