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Man Who Could Cheat Death [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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Format: DVD
3.4 out of 5 stars 16 customer reviews
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  • Format: NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: NR (Not Rated) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Legend Films
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001D1KGZE
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 98,967 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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3.0 out of 5 starsPerpetual life, it's a killer!
By Spike Owen TOP 500 REVIEWER on 23 Aug. 2012
Format: DVD
The Man Who Could Cheat Death is directed by Terence Fisher and adapted to screenplay by Jimmy Sangster from the Barré Lyndon play The Man in Half Moon Street. It stars Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee, Arnold Marlé, Francis de Wolff and Delphi Lawrence. Out of Hammer Film Productions, music is by Richard Rodney Bennett and Technicolor photography by Jack Asher.

Paris 1890 and sculptor Georges Bonnet (Diffring) has perfected a way to halt the aging process. Trouble is that it involves murdering young women so as to extract their parathyroid gland to formulate his eternal life elixir.

Disappointingly weak Hammer Horror that would be near unwatchable were it not for the efforts of Asher, Fisher and Bernard Robinson (production design). The source story is made to measure for Hammer, where berserker science mixes with Gothic murder tones, all the ingredients are there for a lively fusion of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with The Picture of Dorian Gray. But the film is more concerned with much talking and posturing, thinking that sci-fi babble and moral quandaries are going to keep things interesting. We of course want some meat and reasoning for main characters to impact on the plotting, but using up an hour for it, in a film that only runs an hour and twenty minutes, leaves very little room for thrills and drama. It also demands that the finale be explosive, a whirlwind of horror revelations and biting comeuppance, sadly the ending we get is rather a damp squib.

Things aren't helped by the casting of Diffring, who overacts far to often, or that Lee is underwritten and firmly disinterested in making the thin characterisation work.Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 starsPoor Quality USA Disc
By peterabbit21 on 21 Nov. 2012
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
This is a great old Hammer Horror film. However, it is not shown off at its best on this "Legend Films" USA Region 1 DVD. I thought that "Snap," "Popple" and "Crack" related to my breakfast cereal! This must be some new form of "Silicon Valley" digital transfer technology! The "alleged" digital transfer is so poor that it makes no difference to either the picture or sound quality. Pretty rubbish really! The DVDs currently being digitally re-mastered in the USA seem to be getting worse, not better. I remember a time, not that long ago, when imported USA Region 1 DVDs were far superior to UK or German Region DVDs. Those days have long gone. You now have to exercise great care when you buy a USA Region 1 DVD. The trouble with us "fussy","discerning" Europeans is that we expect the highest quality digital transfer techniques to be employed on both the original picture and soundtrack of every film that we are expected to view in our "quality" time. This costs a lot of money. We don't care! We demand the highest Region 2 quality even from a £2.99 DVD. And, 9 times out of ten, we get it! Contrast this with the USA. For a start, most of them can't read, write or add up properly! They think that Alaska is next to Australia! The rot set in in 1776! They seem to think that all you need to do is do the talk but not the walk! Jog on buddy! I believe that there is a "Legend Films" Blu-ray version of this film available to buy from Amazon.co.uk (imported from the USA). If you have a multi-region Blu-ray player or a computer drive that can play Blu-ray discs then this might be an option for you. However, I do not know about the quality of the digital transfer on the Blu-ray disc. I suggest that you carefully read the Amazon reviews before you buy.
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3.0 out of 5 starsSolid rather than inspired
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER on 4 July 2012
Format: DVD
The Man Who Could Cheat Death is a minor Hammer film from 1959 that offers a rare lead role for Anton Diffring and an even rarer opportunity not to play a Nazi - instead he gets to play a mad scientist who has managed to find the secret of eternal youth, just as long as every ten years he has an operation that requires a gland from an unwilling donor. A remake of The Man in Half Moon Street, it's professionally made with decent enough production values even if it rarely ventures outside the house but, despite a good supporting cast including Hazel Court, Christopher Lee (playing the hero this time) and Francis Dewolff, Terence Fisher's direction is more solid than inspired, leaving it with the feeling of a decent supporting feature rather than the main attraction.

Although unrestored and with a bit of dirt on the soundtrack in one sequence, Legend's extras-free US NTSC transfer is more than decent, though it is missing the topless shots of Hazel Court included in some export prints. Blu-ray owners might want to track down Legend's region-free Blur-ray double bill of this and The Skull (Man Who Could Cheat Death / The Skull [Blu-ray] [US Import]).
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4.0 out of 5 starsRarely seen Hammer film
By zap on 8 July 2011
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
Not one of Hammer's most popular films - but for fans, a MUST !! Starring Anton Diffring, I can't understand why Hammer did not use him more - see him also in that classic, CIRCUS OF HORRORS.
This film also stars that horror queen, Hazel Court. It is on record that Hammer paid her extra to do a scene topless in this film, for the far east version.
Sadly this is not it !
The film has that opulent look of sets by Bernard Robinson - whilst still at Bray Studios.
Definitely one for the Hammer collector !!
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Speaking as a huge fan of all things Hammer, I find myself disheartened to have to berate this film, but feel it had to be done given all the undue praise. Read more

Published on 21 Nov. 2012 by Mr Miyagi
4.0 out of 5 starshammer man who cheat death

arrived quickly and in good condition been after this film for a while pity not abvailable region 2 . Good price and good film rarely shown on t v nowadays

Published on 17 April 2012 by c b
5.0 out of 5 starsUnderrated Hammer

Versus "Frankenstein", "Dracula", and "The Mummy", "The Man who could cheat death" is usually dismissed for being too slow and talkative. Read more

Published on 18 Mar. 2012 by Autonome
3.0 out of 5 starsNot a classic, but a worthwhile Hammer entry

This is a lesser known film from the Hammer stable starring Anton Diffring, a talented actor more used to supporting roles as a Nazi or other, similarly despicable character. Read more

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