The Horrible Dr. Hichcock [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Set]

Brand: Vinegar Syndrome

Binding: blu_ray

Format: ntsc

Release Date: 27-02-2024

Details: *This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s.
Brilliant scientist, Professor Bernard Hichcock, harbors a secret fascination with the corpses of beautiful young women. His perverse desires are so strong that he has developed a unique serum capable of placing people into a death-like state; a drug he has decided to experiment with on his wife, Margaretha. However, after accidentally giving her a lethal dose, the doctor panics and covers up his wife’s death. Hichcock soon remarries, this time to the orphaned Cynthia, whom he brings to live with him at his isolated castle. Shortly after her arrival, Cynthia begins to experience increasingly strange and ghastly goings-on. While her new husband dismisses these seemingly supernatural occurrences, Cynthia becomes convinced that someone - or something - is lurking in the castle and her loving husband might know more than he’s letting on…
A crucial early work in the Italian gothic horror canon, THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK, from director Riccardo Freda (Tragic Ceremony) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh), is a macabre period chiller which stars Barbara Steele (Black Sabbath) alongside Robert Flemyng (The Blood Beast Terror), Silvano Tranquilli (So Sweet, So Dead), and Harriet Medin (Blood and Black Lace). Graced with eye-poppingly colorful cinematography from Raffaele Masciocchi (The Ghost), Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents the UHD debut of this twisted and suspenseful classic in a brand new and exclusive 4K restoration of its original negative, and loaded with fresh extras including interviews with second assistant director Marcello Avallone and star Barbara Steele!
Bonus Features:
1. 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD (UHD100) / Region A Blu-ray
2. 4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
4. The 87-minute Italian cut features both its Italian and English language tracks and is available on both the UHD and Blu-ray discs
5. The 76-minute American cut with its English language track and is available on both the UHD and Blu-ray discs
6. Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
7. "The Horrible Dr. Freda" - an interview with second assistant director Marcello Avallone
8. "The Most Honorable Julyan Perry" - an interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
9. "Necropolises and Necrophiliacs" - filmmaker Marcello Avallone on Italian horror and his experiences of working within the genre
10. Scene select commentary track with actress Barbara Steele, moderated by Barbara Steele archivist Russ Lanier
11. English "Raptus" title sequence
12. Italian trailer
13. Still gallery
14. Reversible sleeve artwork
15. Newly translated English subtitles

EAN: 0814456029122

Package Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.6 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English, Italian

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