Severin Films has announced that it will release s standard edition of Robert Baker and Monty Berman's film Jack the Ripper (1959), starring Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, and Betty McDowall. The release will be available for purchase at major retailers on January 8.
Synopsis: In 1959, legendary showman Joseph E. Levine unleashed this grisly UK thriller on American moviegoers. But when audiences were horrified by the film's startling violence, graphic nudity and bloody Technicolor climax, it became one of Levine's most notorious failures. Today – in its notorious UK cut and the American version with a brassy new score – it remains among the most underappreciated and provocative shockers of its time. Eddie Byrne (THE MUMMY), Lee Patterson (TV's SURFSIDE 6) and John Le Mesurier (DAD'S ARMY) star in this lurid classic produced/directed by Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman (BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE) and written by Hammer Films' legendary Jimmy Sangster (THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, HORROR OF DRACULA) that FilmFracture.com calls "the perfect combination of murder mystery and horror film with just the right amount of lovely ladies!"
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 2K REMASTER OF THE U.S. VERSION OF THE FILM
British Version sourced from a telecine master (1080)
Audio Commentary With Co-Director/Co-Producer/Co-Cinematographer Robert S. Baker, Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster, Assistant Director Peter Manley, Moderated By British Horror Historian Marcus Hearn
Alternate/Extended Continental Takes
Interview With Denis Meikle, Author of "Jack The Ripper: The Murders And The Movies"
Gentleman Jack - The Whitechapel Murders Revisited Featurette