Showing posts with label limited release. Show all posts
Showing posts with label limited release. Show all posts

Friday 31 May 2019

ASYLUM AND THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD LIMITED RELEASE ON FIRST TIME BLU RAY IN UK


NEWS: Announced today, is the news of the arrival of TWO Amicus Peter Cushing films being released as limited editions next month on blu ray  SECOND SIGHT FILMS  in the UK for the FIRST TIME on the 29th of JULY 2019! Both THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD and ASYLUM contain very neat menu of bonus extras, some new additions, some passed over from previous releases. but BOTH have exceptional cases artwork by my good mate, Graham Humphreys, plus both have supplement 40 page booklets on the movies too! Here is the run down on what each release is offering as a pretty neat package . . we'll be sharing a review on this release, the print and the contents very soon, so keep your eyes peeled. Meanwhile, you can place YOUR PRE ORDER HERE! 



THE AMICUS LIMITED EDITIONS of ASYLUM and THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD : THE CONTENTS and BONUS FEATURES are as follows:


ASYLUM Limited Edition Contents • Rigid Slipcase Featuring New Artwork by Graham Humphreys • 40 page booklet with new essays by Allan Bryce, Jon Towlson and Kat Ellinger Special Features • Audio Commentary with Director Roy Ward Baker and Camera Operator Neil Binney • ‘Two’s a Company’: 1972 On-set BBC report featuring interviews with Producer Milton Subotsky, Director Roy Ward Baker, Actors Charlotte Rampling, James Villiers, Megs Jenkins, Art Director Tony Curtis and Production Manager Teresa Bolland • Screenwriter David J. Schow on Writer Robert Bloch • Fiona Subotsky Remembers Milton Subotsky • Inside The Fear Factory Featurette with Directors Roy Ward Baker, Freddie Francis and Producer Max J. Rosenberg • Theatrical Trailer


THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD Limited Edition Contents • Rigid Slipcase Featuring New Artwork by Graham Humphreys • 40 page soft cover book with new essays by Allan Bryce, Jon Towlson and Kat Ellinger Special Features • Audio Commentary with Director Peter Duffell and Author Jonathan Rigby • Audio Commentary with Film Historian and Author Troy Howarth • Interview with Second Assistant Director Mike Higgins • A Rated Horror Film - Vintage featurette featuring interviews with Director Peter Duffell and Actors Geoffrey Bayldon, Ingrid Pitt and Chloe Franks • Theatrical Trailers • Amicus Radio Spots • Stills Gallery


THE STORY BEHIND Peter Cushing and his WAXWORKS in THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD HERE!




YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AND READ UP ON BOTH ASYLUM and THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD in our PCASUK features, complete with galleries and rare images! HERE and HERE!




Wednesday 21 February 2018

WIN INDICATORS HAMMER FILMS BLU RAY BOX SET VOLUME TWO HERE TODAY!

 
#TOOCOOLTUESDAY! It's THAT time again. You know the rules by now. ONLY send your answers using the MESSAGE button, no entries on the thread below. Many Many thanks to Indicator and GOOD LUCK to everyone, this BOX SET is a smasher! GOOD LUCK!

Release date: 19 February 2018
Limited Blu-ray Edition (World premieres on Blu-ray)

HAMMER VOLUME TWO: CRIMINAL INTENT : THE SNORKEL (Guy Green, 1958)
NEVER TAKE SWEETS FROM A STRANGER (Cyril Frankel, 1960) : THE FULL TREATMENT (Val Guest, 1960) : CASH ON DEMAND (Quentin Lawrence, 1961)
Release date: 19 February 2018 Limited Blu-ray Edition (World premieres on Blu-ray)

Four classic thrillers from the vaults of Hammer Films released on Blu-ray for the very first time, including premiere presentations of the complete, uncensored UK theatrical release versions of Val Guest’s The Full Treatment and Cyril Frankel’s Never Take Sweets from a Stranger and a host of new and exclusive extra features. This stunning Limited Blu-ray Edition Box Set from Indicator is strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.

INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
HD restorations of all four films
Original Mono audio
New title-specific documentaries exploring aspects of each film
Audio commentary with film historian Michael Brooke and author Johnny Mains on The Snorkel
The Snorkel original script ending: reconstruction of the finale of Jimmy's Sangster's screenplay
Two presentations of Never Take Sweets from a Stranger: with the original UK titles; and with the alternative US Never Take Candy from a Stranger titles
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger introduction by actor and filmmaker Matthew Holness
Two presentations of The Full Treatment: the uncensored UK theatrical cut; and the censored US version with alternative Stop Me Before I Kill! titles
Audio commentary with film historians Jonathan Rigby and David Miller on Cash on Demand
New and exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, including actors Janina Faye (Never Take Sweets from a Stranger) and Lois Daine (Cash on Demand), props master Peter Allchorne (The Snorkel) and second assistant director Hugh Harlow (The Snorkel)
Appreciations of composers Elisabeth Lutyens (Never Take Sweets from a Stranger) and Francis Chagrin (The Snorkel) by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
Hammer’s Women: Betta St John (2018): Diabolique magazine’s editor-in-chief Kat Ellinger offers an appreciation of the American actress, singer and dancer
Hammer’s Women: Gwen Watford (2018): British cinema expert Dr Laura Mayne explores the life and career of the prolific English film, stage and television actress
Hammer’s Women: Diane Cilento (2018): Dr Melanie Williams, author of Female Stars of British Cinema, explores the life and career of the Australian theatre and film actress and author
Hammer’s Women: Lois Daine (2018): critic and author Becky Booth on the popular English film and television actress
Archival documentaries, interviews and featurettes
Original trailers
Image galleries: extensive promotional and on-set photography, poster art and marketing materials
Exclusive booklets for each film, with new essays by Kat Ellinger, Julian Upton and Kim Newman, archival interview materials, contemporary reviews, and full film credits
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
World Blu-ray premieres of all four films
Limited Edition Box Set of 6,000 numbered copies.

AVAILABLE FOR ORDER TODAY: NOW! HERE!




TODAY WE REMEMBER Robert Quarry, a great actor best known for his roles in a number of horror films in the 70’s such as 'Count Yorga Vampire' (1970) and its sequel 'The Return Of Count Yorga' (1971) , 'Dr. Philbes Rises Again' (1973) and 'Madhouse' (1974) with Peter Cushing and Vincent Price . . Quarry was also featured in guest spots on such TV shows as "Studio 57," "The Lone Ranger," "Hallmark Hall of Fame," "Mike Hammer," "The Fugitive," "Perry Mason," "Ironside," "Cannon," "The Rockford Files," and "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century."


OUTSIDE OF HIS WORK in movies and television, Robert also had a highly distinguished stage career. Quarry acted in Broadway productions of "As You Like It," "The Taming of the Shrew," "Richard III," and "Gramercy Ghost." He acted alongside Cloris Leachman in "Design for Living" at the Stage Society in Los Angeles and in 1966 went on tour with a traveling roadshow production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". 


HE REGULARLY studied his craft at the Actors Lab in Hollywood. Blessed with an IQ of 168, Quarry was a Life master at bridge. In addition, Robert studied cooking at the Cardon Bleu School in Manhattan and was the author of the best-selling cookbook "Wonderfully Simple Recipes for Simply Wonderful Food." Robert Quarry died at age 83 on February 20, 2009 in Woodland Hills, California.


 



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Tuesday 10 October 2017

PETER CUSHING: THE RARE THE BIZARRE AND THE WONDERFUL : THE LESSER SEEN!


#TOOCOOLTUESDAY! Every THURSDAY, your chance to watch the unreleased, the lost, the wonderful and the bizarre... 'The Lesser Seen Roles of Peter Cushing', starting this Thursday with the 1967 film, SOME MY LIVE.... here and at our PCAS You Tube Channel, with a supplement feature and stills and media gallery posted at the PCAS website. We'll have fun!



IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll  love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.  Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA

Monday 27 July 2015

FIRST LOOK: DR TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS LIMITED EDITION STEEL BOOK BLU RAY


It's not released until September 21, 2015..but here's our first proper look at the Odeon Entertainment Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965) Steel Book Blu ray packaging. Looks very nice indeed. With it's LIMITED numbered edition release of 4,000, with specially commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys, the extras Include a brand new making of Dr Terror documentary by Nucleus Films and a recently filmed appreciation of the life and career of the late Sir Christopher Lee. It's available for PRE ORDER now….

The Blu-ray will be region free
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