Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Sherlock Holmes is the most filmed character of all time but it is arguably this 1959 re-telling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s classic tale The Hound of the Baskervilles from legendary horror studio Hammer & starring genre stalwarts Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee which stands as the super sleuth s finest cinematic hour Rising up out of the swirling mists of Dartmoor Baskerville Hall stands tall & gloomy Its occupant Charles Baskerville has been found dead in mysterious circumstances Could Sir Charles have been the victim of the so-called Baskerville Curse which tells of a deadly beast that stalks the surrounding countryside? Unperturbed by the legend next-in-line Sir Henry Baskerville (a rare leading man performance from Lee) sets out to Dartmoor to assume inheritance of the family estate under the auspices of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes & right-hand man Dr Watson (Andre Morell) Imbued with an atmosphere as thick as fog The Hound of the Baskervilles is a superlative gothic yarn which benefits from game performances from Cushing Lee & Morell as well as the expert direction of Terence Fisher known for helming many of Hammer s most celebrated efforts including The Curse of Frankenstein Dracula & The Devil Rides Out