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THE SHERLOCK HOLMES COLLECTION
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Continuing our overview of Universal’s film series (begun in VW 103), Tim Lucas offers an in-depth report on MPI Home Video’s THE SHERLOCK HOLMES COLLECTION, VOLUMES TWO and THREE, containing eight more Basil Rathbone/ Nigel Bruce classics: THE SPIDER WOMAN, THE PEARL OF DEATH, THE SCARLET CLAW, THE HOUSE OF FEAR, THE WOMAN IN GREEN, PURSUIT TO ALGIERS, TERROR BY NIGHT and DRESSED TO KILL! PLUS! Elsewhere in this issue, Kim Newman reviews an additional 10 Sherlock Holmes films from America, Great Britain and Russia!
On the Covers
Front: Charlie Largent’s rendition of Rondo Hatton as “The Creeper” from the Sherlock Holmes adventure THE PEARL OF DEATH (1944), available on DVD from MPI Home Entertainment!
Sidebar: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, HULK (Eric Bana), THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG (Mirko Valentin) and LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (Andy Serkis as Gollum).
Inside: Poster art by Symeoni for the Italian release of Il mulino delle donna di pietra (1960), now available on DVD as MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN from Mondo Macabro.
Back: Original Italian locandina poster for THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG (La vergine di Norimberga, 1963), now on DVD from Media Blasters.
the Perfectionist’s Guide to Fantastic Video ®
No. 109 / JUL 2004
“We do not claim to have achieved perfection, but we have a system—and it works.” THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
DEPARTMENTS Kennel
The Watchdog Barks Sources Errata
The Letterbox
REVIEWS Audio Watchdog
By Douglas E. Winter Biblio Watchdog
AN ANIMATED LIFE reviewed by Bill Cooke.
Dog Bytes
THE ELIGIBLE BACHELOR, HAMMER, HORROR CLASSICS: BELA LUGOSI, PISTOL OPERA, PUPHEDZ, SHERLOCK and more!
DVD Spotlight
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS by Rebecca & Sam Umland.
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THE DAYDREAMER, HULK, ETOILE, OEDIPUS REX, AMICUS COLLECTION, THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG and more!
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