The beginnings of what would become films such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and House of 1000 Corpses can be found in James Whale’s The Old Dark House, a highly unique 1932 gem that had been out of print for quite some time before Cohen Media Group restored it in 4K and released it on Blu-ray in October of last year.
Now, that restoration is headed to the UK.
Eureka Entertainment is adding the Boris Karloff-starring The Old Dark House to their “Masters of Cinema” series, in a definitive Dual Format edition on May 21.
Special features include:
- Limited Edition O-Card (first pressing only) featuring artwork by Graham Humphreys created especially for the 2018 UK theatrical release
- Gorgeous 1080p presentation from the Cohen Media Group 4K restoration (with a progressive encode on the DVD)
- Uncompressed LPCM audio (On the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles
- An exclusive video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns
- Feature length audio commentary by critic & author Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
- Feature length audio commentary by Gloria Stuart
- Feature length audio commentary by James Whale biographer James Curtis
- Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff
- Curtis Harrington Saves The Old Dark House – an archival interview with director Curtis Harrington about his efforts to save The Old Dark House at a time when it was considered a lost film
- Eureka! trailer for the 2018 theatrical release of The Old Dark House
- A collector’s booklet featuring new essay by critic Philip Kemp, as well as an abundant selection of archival imagery and ephemera.
In The Old Dark House…
“A group of stranded travelers stumble upon a strange old house, and find themselves at the mercy of the highly eccentric, and potentially dangerous, Femm family.”
Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, and Ernest Thesiger also star.
