Roger Corman's horror classic Tales of Terror gets a US Blu-ray release from Kino

Here’s a first look at the reversible artwork for the US Blu-ray/DVD release of Roger Corman’s 1963 classic, Tales of Terror, starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone and Joyce Jameson, which is due out in April.

It was be released through the US label Kino Lorber Studios Classics, and the transfer will be based on MGM’s HD master (2.35:1 widescreen). The extras will include a new interview with producer/director Roger Corman, audio commentaries by film historian Tim Lucas, David Del Valle and actor David Frankham, Roger Corman’s Trailers from Hell review of the film, and theatrical trailer.

Tales of Terror is also available on Blu-ray as part of Arrow's Six Gothic Tales release, and will be available separately from 9 March with the same extras that were included in the boxset (read more here).

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Vincent Price & Roger Corman | Six Gothic Tales coming to Blu-ray from Arrow

From the Merchant of Menace, Vincent Price and the King of the Bs, Roger Corman come six Gothic tales inspired by the pen of Edgar Allan Poe and adapted by acclaimed fantasy screenwriter Richard Matheson. Included is The Fall of the House of Usher and The Pit and the Pendulum (previously released separately, check out my reviews by clicking on the titles); Tales of Terror (which adapts Poe’s Morella, The Black Cat and The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar); The Raven (a comic take on Poe's poem co-starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre); The Haunted Palace (which reworks HP Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward); and the necromantic masterpiece The Tomb of Ligeia, which ended the Poe/Price/Corman cycle.

Due for release on 8 December, but available to pre-order now, the Arrow Films box-set is a limited edition run of just 2000 copies, featuring all six features in high definition blu-ray (1080p), with original uncompressed mono PCM audio and optional English subtitles. The special features have yet to be announced, but will include a 60min documentary about Roger Corman, as well as trailers, reversible sleeves featuring original and new artwork and a 200-page collector’s book. As Usher and Pit are already available as standalone releases, the other four titles will also be available separately at a later date. There are no plans for any Steelbook releases of these titles.

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