Indicator July Releases
Indicator, a boutique British video label from Powerhouse Films, has announced two upcoming Blu-ray releases (encompassing five films) for July. The titles include a tale of Gothic murder and Volume 3 of their Hammer Films box sets.
Although these are being released in the U.K., all of the 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 direcftly from the Indicator website:
FOOTSTEPS IN THE FOG – LE
£15.99
(Arthur Lubin, 1955)
Release date: 23 July 2018
Limited Blu-ray Edition (World Blu-ray premiere)
Shot in glorious Technicolor by award-winning cinematographer Christopher Challis (The Tales of Hoffmann, A Dandy in Aspic, Villain), this classic Gothic melodrama stars the then real-life husband and wife acting team of Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons in the tale of a murderous London businessman and the scheming housemaid who shares his dark secret.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Josephine Botting on ‘Footsteps in the Fog’ (2018): an exploration of Hollywood’s fascination with Victorian England by the film expert and BFI curator
- Steve Chibnall on Belinda Lee (2018): a new appreciation of the tragic star by the film expert and author of British Horror Cinema
- Kat Ellinger on ‘Footsteps in the Fog’ (2018): Diabolique magazine’s editor-in-chief explores the film’s Gothic origins
- 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 newly commissioned essay by professor Steve Chibnall, archival interviews, historic articles, an overview of contemporary critical responses and full film credits
- World premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited Edition of 3,000 copies
- All extras subject to change
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BBFC cert: PG
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071632
HAMMER VOLUME THREE: BLOOD & TERROR – LE
£42.99
THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND (Val Guest, 1958)
YESTERDAY’S ENEMY (Val Guest, 1959)
THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY (Terence Fisher, 1959)
THE TERROR OF THE TONGS (Anthony Bushell, 1961)
Release date: 23 July 2018
Limited Blu-ray Edition (World premieres on Blu-ray)
Four classic and controversial works from the vaults of Hammer Films, all released on Blu-ray for the very first time. Containing a wealth of new and archival extra features – including exclusive new documentaries and appreciations, new interviews with actors and crew members, archival audio commentaries, and extensive booklets – this stunning Limited Edition Box Set is strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
- High Definition remasters of all four films
- Original mono audio
- New, title-specific documentaries featuring interviews with film historians Jonathan Rigby and Dr Josephine Botting, produced and directed by Hammer expert Marcus Hearn
- The Stranglers of Bombay audio commentary with screenwriter David Z Goodman
- The Terror of the Tongs audio commentary with screenwriter Jimmy Sangster, assistant editor Chris Barnes, and Marcus Hearn
- The Guardian Interview with Val Guest (2005): archival audio recording with the prolific and highly respected filmmaker in conversation with film historian Jonathan Rigby at London’s National Film Theatre
- New interviews with actors Barbara Brown (The Terror of the Tongs) and Edwina Carroll (Yesterday’s Enemy)
- New interviews with props master Peter Allchorne (The Terror of the Tongs) and assistant costume designer Yvonne Blake (The Terror of the Tongs)
- ‘The Stranglers of Bombay’ and the Censor (2018): ex-BBFC examiner Richard Falcon discusses the film’s history with the Board
- David Huckvale on James Bernard (2018): a new appreciation of the renowned composer by the author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
- Steve Chibnall on Val Guest (2018): a new appreciation of the great British filmmaker by the director of the Cinema and Television History Research Centre at De Montfort University
- Hammer’s Women (2018): a series of new appreciations of the female players from the films: Mary Merrall, Edwina Carroll, Jan Holden and Yvonne Monlaur
- Original theatrical trailers
- The Stranglers of Bombay trailer commentary (2013): a short critical appreciation by Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Image Galleries: promotional and on-set photography, poster art and archive materials
- Limited Edition Box Set exclusive booklets for each film with new essays by Kim Newman, Neil Mitchell, James Oliver and Samm Deighan, archival materials, contemporary reviews, and film credits
- World premieres on Blu-ray
- Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units
…AND MORE! - All extras subject to change
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BBFC cert: 15
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071472
