Second Sight: Final Specs for Limited Editions of Asylum and The House That Dripped Blood Revealed
HomeSecond Sight: Final Specs for Limited Editions of Asylum and The House That Dripped Blood Revealed
Posted May 29, 2019 06:56 PM by Webmaster
British label Second Sight has revealed the final specs for its upcoming Limited Editions of Roy Ward Baker's Asylum (1972) and Peter Duffell's The House That Dripped Blood (1971). The two releases will be available for purchase on July 29.
Asylum
Synopsis: A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. He hears stories about (1) the revenge of a murdered wife, (2) a tailor who makes a suit with some highly unusual qualities, (3) a woman who questions her sanity when it appears that her brother is conspiring against her, and (4) a man who builds tiny toy robots with lifelike human heads... Starring Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, and Barry Morse.
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Synopsis: A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house: a writer encounters a strangler of his own creation; two men are obsessed with a wax figure of a woman from their past; a little girl displays an interest in witchcraft; and a film actor discovers a cloak which gives him a vampire's powers. Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Jon Pertwee, and Joss Ackland.
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Asylum
Synopsis: A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. He hears stories about (1) the revenge of a murdered wife, (2) a tailor who makes a suit with some highly unusual qualities, (3) a woman who questions her sanity when it appears that her brother is conspiring against her, and (4) a man who builds tiny toy robots with lifelike human heads... Starring Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, and Barry Morse.
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS:
- Audio Commentary with Director Roy Ward Baker and Camera Operator Neil Binney
- 'Two's a Company': 1972 On-set BBC report featuring interviews with Producer Milton Subotsky, Director Roy Ward Baker, Actors Charlotte Rampling, James Villiers, Megs Jenkins, Art Director Tony Curtis and Production Manager Teresa Bolland
- Screenwriter David J. Schow on Writer Robert Bloch
- Fiona Subotsky Remembers Milton Subotsky
- Inside The Fear Factory Featurette with Directors Roy Ward Baker, Freddie Francis and Producer Max J. Rosenberg
- Theatrical Trailer
- Rigid Slipcase Featuring New Artwork by Graham Humphreys
- 40 page booklet with new essays by Allan Bryce, Jon Towlson and Kat Ellinger
Synopsis: A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house: a writer encounters a strangler of his own creation; two men are obsessed with a wax figure of a woman from their past; a little girl displays an interest in witchcraft; and a film actor discovers a cloak which gives him a vampire's powers. Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Jon Pertwee, and Joss Ackland.
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS:
- Audio Commentary with Director Peter Duffell and Author Jonathan Rigby
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian and Author Troy Howarth
- Interview with Second Assistant Director Mike Higgins
- A Rated Horror Film - Vintage featurette featuring interviews with Director Peter Duffell and Actors Geoffrey Bayldon, Ingrid Pitt and Chloe Franks
- Theatrical Trailers
- Amicus Radio Spots
- Stills Gallery
- Rigid Slipcase Featuring New Artwork by Graham Humphreys
- 40 page soft cover book with new essays by Allan Bryce, Jon Towlson and Kat Ellinger