Scream Factory: Two William Castle Films Detailed for Blu-ray
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Posted July 16, 2018 05:26 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory had detailed its upcoming Blu-ray releases of William Castle's Strait-Jacket (1964) and The Tingler (1959). The two releases will be available for purchase on August 21.
Strait-Jacket
Synopsis: It may seem like paradise, but just off shore a new brand of terror has been unleashed...
Film legend Joan Crawford gives a terrific performance in this chiller from pioneer horror movie producer William Castle.
Crawford plays Lucy Harbin, a woman who goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. With her three-year-old daughter accidentally witnessing the grisly act, Lucy axes the couple to death. She spends twenty years in a mental institution for the double murder.
After she is released, she moves in with her brother (Leif Erickson), his wife and her own daughter (Diane Baker), now twenty-three. Her nightmare is over ... or is it? When a spate of ax murders start occurring suddenly in the neighborhood, police think Lucy has reverted to her old ways. The truth is finally revealed in a rousing, blood-chilling finale.
Special Features:
Synopsis: Look out for the Tingler!
Vincent Price stars as an obsessed doctor who discovers that fear manifests itself as a parasitic creature, which grows on the spinal cords of terrified people. If they scream, the Tingler can be destroyed. If they don't, it will sever the spinal column and kill them. He successfully isolates and removes the Tingler from a deaf mute (Judith Evelyn) who has been scared to death by her devious husband. Once captured, the Tingler escapes and runs amok in a crowded movie theater. Terror is loose, but can it be stopped?
The Tingler is legendary horror director William Castle's magnum opus. After the success of House On Haunted Hill, Castle devised a new gimmick called "Percepto." Participating theaters would wire seats so that random moviegoers would get a tangible electric shock during climactic moments in the film. Another novelty used to maximum effect is the short color sequence depicting blood pouring from a faucet and filling a bathtub. Castle went on to direct more cult classics like Homicidal and 13 Ghosts and later produced the mainstream hit Rosemary's Baby.
Special Features:
Strait-Jacket
Synopsis: It may seem like paradise, but just off shore a new brand of terror has been unleashed...
Film legend Joan Crawford gives a terrific performance in this chiller from pioneer horror movie producer William Castle.
Crawford plays Lucy Harbin, a woman who goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. With her three-year-old daughter accidentally witnessing the grisly act, Lucy axes the couple to death. She spends twenty years in a mental institution for the double murder.
After she is released, she moves in with her brother (Leif Erickson), his wife and her own daughter (Diane Baker), now twenty-three. Her nightmare is over ... or is it? When a spate of ax murders start occurring suddenly in the neighborhood, police think Lucy has reverted to her old ways. The truth is finally revealed in a rousing, blood-chilling finale.
Special Features:
- NEW Joan Had Me Fired – an interview with actress Anne Helm
- NEW On the Road with Joan Crawford – an interview with publicist Richard Kahn
- NEW Audio Commentary with authors/film historians Steve Haberman and David J. Schow and film historian Constantine Nasr
- Battle-Ax: The Making of Strait-Jacket
- Joan Crawford Costume and Make Up Tests
- Ax Swinging Screen Test
- Theatrical Trailers
- Still Gallery
Synopsis: Look out for the Tingler!
Vincent Price stars as an obsessed doctor who discovers that fear manifests itself as a parasitic creature, which grows on the spinal cords of terrified people. If they scream, the Tingler can be destroyed. If they don't, it will sever the spinal column and kill them. He successfully isolates and removes the Tingler from a deaf mute (Judith Evelyn) who has been scared to death by her devious husband. Once captured, the Tingler escapes and runs amok in a crowded movie theater. Terror is loose, but can it be stopped?
The Tingler is legendary horror director William Castle's magnum opus. After the success of House On Haunted Hill, Castle devised a new gimmick called "Percepto." Participating theaters would wire seats so that random moviegoers would get a tangible electric shock during climactic moments in the film. Another novelty used to maximum effect is the short color sequence depicting blood pouring from a faucet and filling a bathtub. Castle went on to direct more cult classics like Homicidal and 13 Ghosts and later produced the mainstream hit Rosemary's Baby.
Special Features:
- NEW Audio Commentary by author/historian Steve Haberman
- NEW I Survived The Tingler – an interview with Pamela Lincoln
- NEW Unleashing "Percepto" – an interview with publicist Barry Lorie
- Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and "The Tingler" – vintage featurette>
- William Castle's Drive-In "Scream!" audio
- Original "Scream" Scene
- The original 1959 theatre lobby recording
- Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
