First Ever Kung Fu/Horror THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES Coming to Blu-ray via Scream Factory
There are some distributors who focus exclusively on reissues; other focus entirely on acquiring original modern content. The great thing about Scream Factory (the horror distribution arm of Shout! Factory) is that they cover both ends of the spectrum, delivering classic reissues with exclusive special features and films from today’s newest movers and shakers. They’re becoming a one-stop shop for just about anything horror related.
One of their next reissues is exciting for a few reasons. With a title like The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, you know it’s something special. Then, discovering it’s an old Hammer film and the very first example of a Kung Fu/horror hybrid, and color me tantalized. Here are some details from Scream Factory’s recent announcement.
Black belt vs black magic. Scream Factory presents The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires on Blu-ra for the first time on April 9, 2019. Presented here for the first time in high definition is Hammer’s original uncut version. It was released in the US in an edited version called The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula which is also included here in high definition as a bonus feature.
Check out the synopsis, special features, and trailer for The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires below.
Synopsis:
Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) and
Count Dracula (John Forbes-Robinson) meet again in this spectacular Kung Fu
horror thriller set in the village of Ping Kuei. After learning about the seven
golden vampires of the village, Hsi Ching (David Chiang), Vanessa Buren (Julie
Ege) and Mai Kwei (Szu Shih) offer to guide Van Helsing and his son to Ping
Kuei to free it from the curse of Count Dracula.
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires is co-directed by Roy Ward Baker and Cheh Chang and was released in 1974.
Special Features:
- NEW 2K scan of the original film elements
- NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck
- NEW When Hammer Met Shaw – an interview with actor David Chiang
- NEW Kung Fear – aninterview with Hong Kong Film Expert Rick Baker
- Alternate U.S. Theatrical version – The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula (in HD with some standard definition inserts)
- Theatrical Trailers
- TV Spot
- Still Gallery
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