Details
Mr. Sardonicus Blu-Ray (UK Import)
Indicator
Original title: Mr. Sardonicus
Year: 1961
Country: USA
Region code: A/B/C
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697921410
Image: 1.85:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
English - Original Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
Rating: 12
Genre: Horror
Cast: Oscar Homolka, Ronald Lewis
Director: William Castle
Synopsis:
Fresh from Hammer’s Taste of Fear, Ronald Lewis teamed up with William Castle for what the famed horror producer considered one his favourite films. Lewis plays Sir Robert Cargrave, a British doctor who receives a letter from an ex-lover about an intriguing case. Her husband, the titular Mr Sardonicus (Guy Rolfe, Yesterday’s Enemy), requires medical attention for his horribly deformed face… Once seen, you’ll never be able to forget it.
Extras:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger
- Gothic Castle (2018, 28 mins): critical analysis by Jonathan Rigby, author of American Gothic: Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema
- The Punishment Poll (2018, 6 mins): interview with publicist Richard Kahn
- Taking the Punishment Poll (2002, 8 mins): archivist Bob Burns and filmmakers David Del Valle, Michael Schlesinger and Fred Olen Ray discuss the film
- Isolated music & effects track
- Original theatrical trailer
- Stuart Gordon trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): short critical appreciation
- Image gallery: promotional and on-set photography, poster art and archive materials
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
