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Hammer Collection, The: The Lost Continent/The Reptile (1968)
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Ray Barrett,
Tony Beckley,
Benito Carruthers,
Jennifer Daniel,
Jimmy Hanley,
Hildegard Knef,
Suzanna Leigh,
Neil McCallum,
Jacqueline Poelvoorde Pappaert,
Jacqueline Pearce,
Nigel Stock,
Noel Willman
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Michael Carreras,
John Gilling
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Classics,
Horror,
Classics,
Horror,
Cult Classics
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Anchor Bay
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188 mins
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The Lost Continent:
The nightmare begins when Captain Lansen (Eric Porter) attempts to transport illegal explosives and a motley group of passengers on a rusty tramp steamer that becomes stranded in the vast floating swamp of the mysterious Sargasso Sea. Under the cover of night, the terrified travelers encounter unspeakable monsters, man-eating seaweed, vicious mutant pirates and stupendously endowed women. The Lost Continent includes eight minutes of never-before-seen footage which was cut by the film's original distributor because of its adult nature. Using a recently discovered 35mm IB Technicolor print found buried in Hammer's vault, the film has been fully restored to its original, uncensored version.
The Reptile:
Years ago, Dr. Franklyn (Noel Willman) antagonized a cult of snake worshippers who retaliated by performing a series of secret rituals on his daughter Anna (Jacqueline Pearce), transforming her into a reptile. Charles Spalding (David Baron) is the first of Anna's victims when he is invited to the Franklyn manor and attacked by the horrible creature - part woman, part reptile. What follows is a horrible string of events that terrorizes a village and leaves a young innocent couple grasping for the truth. Set in England's Cornwall district (although shot at Bray Studios near London), The Reptile combines a mystery plot recalling Bram Stoker's Lair of the White Worm, moments of sudden horror and an elegant title creature devised by Hammer's makeup ace Roy Ashton.
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