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The Man Who Could Cheat Death Blu-Ray (UK Import)
Hammer Films

Pre-order - Release date: 22.02.2027

Original title: The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Year: 1959
Country: UK
Region code: B
Format: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5061058621215

Image: 1.37:1 / 1.66:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio: 
English - Mono
English - 5.1

Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German

Age rating: 12

Genre: Horror

Cast: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee

Director: Terence Fisher


Synopsis:

With strong support from Hazel Court and Christopher Lee, The Man Who Could Cheat Death has been painstakingly restored by Hammer from the original film negatives and includes optional, originally censored scenes thought lost for years.

A doctor and dilettante, Georges Bonner's sculptures are the talk of Belle Époque Parisian society. But Bonner hides a grisly secret: he is over a century old and a serial murderer, kept artificially young by harvesting glands from his unfortunate victims.

Extras:

• Four iterations of The Man Who Could Cheat Death across two aspect ratios (1.37:1 as-filmed, 1.66:1 UK theatrical) featuring both censored and uncensored scenes.
• Brand-new 5.1 mix for each version of the film alongside the original mono film soundtrack.
• English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on each version of the film.

The disc features:

• A comprehensive series of new and archive commentaries across the four iterations with contributions and critical perspectives from Lizbeth Myles, Paul Cornell, Kim Newman, Stephen Jones, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Lauren Barnett and John Hamilton.
• A new programme with Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey, discussing the making of this classic Gothic horror.
• A restoration featurette.
• Original censor Card, UK trailer, clapperboard and alternative burning shot.
• Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material.