Here are a few DVDs that will be released on the 19th of September.
First off we have “Jigoku – Criterion Collection (1960)”.
A striking departure from traditional Japanese ghost stories, Jigoku, with its truly eye-popping (and gouging) imagery, created aftershocks that are still reverberating in cinema around the world today.
Next us one that Im personally waiting for… “The Boris Karloff Collection (1951)”.
This is a collection of Karloff’s best work over the years. Five different movies in this collection with multiple discs of extras as well. Well worth any money they decide to charge.
Check out the more info on the movies below….
Plot Summary for Jigoku – Criterion Collection (1960)
* Genres: Horror
* Plot Synopsis: A high school student has a friend who is pure evil. Him and his friend are outdriving one night when they hit a drunkard and the friend leaves him to die. The student’s life then goes down hill from there.
# Actors: Utako Mitsuya, Shigeru Amachi, Hiroshi Hayashi, Fumiko Miyata, Torahiko Nakamura, See more
# Directors: Nobuo Nakagawa
# Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC
# Language: Japanese
# Region: Unknown. Read more about region encoding and how it may affect you here.
# Number of discs: 1
# Rating NR
# Studio: Criterion
# DVD Release Date: September 19, 2006
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Plot Summaries for The Boris Karloff Collection (1951)
Tower of London
o Stars Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O’Neil, Ian Hunter, Vincent Price
o Directors: Rowland V. Lee
o Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1939
o Rating Unrated
o Genres: Drama, History, Horror
o Synopsis In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
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The Black Castle
o Stars Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Rita Corday, Lon Chaney Jr.
o Directors: Nathan Juran
o Rating Unrated
o Genres: Drama, Mystery, Horror, Action, Romance
o Plot Outline Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
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The Climax
o Stars Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, Thomas Gomez
o Directors: George Waggner
o Theatrical Release Date: October 20, 1944
o Rating Unrated
o Genres: Horror
o Synopsis Dr. Hohner (Karloff), theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer (Foster) reminds Hohner of the late diva, and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever. The singer’s fiancée (Bey) rushes to save her in the film’s climax.
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The Strange Door
o Stars Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Wyler, William Cottrell
o Directors: Joseph Pevney
o Theatrical Release Date: December 8, 1951
o Genres: Horror
o Synopsis Noble-born cad Dennis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can’t get over the death of his beloved, twenty years after she married his brother (Cavanagh) instead and subsequently passed away during childbirth. Maletroit is determined to have his revenge: the brother has been stowed away in the dungeon for two decades, while he’s convinced his disreputable house guest will make a suitably hellish husband for his niece. As luck would have it, the young couple manage to fall in love, and with the help of manservant Voltan (Karloff), they try to make their escape, but not before a final confrontation with Maletroit in the dungeon’s crushing deathtrap.
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Night Key
o Stars Boris Karloff, Jean Rogers, Warren Hull, Samuel S. Hinds, Hobart Cavanaugh
o Directors: Lloyd Corrigan
o Theatrical Release Date: May 2, 1937
o Genres: Crime, Sci-Fi
o Plot Outline The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.
