Warner Archive this week revealed their December Blu-ray releases, and among them was Terence Fisher's 1957 Hammer Films classic The Curse of Frankenstein, which will be presented as a 2-disc special edition release featuring a brand new 4K restoration from the Technicolor camera negatives.
For its U.S. Blu-ray debut, the release offers up two theatrical aspect ratio presentations, meticulously remastered and restored from preservation separations, as well as bonus disc with the restoration presented in "open-matte" format, as was seen for years on television, plus four exciting new retrospective featurettes, an expert commentary, and the original theatrical trailer.
Special Features:
New 4K Restoration from the Technicolor Camera Negatives
New feature commentary by Screenwriter/Film Historian Steve Haberman and Filmmaker/Film Historian Constantine Nasr
Newly Remastered 1.37:1 Open Matte version of feature
The Resurrection Men: Hammer, Frankenstein and the Rebirth of the Horror Film
Hideous Progeny: The Curse of Frankenstein and the English Gothic Tradition
Torrents of Light: The Art of Jack Asher
Diabolus in Musica: James Bernard and the Sound of Hammer Horror
Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)
"The first, and perhaps the best of the long-running series of horror films from the house of Hammer, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star in this landmark interpretation based on the famous Mary Shelley story."
In the film, "Baron Victor Frankenstein becomes friends with one of his teachers, Paul Krempe. At first, both men are fascinated by the potential of their re-animating experiments. Eventually, though, Krempe refuses to help with Frankenstein's human experiments. However, he is drawn back into the plot when Frankenstein's creature kills a member of the house staff."
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