Tormented Blu-ray
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Posted February 7, 2024 02:00 AM by Webmaster
Film Masters has provided final details for its upcoming Blu-ray release of Bert I. Gordon's Tormented (1960), starring Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding, and Joe Turkel. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on April 23.
Description: Iconic cult film director Bert I. Gordon (Empire of the Ants, The Food of the Gods, The Mad Bomber, The Cyclops) helmed this terrifying story of passion from beyond the grave, starring Richard Carlson (Creature From the Black Lagoon, It Came From Outer Space), Susan Gordon (Ben Casey, The Five Pennies) and Lugene Sanders (The Life of Riley).
In a tight-knit island community off the coast of California, Tom Stewart (Carlson) is about to marry the woman he loves (Sanders). All is well until Tom's ex-girlfriend, Vi (Reding), confronts him at the top of the island's lighthouse, claiming he is hers and hers alone! When a freak accident occurs, he refuses to intervene, allowing the scorned woman to fall to her death. But his relief soon fades as Vi's vengeful spirit begins to follow him everywhere he goes. Tormented day and night, body and soul, to what lengths will he go to protect his secret? Will the unrelenting she-ghost reveal herself to others? Find out in this harrowing tale of love and hate … caught between the worlds of the living and the dead!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Iconic cult film director Bert I. Gordon (Empire of the Ants, The Food of the Gods, The Mad Bomber, The Cyclops) helmed this terrifying story of passion from beyond the grave, starring Richard Carlson (Creature From the Black Lagoon, It Came From Outer Space), Susan Gordon (Ben Casey, The Five Pennies) and Lugene Sanders (The Life of Riley).
In a tight-knit island community off the coast of California, Tom Stewart (Carlson) is about to marry the woman he loves (Sanders). All is well until Tom's ex-girlfriend, Vi (Reding), confronts him at the top of the island's lighthouse, claiming he is hers and hers alone! When a freak accident occurs, he refuses to intervene, allowing the scorned woman to fall to her death. But his relief soon fades as Vi's vengeful spirit begins to follow him everywhere he goes. Tormented day and night, body and soul, to what lengths will he go to protect his secret? Will the unrelenting she-ghost reveal herself to others? Find out in this harrowing tale of love and hate … caught between the worlds of the living and the dead!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM ARCHIVAL ELEMENTS
- UNRELEASED TV PILOT of Famous Ghost Stories, made by Bert I. Gordon and hosted by Vincent Price
- NEW Bert I. Gordon in the 1950s & 1960s: Bigger Than Life, documentary feature by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures featuring C. Courtney Joyner
- NEW audio commentary provided by film historian-writer-filmmaker Gary Don Rhodes
- NEW visual essay by The Flying Maciste Brothers, The Spirit is Willing: CineMagic and Social Discord in Bert I. Gordon's "Tormented"
- NEW feature essay by Tom Weaver with a bonus essay by John Wooley, former president of the Susan Gordon fan club and a personal friend of the actress
- Bert I. Gordon: The Amazing Colossal Filmmaker - archival interview with writer-producer-director Bert I. Gordon
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of Tormented (1992), full feature (1:33.1), with captions
- Original trailer - scanned in 4K from 35mm archival elements, presented in its raw format
- Recut trailer using restored film elements
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
