Peter Cushing · 1970s

7 Peter Cushing movies from the 1970s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality.

Decade

All 12 1950s 1 1960s 3 1970s 7 1980s 1

Year

All 7 1970 0 1971 2 1972 2 1973 0 1974 2 1975 0 1976 0 1977 1 1978 0 1979 0

Star Wars(1977)

8.6/10

dir. George Lucas

A-Tier

Disney's only Star Wars 4K is the 1997 Special Edition cut with CGI Jabba and Greedo shooting first. BFI just screened the original 1977 Technicolor print in London for the 50th, reopening the originals-only debate. Lucas's contract with Disney reportedly forbids an official Despecialized release, leaving the TN1 fan 4K Project of the OGT as the workaround.

Walt Disney Studios · Ultimate Collector's Edition

Fear in the Night(1972)

5.8/10

dir. Jimmy Sangster

A-Tier

StudioCanal's Hammer horror 4K rollout continues with this Jimmy Sangster-directed psychological thriller. Peter Cushing carries the film and the boarding school setting gives it a different atmosphere from the usual gothic Hammer catalog.

StudioCanal · Collector's Edition

Shatter(1974)

5.1/10

dir. Michael Carreras, Monte Hellman

A-Tier

Rare Hammer and Shaw Brothers co-production from 1974, filmed in Hong Kong with Stuart Whitman and Ti Lung. Peter Cushing guest-stars, and Monte Hellman directed most of it before Michael Carreras took over. The 4K carries the new uncensored restoration plus the censored master that circulated for decades. A-Tier on avforums.

Hammer Films · Limited Edition

Asylum(1972)

6.0/10

dir. Roy Ward Baker

A-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Agatha Christie adaptation with Hayley Mills.

Second Sight Films · Pre-Order

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell(1974)

6.1/10

dir. Terence Fisher

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

The House That Dripped Blood(1971)

6.4/10

dir. Peter Duffell

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

Twins of Evil(1971)

6.6/10

dir. John Hough

While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav's zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.

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