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The Oblong Box (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)
BFI

Pre-Order - Release Date: 21.10.2024

Original title: The Oblong Box

Year: 1969
Country: UK
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5035673015247

Image: 1.85:1 (1080p)

Audio: English

Subtitles: English

Rating: 15

Genre: Horror

Cast: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee

Director: Gordon Hessler


Synopsis:

Masters of terror Vincent Price and Christopher Lee are both at their spine-chilling best in this grisly Gothic tale of the macabre, inspired by an Edgar Allan Poe story. In shadow-shrouded Victorian England, Sir Julian Markham (Price) is a landowner hiding a terrible family secret, while Dr Neuhartt (Lee) is a surgeon carrying out dreadful experiments upon stolen cadavers. When their absurd destinies entwine – and a mysterious murderer in a red mask begins a mission of vengeance – a series of brazen, bloody atrocities dream.

Extras:

• Presented in High Definition
• Audio commentary by film historian Steve Haberman (2022)
• Interview with Victoria Price (2024): the daughter of the legendary Vincent Price recalls the period in his career when he starred in The Oblong Box
• The Pit (1962, 27 mins): experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum
• The Bells (1913, 14 mins): a poignant poem by Edgar Allan Poe underpins this rare short silent film which tells a melodramatic tale of love and death
• Prelude (1927, 7 mins): Rachmaninoff's wonderfully disturbing 'Prelude in C Sharp Minor' sets the tone for Castleton Knight's silent, nightmarish reverie on Poe's The Premature Burial
• Roger Corman on Edgar Allen Poe (2013, 9 mins): the legendary director and producer discusses his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, including The Pit and the Pendulum and The Masque of the Red Death
• Original trailer
• Optional English descriptive subtitles
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring a new writing by Peter Fuller and Benjamin Halligan