Dan Curtis was finest generally known as the creator of the gothic cleaning soap opera Darkish Shadows, directing the supernatural horror movie Burnt Choices and the horror anthology Trilogy of Terror, and producing the made-for-TV films The Evening Stalker and The Evening Strangler, which led to the short-lived however nonetheless common sequence Kolchak: The Evening Stalker. Final week, we discovered that his takes on Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Unusual Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are coming to Blu-ray in a set known as Dan Curtis’ Basic Monsters, courtesy of Kino Cult, in October. Kino Cult may also be be releasing Dan Curtis’ Late-Evening Mysteries, which will probably be bringing 4 of Curtis’s Seventies TV films to Blu-ray on September thirtieth. And that’s not all! On October 28th, the identical day they’re releasing the Basic Monsters set, Kino Cult will probably be giving a Blu-ray launch to the 1977 Curtis anthology movie Lifeless of Evening! Copies can be found for pre-order at THIS LINK.
Right here’s the outline: From the legendary darkish minds of producer-director Dan Curtis (Darkish Shadows, The Evening Stalker, Trilogy of Terror) and author Richard Matheson (Tales of Terror, The Final Man on Earth, The Twilight Zone) comes this thrilling triptych of spellbinding tales. Second Probability: After shopping for an vintage vehicle, Frank (Ed Begley Jr.) restores the automobile to its authentic situation. Together with the automotive, Frank is all of the sudden transported again in time to the yr 1926. Based mostly on a narrative by Jack Finney (Invasion of the Physique Snatchers). No Such Factor as a Vampire: Alexis (Anjanette Comer), the mistress of an outdated mansion, is afraid of vampires. When her husband (Patrick Macnee) calls in a buddy (Horst Buchholz) to look at her, a macabre and bloody scheme unfolds. Bobby: At nighttime, a boy (Lee H. Montgomery), considered deceased, surprises his despondent mom (Joan Hackett) on the household seaside home, bringing her each excessive pleasure and overwhelming terror.
Lifeless of Evening involves Blu-ray with the next particular options: NEW Audio Commentary by Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas – Elective English Subtitles – Introduction by Jeff Thompson, Writer of The Tv Horrors of Dan Curtis – Lifeless of Evening: A Darkness At Blaisedon (HD Up-Res): 1969 TV Pilot (51:53) – Robert Cobert’s Music Rating Highlights – No Such Factor as a Vampire: Deleted Scenes – Deleted Prolonged Opening Title Sequence – Newly Commissioned Cowl Artwork by Tom Hodge/The Dude Designs
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