The Avengers: The Emma Peel Collection (1965-1967) Blu-ray [Imprint] Television 1965-67 / 1.33: 1 / Black and White and Color Starring Diana Rigg, Patrick Macnee Written by Brian Clemens, Philip Levene Directed by Roy Ward Baker, Sidney Hayers, Charles Crichton Though remembered for its idiosyncratic humor, The Avengers made its debut in 1961 as a no-nonsense…
The Night of the Iguana Blu-ray Warner Archive 1964 / 1.85: 1 / 125 Min. Starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr Written by Anthony Veiller, John Huston Directed by John Huston T. Lawrence Shannon looks more like a dock worker than a clergyman but to the women in his congregation he’s as soulful as…
The Blood Beast Terror Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1968 / 1.85: 1 / 88 Min. Starring Peter Cushing, Wanda Ventham, Robert Flemyng Written by Peter Bryan Directed by Vernon Sewell A serene British countryside is rocked by a series of brutal murders with a common thread; each victim has been mutilated and drained of their blood. All…
Great Expectations Blu-ray ITV 1946 / 1.33: 1 / 118 Min. Starring John Mills, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons Written by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan Directed by David Lean David Lean and Noël Coward made four films together in the space of just three years—it was one of the most consequential collaborations in British…
The Count Yorga Collection Blu-ray Arrow Video 1970, 1971 / 1.85: 1 / 190 Min. Starring Robert Quarry, Michael Murphy, Mariette Hartley Written by Bob Kelljan, Yvonne Wilder Directed by Bob Kelljan An aristocratic bloodsucker from the old country is the main attraction of Bob Kelljan’s Count Yorga, Vampire, but what drives the movie is…
Arsenic and Old Lace Blu-ray Criterion 1941 / 1.33: 1 / 118 Min. Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane Written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein Directed by Frank Capra Almost supernaturally handsome, Mortimer Brewster is quite the catch; a celebrated man about town and theater critic who saves his most acerbic reviews for matrimony,…
Gothic Fantastico-Four Italian Tales of Terror Blu-ray Arrow Video Starring Barbara Nelli, Helga Liné, Franco Nero, Erica Blanc Written by Giovanni Grimaldi, Bruno Corbucci Directed by Massimo Pupillo, Alberto De Martino, Mino Guerrini, Damiano Damiani The success of 1957’s I Vampiri, a grimly beautiful fantasy directed by Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava, provoked an unexpected…
The Bat Blu-ray The Film Detective 1959 / 1.85: 1 / 80 Min. Starring Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price Written by Crane Wilbur Directed by Crane Wilbur Crane Wilbur’s The Bat is a murder mystery starring Agnes Moorehead and Vincent Price—but the real mystery is how Hollywood managed to pair these diabolically funny entertainers in only…