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Beware his deathly gaze for it will render you powerless! Beware his mystic touch for you will never be free from his evil grasp!
In pre-revolution St Petersburg, Russia, sinister monk Grigori Rasputin proves that he has the unearthly power to ease the deranged and heal the sick, but at what price? Aided by his hypnotic powers Rasputin begins his ruthless and depraved pursuit of power and wealth, determined to give God sins worth forgiving. He must be stopped, but how do you rid the world of a man who defies death?
Horror legends Christopher Lee (Dracula Prince Of Darkness) and Barbara Shelley (Quatermass And The Pit) star in a controversial film about one of history’s most notorious figures.
Bonus Features
- Two brand new documentaries: 'Tall Stories: The Making of Rasputin the Mad Monk' and 'Brought to Book: Hammer Novelisations'
- World of Hammer Episode 'Costumers'
- Gallery
- Commentary featuring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews & Suzan Farmer
In pre-revolution St Petersburg, Russia, sinister monk Grigori Rasputin proves that he has the unearthly power to ease the deranged and heal the sick, but at what price? Aided by his hypnotic powers Rasputin begins his ruthless and depraved pursuit of power and wealth, determined to give God sins worth forgiving. He must be stopped, but how do you rid the world of a man who defies death?
Horror legends Christopher Lee (Dracula Prince Of Darkness) and Barbara Shelley (Quatermass And The Pit) star in a controversial film about one of history’s most notorious figures.
Bonus Features
- Two brand new documentaries: 'Tall Stories: The Making of Rasputin the Mad Monk' and 'Brought to Book: Hammer Novelisations'
- World of Hammer Episode 'Costumers'
- Gallery
- Commentary featuring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews & Suzan Farmer
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United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region B DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Linear PCM ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Blu-Ray & DVD Combo, Commentary, Documentary, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Photo Gallery, Remastered, Scene Access, Special Edition, SYNOPSIS: Beware his deathly gaze for it will render you powerless! Beware his mystic touch for you will never be free from his evil grasp! In pre-revolution St Petersburg, Russia, sinister monk Grigori Rasputin proves that he has the unearthly power to ease the deranged and heal the sick, but at what price? Aided by his hypnotic powers Rasputin begins his ruthless and depraved pursuit of power and wealth, determined to give God sins worth forgiving. He must be stopped, but how do you rid the world of a man who defies death? Horror legends Christopher Lee (Dracula Prince Of Darkness) and Barbara Shelley (Quatermass And The Pit) star in a controversial film about one of history's most notorious figures. ...Rasputin: The Mad Monk (Blu-Ray & DVD Combo) (Blu-Ray)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Rick F.
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
The audio on this Blu-ray/DVD combo is just terrible. To lessen noise, Hammer exsanguinated the audio on this release to the point of it sounding like it's being played out of a tin can. The video is just beautiful, but the sound is by the far the most anemic on home video to date.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By W. Kinsey
Format:Blu-ray
Great picture restoration marred by a very poor soundtrack which is worse than the soundtracks on all other DVD versions and detracts greatly from the overall viewing experience
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By movie fan
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was greatly looking forward to getting " Rasputin- the mad monk" on blu-ray/dvd. It's good to see more and more of the old Hammer films being released with decent extras. The extras on this are entertaining and informative and having watched these first I sat back to enjoy the movie. I can't comment on the blu-ray ( not having a blu-ray player!) but I have to say I was greatly disappointed with the dvd. The film looked great, no complaints about the picture quality, but it sounded as if the whole film had been recorded at the bottom of a tin bucket. There was absolutely no depth to the sound at all. It really does sound "tinny". I'm glad I hadn't thrown out my previous Studiocanal version of this film. There may not be any extras and the picture may not be quite as sharp, but at least I can sit and listen to it without having to switch it off after 10 minutes!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By TGillespie
Format:DVD
For a keen horror fan, I have seen precious little of the Hammer horror universe. You can imagine my delight when I was gifted the Hammer DVD Collection for Christmas which consists of 21 films from the vault of the great British institution. I felt spoiled for choice. When opening the box I was greeted by the mad eyes of Christopher Lee, gazing out from amongst a gigantic beard and El Topo-esque haircut. I felt obliged to choose this as my introduction to what will no doubt become a fixation with Hammer, and the film I will remember years into the future when I'm no doubt walking the Earth, trying to find all the tiny forgotten films Hammer produced before they became famous.
For those of you who don't know, Grigori Rasputin was a real-life Russian mystic/hypnotist/con-artist who had a heavy influence on the Tsarist government of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra, after apparently healing their son Alexei as he lay dying from haemophilia. The film is less concerned with the politics of the time, and instead focuses on Rasputin's love for drinking, women, and generally being a bit of a bastard, as he hypnotises and heals his way through society and into the bed of lady-in-waiting Sonia (Barbara Shelley).
The film wastes no time introducing Rasputin's maverick attitudes to monkhood, as he heals a saloon owner's wife on her death bed so he can get served a drink, and proceeds to sing and drink the night way before hacking a man's hand off in a fight. Fleeing to Moscow after being hauled in front of the bishop for his unorthodox ways, he gains influence over a disgraced doctor and begins to plan his rise to power.... Read more ›
For those of you who don't know, Grigori Rasputin was a real-life Russian mystic/hypnotist/con-artist who had a heavy influence on the Tsarist government of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra, after apparently healing their son Alexei as he lay dying from haemophilia. The film is less concerned with the politics of the time, and instead focuses on Rasputin's love for drinking, women, and generally being a bit of a bastard, as he hypnotises and heals his way through society and into the bed of lady-in-waiting Sonia (Barbara Shelley).
The film wastes no time introducing Rasputin's maverick attitudes to monkhood, as he heals a saloon owner's wife on her death bed so he can get served a drink, and proceeds to sing and drink the night way before hacking a man's hand off in a fight. Fleeing to Moscow after being hauled in front of the bishop for his unorthodox ways, he gains influence over a disgraced doctor and begins to plan his rise to power.... Read more ›
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By A.S NEILSON
Format:Blu-ray
The audio on this release has been botched, I'm afraid, and this disc should be recalled. The problems may not be noticeable to those watching through TV speakers but this comparison between an old DVD and the new release illustrates the difference:
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Once you have a comparison, you can hear that something has gone badly wrong, with no bass present at all. The new transfer sounds like it's playing on a transistor radio. Hammer themselves have a youtube clip of the main titles, which sounds bassy and full, so this was obviously an error in encoding. Despite being an otherwise good product, I can't recommend it for this reason.
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Once you have a comparison, you can hear that something has gone badly wrong, with no bass present at all. The new transfer sounds like it's playing on a transistor radio. Hammer themselves have a youtube clip of the main titles, which sounds bassy and full, so this was obviously an error in encoding. Despite being an otherwise good product, I can't recommend it for this reason.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Gizmotron
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
The decade old Anchor Bay release of this title on DVD has superior audio, that's all there is to it. This is not a sublte difference. There has been a tranfser error clearly. Please note the picture is superp,...stunning! I know we all appreciate any effort to get Hammer Films onto a consumer format that allows us to view the films in the highest quality possible. Whoever did the dvd authoring needs to make good on this. Hammer Films has paid for a product that is faulty. We know the Dracula Prince of Darkness Blu-ray had sync issues, it appears this is the same outfit that created that problem (and made good on it with a recall) so this is looking like a trend. Hammer Films/Amazon please take note and issue a recall.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Yes, I agree with the previous customer regarding the poor audio for this otherwise fine release of Rasputin The Mad Monk by Studio Canal. The picture quality is great, certainly the best I've ever seen for this awesome Hammer Film, but the audio, well it gets NO stars, which reduces my rating of the overall package to three stars. It sounds like they did nothing to the audio in the remastering process! It sounds bland, two much treble and no bass. Of course this is most noticable with the musical soundtrack. What can be done to improve the audio is limited with these 1960's films, but this one falls way short of the work that went into Canal's blu ray releases of Dracula Prince of Darkness and Plague of the Zombies. From the very opening of the 20th Century Fox fanfare, this one sounded like something was very wrong. It, of course, sounds worse playing through a full theater system.
I can't believe Canel carelessly released it this way. There are even very noisy parts [like an old 78 rpm record] noticable here and there throughout the disc; and in writing this review I haven't yet listened to the audio commentaries or other extras. As for a replacement release--well I hope so. I've never been involved in having to request one. By the way this audio problem exists, to a lesser extent, on their same day release of The Mummy's Shroud.
I can't believe Canel carelessly released it this way. There are even very noisy parts [like an old 78 rpm record] noticable here and there throughout the disc; and in writing this review I haven't yet listened to the audio commentaries or other extras. As for a replacement release--well I hope so. I've never been involved in having to request one. By the way this audio problem exists, to a lesser extent, on their same day release of The Mummy's Shroud.
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Rasputin The Mad Monk Blu ray review
After being completely bowled over by the wonderful work afforded the AV transfer of John Gillings 1966 Plague Of The Zombies which was my first Studio Canal/Hammer Blu ray release... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. E. A. Williamson
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Rasputin> The Mad Monk
I saw this film in the mid 1960's and quiet liked it. Revisiting it in November 2012 it was as entertaining as when I first saw it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by W. Grubb
3.0 out of 5 stars
documentary below the normal standard
My only comment to add to what previous people have said is on the making of documentary.
The previous making of docs i found very interesting but the one for rasputin i found... Read more
The previous making of docs i found very interesting but the one for rasputin i found... Read more
Published 7 months ago by hammer58
3.0 out of 5 stars
a little acid.
Although i'm loathe to give any Hammer film less than 4 stars on balance i feel i have to.This is a fairly weak story made back to back with the superior "Dracula Prince of... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Vlad the emailer
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Blu Ray image transfer but.....
Christopher Lee gives a bravura performance, which should please both his, and Hammer film fans, however, after the rather disappointing recent BD releases of The Curse of... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Adrian Drew
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ra-Ra-Rasputin!
Rasputin was one crazy dude! One just has to look (and admire!) his beard to instantly know that. A twisted, warped and evil mind, Rasputin has become one of history's most... Read more
Published 8 months ago by K. Daniels
3.0 out of 5 stars
RASPUTIN REVIEW
A TYPICAL HAMMER PRODUCTION NOT VERY HISTORICALLY ACCURATE. THIS IS JUST TYPICAL LOW GRADE HORROR FROM THE MASTERS. Read more
Published 8 months ago by w b kettle
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