Indicator December Titles
Indicator, a boutique British video label from Powerhouse Films, has announced two upcoming Blu-ray releases for December, encompassing five films, including a second limited edition box set of titles produced and directed by William Castle.
Although these are being released in the U.K., four of the five titles are listed as Region Free, so they will play in Blu-ray players worldwide. Usually, Indicator’s titles are eventually available through Amazon, DiabolikDVD and other U.S. retailers.
Below are the details directly from the Indicator email newsletter and website:
WILLIAM CASTLE AT COLUMBIA, VOLUME TWO – LE
£42.99
ZOTZ! (1962)
13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS (1963)
THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1963)
STRAIT-JACKET (1964)
Release date: 10 December 2018
Limited Blu-ray Edition (UK Blu-ray premieres)
Renowned for his imaginative and eccentric marketing ploys, William Castle became synonymous with delivering lurid horror films backed-up by his trademark publicity gimmicks (‘Illusion-O’; ‘Percepto’; the ‘Punishment Poll’; ‘Fright Breaks’, etc.). WILLIAM CASTLE AT COLUMBIA VOLUME TWO features four more weird and wonderful films from the outrageous showman’s illustrious career with Columbia Pictures, all presented on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Containing a wealth of new and archival extras this stunning Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set from Indicator is strictly limited to 6,000 units.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:
- High Definition remasters of all four films
- Original mono audio
- Alternative presentations of The Old Dark House – the black and white 1963 US theatrical presentation (87 mins); the cut-down A-certificate 1966 UK presentation (77 mins); and the complete uncut colour presentation (87 mins)
- Zotz! audio commentary by Diabolique Magazine’s editor-in-chief Kat Ellinger
- 13 Frightened Girls audio commentary by Daughters of Darkness’ Samm Deighan
- The Old Dark Houseaudio commentary by celebrated horror and fantasy authors Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
- Strait-Jacket audio commentary film historians Lee Gambin and Emma Westwood
- Stephen Laws Introduces ‘Zotz!’ (2018): an appreciation by the acclaimed horror author
- Kim Newman on Ray Russell (2018): an appreciation of novelist and writer of Zotz! by the critic and author of Nightmare Movies
- 13 Frightened Girls: William Castle’s original ‘The Candy Web’ opening / closing ‘Danger Card’ messages
- 13 Frightened Girls: four alternativee opening sequences created for international release versions
- Jonathan Rigby on ‘The Old Dark House’ and ‘Strait-Jacket’ (2018): new appreciations by the author of American Gothic: Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema
- ‘The Old Dark House’ in Eastmancolor (2018): Paul Frith, Senior Research Associate, School of Art, Media and American Studies at UEA discusses the film’s cinematography
- Joan Had Me Fired! (2018): an interview with actor Anne Helm
- On the Road with Joan Crawford (2018): an interview with publicist Richard Kahn
- Battle-Axe: The Making of ‘Strait-Jacket’ (2007, 15 mins)
- Joan Crawford Wardrobe Tests (1964, 4 mins)
- Joan Crawford – Axe Test (1964, 1 min)
- How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964, 5 mins): star Joan Crawford, director William Castle and author Robert Bloch discuss making Strait-Jacket in this vintage piece
- Super 8 version of Strait-Jacket
- Isolated music & effects track on all four films
- Original theatrical trailers
- Strait-Jacket trailer commentary with David DeCoteau
- 13 Frightened Girls original UK trailer introduction
- Alternative 13 Frightened Girls ‘The Candy Web’ trailer
- Promotional and on-set photography, poster art and archive materials
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited Edition box set exclusive booklets for each film with new essays by Joe Jordan, Racheal Nisbet, James Oliver and John Oliver, archival interview materials, contemporary reviews and film credits
- World and UK premieres on Blu-ray
- Limited Edition box set of 6,000 numbered units
- All extras subject to change
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BBFC cert: 12
REGION FREE (except STRAIT-JACKET, which is REGION B)
EAN: 5037899071830
BERSERK – LE
(Jim O’Connolly, 1967)
Release date: 10 December 2018
Limited Blu-ray Edition (UK Blu-ray premiere)
After the huge success of Robert Aldrich’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962), Hollywood legend Joan Crawford found herself taking the lead in a series of lurid and sensational horror pictures in her later years – and Berserk was one of the best and most successful.
Crawford stars as a ruthless circus owner who exploits a series of gruesome murders for her own ends… until the killer targets her. Directed by Jim O’Connolly (Valley of Gwangi, Tower of Evil) and co-starring Diana Dors (Yield to the Night, Deep End), Michael Gough (Horror Hospital, Batman) and Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place, Inseminoid), Berserk is a deranged slice of Great British Grand(Dame) Guignol – a bloody exploitation classic!
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- The BFI interview with Joan Crawford (1956)
- Audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Eloise Ross
- Pamela Hutchinson on Joan Crawford (2018)
- Jonathan Rigby on ‘Berserk’ (2018): a new appreciation by the author of American Gothic: Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema
- Didier Chatelain on Herman Cohen (2018): an interview with producer Cohen’s assistant and business partner
- Tom Baker’s Beyond Belief! VHS Introduction (1997)
- Tom Baker’s Beyond Belief! Outtakes (1997)
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited Edition exclusive booklet containing a new essay by Josephine Botting, archival interviews, historic articles, an overview of contemporary critical responses and full film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited Edition of 3,000 copies
- All extras subject to change
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BBFC cert: 12
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071694
