Scream Factory: Fear in the Night, The Leech Woman, and Horror of Frankenstein Releases Detailed

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Scream Factory: Fear in the Night, The Leech Woman, and Horror of Frankenstein Releases Detailed

Posted July 17, 2019 10:35 PM by Webmaster

Scream Factory has detailed three upcoming Blu-ray releases of popular genre titles: Jimmy Sangster's Fear in the Night (1972), Edward Dein's The Leech Woman (1960), and Jimmy Sangster's Horror of Frankenstein (1970).

Fear in the Night

Synopsis: Recovering from a recent nervous breakdown, a young woman (Judy Geeson, Hammerhead) moves with her new husband (Ralph Bates, Horror Of Frankenstein) to a rural boarding school where she meets the peculiar headmaster (horror film icon Peter Cushing) and his lusty wife (Joan Collins, Empire Of The Ants). When the fragile newlywed is repeatedly stalked and assaulted by a one-armed man, her terror escalates to a frenzy of madness and murder ... or does it? If she can survive one night of fear, then the morning promises an even more shocking surprise!

Special Features and Technical Specs:
  • Presented In Two Aspect Ratios – 1.66:1 And 1.85:1
  • NEW Audio Commentary With Film Historian Troy Howarth
  • Audio Commentary With Co-writer/Producer/Director Jimmy Sangster And Hammer Film Historian Marcus Hearn
  • Vintage Interview With Co-writer/Producer/Director Jimmy Sangster
  • End Of Term: Inside FEAR IN THE NIGHT
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Still Gallery
  • Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: AUGUST 27.

The Leech Woman

Synopsis: Hoping to discover the secret to eternal youth, Dr. Paul Talbot (Phillip Terry, The Lost Weekend) drags his long-suffering wife, June (Coleen Gray, The Killing), to follow him to Africa. When captured by natives, they witness the shocking metamorphosis of one of the old women into a young girl. But this "magic" is short-lived ... and, as the Talbots soon learn, requires a male sacrifice!

After Talbot forces his wife to make the transformation, she turns the tables on their tortured marriage and heads back to New York, a voluptuous recreation of her former self. But her beauty cannot last ... at least not without a healthy supply of male victims!

Special Features and Technical Specs:
  • BRAND NEW RESTORATION FROM A 35MM FINE GRAIN COMPOSITE
  • NEW Audio Commentary With Author/Film Historian Tom Weaver, Film Music Historian David Schecter, Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode With Archival Audio Interview With Actress Coleen Gray
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • Still Gallery
  • Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: AUGUST 27.

Horror of Frankenstein

Synopsis: Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and fiendish experiments. When he runs out of fresh body parts for his research, he turns to murder to complete his gruesome creation. Now, his monster (David Prowse, the Star Wars films) has unleashed its own horrifying killing spree. The true horrors of Dr. Frankenstein have only just begun ...

Special Features and Technical Specs:
  • Presented In Two Aspect Ratios – 1.66:1 And 1.85:1
  • NEW Audio Commentary By Film Historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck
  • NEW Interview With Assistant Director Nicholas Granby
  • NEW Veronica Carlson: A Portrait Of Hammer – An Interview With The Actress
  • NEW Jimmy Sangster: An Exclusive Interview – An Interview With The Producer/Director
  • Gallows Humor: Inside The Horror Of Frankenstein
  • Audio Commentary With Producer/Director Jimmy Sangster And Hammer Films Historian Marcus Hearn
  • Frankenstein, Dracula, And Me: A Conversation With Veronica Carlson
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Still Gallery
  • Optional English subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: AUGUST 20.