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THE
HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK (BLU-RAY/BOOKLET)
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One
day the necrophiliac tendencies of Dr Hichcock (Robert Flemyng, The Quiller
Memorandum) go too far and his wife dies from an overdose. Bereft, the doctor
leaves his house but returns years later with a new wife, Cynthia (Barbara
Steele, Black Sunday). The house they return to is eerie and Cynthia hears
strange things, meanwhile, she doesn’t realise Dr Hichcock intends to use her
body to re-animate his dead wife's corpse. Released at the height of the
Italian horror boom that was produced in the wake of the influence of Hammer’s
era-defining horror productions, director Riccardo Freda (The Iguana with the
Tongue of Fire) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (The Whip and the Body)
create a dark and wicked gothic horror that brings in sly allusions to the work
of Alfred Hitchcock while the period detail of Victorian London provides a lush
backdrop.
LIMITED
EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
New
2023 2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented in three
versions across two Blu-rays:
Disc
1: the original 87-minute Italian version The Horrible Dr. Hichcock [L’orrible
segreto del Dr. Hichcock]; and the English dub of the complete 87-minute
Italian cut Raptus: The Secret of Dr. Hichcock;
Disc
2, exclusive to the limited edition: the re-ordered 76-minute North American
version The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Audio
commentary by critics Kat Ellinger and Annie Rose Malamet
Audio
commentary by Tim Lucas analysing the different versions and distribution
history of the film
New
interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (2023)
Visual
essay on Bluebeard in gothic film by Miranda Corcoran (2023)
An
interview with Madeleine Le Despencer on necrophilia and taboo gothic (2023)
Trailer
Gallery
Reversible
sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
Limited
edition booklet featuring new writing by critic and author Chris Fujiwara on
the film; an archival piece by Alan Y. Upchurch, Tim Lucas and Luigi Boscaino
on the making of the film featuring interviews with Freda, Steele, Flemyng and
others; and a critical overview by Cullen Gallagher
Limited
edition of 5000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with
removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings