Gamma People (1956) / Hand of Death (1962)
DIRECTOR: Gamma People: John Gilling / Hand of Death: Gene Nelson (The Cool Ones)
STARS: Gamma People: Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok (Blood and Black Lace), Leslie Phillips, Walter Rilla / Hand of Death: John Agar (Brain from Planet Arous), Paula Raymond, Stephen Dunne, Roy Gordon, Joe Besser (Three Stooges), Butch Patrick (The Wild Pack)
SYNOPSIS: Two classic sci-fi films on one disc
Gamma People: This is sort of a mash-up between These are the Damned and 1984. Two reporters travel to a miserable Eastern Euro country run by a dictator / mad scientist. The reporters discover a sinister plot wherein children are fitted with metal helmets and zapped with gamma rays!. Some of the tortured tykes turn out brilliant but the others....well, it's just too horrible to describe. An odd mix of horror, political commentary and even a little humor. Running time: 1hr 18mins
Hand of Death: Here's a classic 60's Sci-Fi favorite. John Agar plays a scientist trying to develop a gas that will render people stunned and highly susceptible to suggestion. Sort of like they're hypnotized. He figures it would be good for the military to subdue enemies. As he experiments in his small lab he accidentally gets some of the agent into his system and passes out. When he wakes up it turns out that he can kill people by simply touching them. Even worse he starts to mutate into a monstrous creature. Pretty soon he's on the run as friends and a fellow scientist try to help. Keep your eyes out for Three Stooge's Joe Besser as an unlucky gas station attendant and a 9-year-old Butch Patrick as a curious boy who finds Agar's monster at the beach! There's some surprisingly cool make-up with Agar looking like a cross between Rondo Hatton and an overcooked brownie (all his victims end up the same way). Best of all is the film's jazzy music by Sonny Burke that has a mix of organ, bongo drums and Theremin that reminds me a lot of Howard Shore's score for Tim Burton's Ed Wood! Clocking in at just about 1 hour this is a fun little film. Running time: 1hr
Fullscreen / black & white (both films)
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R
DIRECTOR: Gamma People: John Gilling / Hand of Death: Gene Nelson (The Cool Ones)
STARS: Gamma People: Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok (Blood and Black Lace), Leslie Phillips, Walter Rilla / Hand of Death: John Agar (Brain from Planet Arous), Paula Raymond, Stephen Dunne, Roy Gordon, Joe Besser (Three Stooges), Butch Patrick (The Wild Pack)
SYNOPSIS: Two classic sci-fi films on one disc
Gamma People: This is sort of a mash-up between These are the Damned and 1984. Two reporters travel to a miserable Eastern Euro country run by a dictator / mad scientist. The reporters discover a sinister plot wherein children are fitted with metal helmets and zapped with gamma rays!. Some of the tortured tykes turn out brilliant but the others....well, it's just too horrible to describe. An odd mix of horror, political commentary and even a little humor. Running time: 1hr 18mins
Hand of Death: Here's a classic 60's Sci-Fi favorite. John Agar plays a scientist trying to develop a gas that will render people stunned and highly susceptible to suggestion. Sort of like they're hypnotized. He figures it would be good for the military to subdue enemies. As he experiments in his small lab he accidentally gets some of the agent into his system and passes out. When he wakes up it turns out that he can kill people by simply touching them. Even worse he starts to mutate into a monstrous creature. Pretty soon he's on the run as friends and a fellow scientist try to help. Keep your eyes out for Three Stooge's Joe Besser as an unlucky gas station attendant and a 9-year-old Butch Patrick as a curious boy who finds Agar's monster at the beach! There's some surprisingly cool make-up with Agar looking like a cross between Rondo Hatton and an overcooked brownie (all his victims end up the same way). Best of all is the film's jazzy music by Sonny Burke that has a mix of organ, bongo drums and Theremin that reminds me a lot of Howard Shore's score for Tim Burton's Ed Wood! Clocking in at just about 1 hour this is a fun little film. Running time: 1hr
Fullscreen / black & white (both films)
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R
DIRECTOR: Gamma People: John Gilling / Hand of Death: Gene Nelson (The Cool Ones)
STARS: Gamma People: Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok (Blood and Black Lace), Leslie Phillips, Walter Rilla / Hand of Death: John Agar (Brain from Planet Arous), Paula Raymond, Stephen Dunne, Roy Gordon, Joe Besser (Three Stooges), Butch Patrick (The Wild Pack)
SYNOPSIS: Two classic sci-fi films on one disc
Gamma People: This is sort of a mash-up between These are the Damned and 1984. Two reporters travel to a miserable Eastern Euro country run by a dictator / mad scientist. The reporters discover a sinister plot wherein children are fitted with metal helmets and zapped with gamma rays!. Some of the tortured tykes turn out brilliant but the others....well, it's just too horrible to describe. An odd mix of horror, political commentary and even a little humor. Running time: 1hr 18mins
Hand of Death: Here's a classic 60's Sci-Fi favorite. John Agar plays a scientist trying to develop a gas that will render people stunned and highly susceptible to suggestion. Sort of like they're hypnotized. He figures it would be good for the military to subdue enemies. As he experiments in his small lab he accidentally gets some of the agent into his system and passes out. When he wakes up it turns out that he can kill people by simply touching them. Even worse he starts to mutate into a monstrous creature. Pretty soon he's on the run as friends and a fellow scientist try to help. Keep your eyes out for Three Stooge's Joe Besser as an unlucky gas station attendant and a 9-year-old Butch Patrick as a curious boy who finds Agar's monster at the beach! There's some surprisingly cool make-up with Agar looking like a cross between Rondo Hatton and an overcooked brownie (all his victims end up the same way). Best of all is the film's jazzy music by Sonny Burke that has a mix of organ, bongo drums and Theremin that reminds me a lot of Howard Shore's score for Tim Burton's Ed Wood! Clocking in at just about 1 hour this is a fun little film. Running time: 1hr
Fullscreen / black & white (both films)
Region Free / Code Free DVD-R