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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Audio Commentary, Documentaries, Theatrical Trailer, 5 Discs
Val Lewton, a famous RKO Radio Pictures producer, redefined the horror genre with low-budget, high-box office films. Now available are nine of these horror classics on DVD in the all new Val Lewton Horror Collection. Exclusive to the collection are a new documentary on the producer and 3 of the 9 films.
Editor's Note
Famed producer Val Lewton has nine films gathered in this collection. The titles included are CAT PEOPLE, THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE BODY SNATCHER, ISLE OF THE DEAD, BEDLAM, THE LEOPARD MAN, THE GHOST SHIP, and THE SEVENTH VICTIM. See individual titles for synopsis information. Lewton fans can also get a look at the life and cinematic impact of the man with the documentary SHADOWS IN THE DARK: THE VAL LEWTON LEGACY.
| Features | Audio Commentary: Greg Mank With Simone Simon On Cat People And Curse Of The Cat People, Kim Newman And Steve Jones On I Walked With A Zombie, Steve Haberman With Robert Wise On The Body Snatcher, Tom Weaver On Bedlam, And Steve Haberman On The Seventh Victim. | | Documentaries: Shadows In The Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy | | Theatrical Trailer |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Turner Home Entertainment |
| Release Date: 10/4/2005 |
| Original Release Date: | | Catalog ID: 7270 | | UPC: 00053939727029 | | Number of Discs: 5 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"Lewton's name and the phrase 'atmospheric horror' are still conjoined, making him the rare producer enjoying the auteurist status usually afforded great directors." 10/07/2005 p.57Premiere
"[N]ine imaginative, disturbing, evocative pictures...presented with oodles of extras." 11/01/2005 p.118 Movieline's Hollywood Life
"[Lewton] spent the war years making a long series of subtle, creepy, visually deft thrillers set in contemporary times and reeling with psychocultural delirium." 11/01/2005 p.104 Rolling Stone
"[S]care flicks from the Forties, which can hold their own against the best of today's imitations." 12/01/0205 p.92 Rolling Stone
Ranked #12 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[The films] can hold their own against the best of today's imitations." 12/01/2005 p.98 |
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