Warner Archive - The Curse of Frankenstein 2 Disc Special Edition

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Warner Archive - The Curse of Frankenstein 2 Disc Special Edition

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The Curse of Frankenstein

The first, and perhaps the best of the long-running series of horror films from the house of Hammer, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star in this landmark interpretation based on the famous Mary Shelley story. Baron Victor Frankenstein becomes friends with one of his teachers, Paul Krempe. At first, both men are fascinated by the potential of their re-animating experiments. Eventually, though, Krempe refuses to help with Frankenstein's human experiments. However, he is drawn back into the plot when Frankenstein's creature kills a member of the house staff. For its U.S. Blu-ray debut, Warner Archive is proud to present this deluxe 2 Disc Special Edition, featuring two theatrical aspect ratio presentations, meticulously remastered and restored from preservation separations, as well as bonus disc with the restoration presented in "open-matte" format, as was seen for years on television, plus four exciting new retrospective featurettes, an expert commentary, and the original theatrical trailer.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE TECHNICOLOR CAMERA NEGATIVES
TWO-DISC SET featuring newly Remastered 1.37:1 Open Matte version of feature
New feature commentary by Screenwriter/Film Historian Steve Haberman and Filmmaker/Film Historian Constantine Nasr
The Resurrection Men: Hammer, Frankenstein and the Rebirth of the Horror Film
Hideous Progeny: The Curse of Frankenstein and the English Gothic Tradition
Torrents of Light: The Art of Jack Asher
Diabolus in Musica: James Bernard and the Sound of Hammer Horror
Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

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#2 Post by BobaMike »

Also they are releasing Mister Roberts and a vol 2 of The Best of Tex Avery cartoons....I'm excited for those and Frankenstein!

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Looks to be a spectacular release. Once I have this and The Revenge Of Frankenstein from the Mill Creek Hammer set, it'll complete my run of the Peter Cushing Frankenstein pics. 8)

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"Mister Roberts" I've been waiting for forever. I have three DVDs on my shelf still lying in "snapper cases" from late 1990s purchases. "Mister Roberts", "Arsenic And Old Lace" and "Butterfield 8". The day I have none left will be a day to celebrate!

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Eric Paddon wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 10:08 pm "Mister Roberts" I've been waiting for forever. I have three DVDs on my shelf still lying in "snapper cases" from late 1990s purchases. "Mister Roberts", "Arsenic And Old Lace" and "Butterfield 8". The day I have none left will be a day to celebrate!
The only "snapper" DVD I have left is Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale. It's ABSURD that hasn't been released on Blu yet, not even overseas. :x

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