The Curse of Frankenstein (Blu-ray + DVD) [1957]

Product Description

The Curse of Frankenstein” fully restored in high definition for the first time in its original Academy Ratio of 1.37:1. Available on 3 disc Double Play, it includes 1 Blu-ray and 2 DVDs full of brand new content. Featuring new documentaries and bonus extras and including the infamous ‘eye ball scene’ which was originally banned but has now been fully restored.

SINGLE Blu-ray 50 DISC:

- HD Main Feature – Never before released “Academy” ratio” 1.37:1 83 mins – DTS MA 2.0
- HD "The Curse of Frankenstein (1.66:1 version)" - Alternate Aspect Ratio 83mins – DTS MA 2.0
- New audio commentary with Marcus Hearn & Jonathan Rigby
- Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (new & exclusive)
- Life With Sir (new & exclusive Peter Cushing documentary)
- Four Sided Triangle (Bonus feature film) 80 mins
- Tales of Frankenstein (Bonus TV pilot) 25 mins
- World Of Hammer: The Curse of Frankenstein 25 mins
- Stills show
- English HOH subtitles for main feature

DOUBLE DVD:

DISC #1:
- Main Feature – Never seen before “Academy” ratio” 1.37:1 83 mins - DD 2.0 – English HOH subtitles
- "The Curse of Frankenstein (1.66:1 version)" - Alternative Aspect Ratio 83mins - DD 2.0
- New audio commentary with Marcus Hearn & Jonathan Rigby

DISC #2:
- Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (new & exclusive)
- Life With Sir (new & exclusive Peter Cushing documentary)
- Four Sided Triangle (Bonus feature film) 80 mins
- Tales of Frankenstein (Bonus TV pilot) 25 mins
- World Of Hammer: The Curse of Frankenstein 25 mins
- Stills show
- All-new PDF booklet “The Creator’s Spark: Hammer’s Frankenstein Begins” with text by Hammer archivist Robert J. E. Simpson

Synopsis

Baron Victor Frankenstein was the archetypal aristocrat, well-read, cultured and arrogant. Beyond the sophisticated veneer existed a cruel, utterly unscrupulous man, obsessed with ambition. Determined to realise his greatest dream to create life, he had assembled a creature from organs gathered from various unwilling donors. The creature is successful brought to life but the instability of the brain, damaged during surgery, causes uncontrollable violent spasms that result in indiscriminate murder... and it is the Baron to whom the blame is laid with fatal consequences.

The Curse of Frankenstein is a classic 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions, based on the novel Frankenstein (1816) by Mary Shelley. It was Hammer's first colour horror film, and the first of their Frankenstein series. Its worldwide success led to several sequels, and the studio's new versions of Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959) and established "Hammer Horror" as a distinctive brand of Gothic cinema. The film was directed by Terence Fisher and starred Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in two of their most iconic roles.

From Amazon.co.uk

Britain's Hammer Studios had been making films for decades before they suddenly redefined themselves with this lurid remake of the Universal Studios horror classic. Prohibited by Universal from copying their blocky make-up (and their script, for that matter), Hammer returned to Mary Shelley's novel for inspiration and then went in its own direction. Peter Cushing plays Dr. Frankenstein as the rational scientist turned cold-blooded criminal in his campaign to discover the secret of life, committing murder to further his ends or to remove an inconvenient mistress. Christopher Lee is the pitiable creature, a terrified behemoth more innocent new-born than malevolent monster. His pale, pallid, grotesquely scarred face was so thickly applied that he emotes almost exclusively with his eyes and his awkward, stumbling gestures. The not-so-good Dr. Frankenstein is the true monster, a ruthless scientist whose rejection of superstition extends to all moral considerations. Shot in blood-red colour by Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher, the stylish, often salacious film became Hammer's biggest success to date, made horror stars out of the classically trained Cushing and Lee, and transformed the B studio into the Hammer we know and love today: the house that dripped blood. The Horror of Dracula immediately followed, reuniting the winning team of Cushing and Lee, and Cushing returned in four of six Frankenstein sequels. --Sean Axmaker --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.