Hammer, Icon Film Distribution and Lionsgate Films have officially announced that they will release Terence Fisher's Gothic classic
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), fully restored in High Definition and for the first time in its original Academy ratio of 1.37:1. Street date is October 15th.
The 3-disc Double Play Edition will include 1 x Blu-ray and 2 x DVD packed full of brand new content. Featuring new documentaries and bonus extras, and including the infamous "eyeball" scene, which was originally banned but has now been fully restored.
Single 50GB Disc
- HD Main Feature – Never before released "Academy" ratio 1.37:1 – 83 mins – DTS Master Audio 2.0
- HD The Curse of Frankenstein (1.66:1 version) – alternate aspect ratio – 83 mins – DTS Master Audio 2.0
- New audio commentary with Marcus Hearn & Jonathan Rigby
- Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (new & exclusive)
- Life With Sir (new & exclusive Peter Cushing documentary)
- Four Sided Triangle (bonus feature film) 80 mins
- Tales of Frankenstein (bonus TV pilot) 25 mins
- The Tale of Tales of Frankenstein (new & exclusive Ted Newsom documentary)
- World Of Hammer: The Curse of Frankenstein 25 mins
- Stills show
- English HOH subtitles for Main Feature
DVD 1
- Main Feature – Never before released "Academy" ratio 1.37:1 – 83 mins – DD 2.0 – English HOH subtitles
- The Curse of Frankenstein (1.66:1 version) – alternate aspect ratio – 83mins - DD 2.0
- New audio commentary with Marcus Hearn & Jonathan Rigby
DVD 2
- Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (new & exclusive)
- Life With Sir (new & exclusive Peter Cushing documentary)
- Four Sided Triangle (bonus feature film) 80 mins
- Tales of Frankenstein (bonus TV pilot) 25 mins
- The Tale of Tales of Frankenstein (new & exclusive Ted Newsom documentary)
- World Of Hammer: The Curse of Frankenstein 25 mins
- Stills show
- PDF Original shooting script
- PDF all-new booklet "The Creator's Spark: Hammer's Frankenstein Begins" with text by Hammer archivist Robert J. E. Simpson
Baron Victor Frankenstein is the archetypal aristocrat: well-read, cultured and arrogant. Beyond the sophisticated veneer exists a cruel, utterly unscrupulous man, obsessed with ambition. Determined to realise his greatest dream, to create life, he assembles a creature from organs gathered from various unwilling donors. The creature is successful brought to life but the instability of the brain, irretrievably damaged, causes uncontrollable and violent spasms that result in indiscriminate murder... and it is the Baron to whom the blame is laid, with fatal consequences.
The Curse of Frankenstein is a classic 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions, based on the novel
Frankenstein (1816) by Mary Shelley. It was Hammer's first colour horror film, and the first of their
Frankenstein series. Its worldwide success led to several sequels as well as the studio's versions of
Dracula (1958) and
The Mummy (1959) and established "Hammer Horror" as a distinctive and uniquely British brand of Gothic cinema. The film was directed by Terence Fisher and starred Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in two of their most iconic roles.