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 The Tigon Collection (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Director: Michael Reeves, Gerry Levy, Michael Armstrong, Piers Haggard, James Kelley, Ray Austin / ... more  The Tigon Collection (DVD) ... Actors: Vincent Price, Flora Robson ... / DVD released 21 February, 2005 at Starz Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Box set, PAL / Features six of the most chilling of Tigon's films. Includes: 'The Beast In The Cellar', 'Blood On Satan's Claw', 'The Body Stealers', 'Haunted House Of Horror', 'Virgin Witch' and 'Witchfinder General'.Newest Review: ... rape and murder. Beautifully shot, completely convincing in its evocation of its era, and genuinely unsettling at times, it ... more ... features universally superb acting and brilliant music. The director, Piers Haggard, later directed the incredible Pennies From Heaven for the BBC. It also features what might just be my favourite nude scene ever (lovely Linda Hayden, oooh boy).
This film was released separately a year or two ago, and I reviewed that DVD at the time. This has the same extras (director’s commentary, short documentary etc) that I won’t describe again; it would bore us all if I did. This version also has an entertaining but pointless co...more |
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The Tigon Collection (DVD): The golden age of British Horror (1850 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 20.10.05 (Very useful, 604 readings)
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Tigon was a small British film company active from the mid-60s to the mid-70s. Although they produced films in all kinds of (exploitation) genres, they’re best known for their horror films. Tigon was run by Tony Tenser, whose sole interest was making as much money as possible. In contrast to Amicus, Hammer’s other main rival, Tigon generally gave its film-makers a great deal of artistic freedom, and a few of the horrors they made are absolutely outstanding. An awful lot of the others, of course, are complete rubbish. Anchor Bay has devoted one of their great coffin-shaped box sets to Tigon, and two of the films in it are classics. Unfortunately, the other four ...
