Fox Horror Classics in October
15-09-2007 16:05 | 6465 views | Dave Foster | Show Backlinks
Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of a Fox Horror Classics box-set on 9th October 2007 priced at $26.98 SRP. Making their US DVD debuts are Hangover Square, The Lodger and The Undying Monster - all originally radio plays performed by Vincent Price they were subsequently brought to the silver screen by director John Brahm.
Each of these horror classics is newly restored and remastered and feature the vintage radio shows with Vincent Price narrating the tale, as well as commentaries, restoration comparisons and more…
Hangover Square (1945) - Based on the novel by Patrick Hamilton, Hangover Square stars Laird Cregar as a composer who suffers from unexplainable blackouts. When he discovers the young attractive woman he has fallen for wants to steal his music, his blackouts may result in murder.
Features include:
The Lodger (1942) - Cregar also stars in The Lodger, a tale of a family suffering from financial hardship that offers a room in their home to a mysterious wanderer to help make end’s meet. But when suspicious habits come to fruition, they begin to fear this peculiar stranger may in fact be the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper.
Features include:
The Undying Monster (1942) - An inspector investigates the murderous connection of a werewolf’s relentless pursuit of a certain family.
Features include:
Each of these horror classics is newly restored and remastered and feature the vintage radio shows with Vincent Price narrating the tale, as well as commentaries, restoration comparisons and more…
Hangover Square (1945) - Based on the novel by Patrick Hamilton, Hangover Square stars Laird Cregar as a composer who suffers from unexplainable blackouts. When he discovers the young attractive woman he has fallen for wants to steal his music, his blackouts may result in murder.
Features include:
- Commentary by Film Historian / Screenwriter Steve Haberman and Co-Star Faye Marlowe
- Commentary by Richard Schickel
- The Tragic Mask: The Larid Cregar Story
- Hangover Square Vintage Radio Show – Performed by Vincent Price
- Restoration Comparison
- Trailer
- Advertising Gallery
- Still Gallery
The Lodger (1942) - Cregar also stars in The Lodger, a tale of a family suffering from financial hardship that offers a room in their home to a mysterious wanderer to help make end’s meet. But when suspicious habits come to fruition, they begin to fear this peculiar stranger may in fact be the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper.
Features include:
- Commentary by Film Historian s Alain Silver & James Ursini
- Man In The Fog: The Making Of The Lodger
- The Lodger Vintage Radio Show – Performed by Vincent Price
- Restoration Comparison
- Trailer
- Still Gallery
The Undying Monster (1942) - An inspector investigates the murderous connection of a werewolf’s relentless pursuit of a certain family.
Features include:
- Concertos Macabre: The Films Of John Brahm
- Restoration Comparison
- Trailer
- Advertising Gallery
- Still Gallery
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run the gauntlet of showing vintage b+w melodramas.
Film still packs a punch
THE LODGER and HANGOVER SQUARE are Laird Cregar's better melodramas.
I suppose Fox in the UK m-a-y release them in the future but as one off titles sans extras ah well another case for buying Reg 1 dvd's.