Thursday 31 October 2013

Boo! Happy Halloween to one and all!

Happy hauntings everyone. Stay safe and, for your amusment, here's a special jack o' lantern I've knocked up just for the occasion. Can you guess who it is, yet?


Friday 25 October 2013

RIP Vincent Price | 20 years ago today we lost a legend!




It was on October 23 1993, 20 years ago today, that we lost a legend - Vincent Price, and what better way to celebrate his life and career than in the timely release of The Vincent Price Collection on Bu-ray. While us in the UK will be waiting for the eventual release this side of the pond, US fans and those lucky enough to own multi-player systems can savour four Corman/Poe films as well two ultimate classics, Witchfinder General and The Abominable Dr Phibes from October 22 2013. Available from Amazon or direct from Shout! Factory. Here's what's also included alongside the pristine HD prints of the films.





    THE HOUSE OF USHER
      • Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
      • Audio Commentary with Roger Corman
      • Vincent Price Retrospective Commentary with author Lucy Chase Williams featuring Pitor Michael as the voice of Vincent Price
      • Audio interview with Vincent Price by historian David Del Valle
      • Theatrical Trailer
      •Still Gallery
       
    THE HAUNTED PALACE
      • Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
      • Audio Commentary by author Lucy Chase Williams and Richard Heft
      • Audio Commentary by author Tom Weaver
      • A Change of Poe- an interview with director Roger Corman
      • Theatrical Trailer
      • Still Gallery
       
    THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
      • Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
      • Audio Commentary by author Steve Haberman
      • Interview with Roger Corman
      • Theatrical Trailer
      • Still Gallery
       
    THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
      • Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
      • Rare Prologue
      • Audio Commentary with Roger Corman
      • Theatrical Trailer
      • Still Gallery
       
    WITCHFINDER GENERAL
      • Vintage and rare Introduction and final words from Vincent Price
      • Audio Commentary with producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy
      • Witchfinder General: Michael Reeves’ Horror Classic
      • Vintage Interview with Vincent Price conducted by David Del Valle (1987)
      • Vincent and Victoria: an Interview with Victoria Price
      • Theatrical Trailer
      • Additional Vincent Price Theatrical Trailers
      • Still Gallery
       
    THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES
      • Audio Commentary with director Robert Fuest
      • Audio Commentary with author Justin Humphreys
      • Introductory Price: Undertaking “The Vincent Price Gothic Horrors”
      • Theatrical Trailer
      • Still Gallery

Monday 7 October 2013

Roger Corman in Conversation at BFI Gothic this October

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The legend that is Roger Corman will discuss his body of work, focusing on his Edgar Allen Poe adaptations starring Vincent Price as part of the BFI's Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film season on 25 October 2013, starting at 6.30pm.



Tickets £15, concession £11.50 (Members pay £1.50 less). A joint ticket is also available with the 25 October screening of The Pit and the Pendulum (£22.50, concs £15).


Also showing is The Masque of the Red Death on Saturday 26 October (6.30pm) and Wednesday 27 November (6.10pm).