ADDITION: Indicator - Region FREE - Blu-ray October 17':

The Indicator is part of their 4 Blu-ray set of Hammer Volume One: Fear Warning with Maniac, The Gorgon, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb and Fanatic.

Mill Creek's 2016, 1.78:1, Blu-ray transfer isn't much competition. Indicator's new 1.66:1 1080P is dual-layered with a max'ed out bitrate (more than 2 X that of the Mill Creek.) Generally we see more information in the frame, significantly better colors (warmer skin tones), much more grain and a, far superior, dynamically satisfying presentation in-motion.

Indicator use an uncompressed linear PCM mono track (24-bit) - also a notable improvement over the Mill Creek lossy audio transfer. The indicator add optional English (SDH) subtitles and their Blu-ray disc  package is Region FREE - playable worldwide.

So many great extras starting with a new audio commentary with Daughters of Darkness’ Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger who look at mythology, the female power of sexuality, the less definable 'fantastique' genre with female sexuality as a potentially monstrous force and so much more. It's professional and highly interesting. Great job! Heart of Stone - Inside The Gorgon is a 1/4 video piece discussing various facets of the production with Jonathan Rigby and others. There is an extensive introduction/discussion by actor and filmmaker Matthew Holness, a 10-minute piece on Hammer’s Women with Patricia MacCormack discussing Barbara Shelley. We get a trailer, promotional material, and panels of The Gorgon Comic Strip Adaptation. The full package has four box set exclusive booklets with new essays, contemporary reviews, historic articles, and full film credits.

Indicator continue their high caliber work in a flawless package of a classic Hammer film. Our highest recommendation!

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ADDITION: Mill Creek - Region 'A' - Blu-ray September 16': Mill Creek's 2016 Blu-ray transfer is kind of underwhelming - the two features share a single-layered Blu-ray disc supporting a modest bitrate (17 Mbps) and only lossy audio (no improvement). There are no extras and no optional subtitles.

Does it look better? - yes, it does but far from the best it could. The US remains indifferent to the Hammer Films archive where in region 'B' you can get many of the studios desirable titles. I'm anxious to obtain and review Universal's 2016 Hammer Horror 8-Film Blu-ray Collection.

Big bonus here, though, is the price. Fans should probably nab it. We reviewed the 2 disc Sony DVD HERE - which still has value.

We have reviewed/compared Mill Creek's Blu-ray of Hammer Film Double Feature - Revenge of Frankenstein & The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, HERE.

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ON THE DVD Boxset: Much in the vein of Sony's Icons of Horror - Boris Karloff or Sam Katzman collections, the four feature films of this boxset are shared, two each on two dual-layered, progressive DVDs with all 4 widescreen features being anamorphically enhanced. All have original aspect ratios - 2:35:1 for The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) + The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), 1:66:1 for The Gorgon (1964) + Scream of Fear (1961). Each disc is coded for Region 1 in the NTSC standard. They have original mono audio (or 2.0 channel stereo) and the dialogue is supported by optional English subtitles. The 2 DVDs are housed in one keep cases and they are not sold separately at this time. I believe these particular NTSC editions can only be obtained in Sony's Icons of Horror - Hammer Films collection at present.

Gary W. Tooze