By MICHAEL GINGOLD
It’s the company’s biggest and most diverse celebration of the horror star yet.
Severin Films has opened pre-orders for THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION 3, a genre-spanning Blu-ray collection of films featuring the acting legend. The set includes: the North American Blu-ray premiere of the 1960 UK teensploitation classic BEAT GIRL in both the original theatrical and extended UK cuts; the North American Blu-ray premiere of the 1960 adaptation of THE HANDS OF ORLAC, presented in its separate French and UK versions; the worldwide UHD/Blu-ray premiere of the long-out-of-print Antonio Margheriti film THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG (pictured above), which raised the bar for cruelty in Italian Gothic horror (on both Blu-ray and UHD); the fantastical family favorite ARABIAN ADVENTURE; and the 1994 British comedy A FEAST AT MIDNIGHT. The set also contains the documentary THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE, which explores Lee’s legacy through interviews with family and friends, archival footage and innovative marionette puppetry.
Each film has been scanned from superior vault elements with 16 combined hours of special features plus a new 142-page book, CHRISTOPHER LEE: EIGHT DECADES OF A DARK HORSE by Jonathan Rigby. Those bonus features are:
BEAT GIRL:
- Audio Commentary With Christopher Lee Biographer Jonathan Rigby And Barry Forshaw, Author Of BRIT NOIR (Extended Cut Only)
- Interview With Actress Gillian Hills
- London After Dark: The Sinful Soho Of The Sixties: An Exploration By David Flint, Author Of BABYLON BLUE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ADULT CINEMA
- Trailer
THE HANDS OF ORLAC:
- Audio Commentary With Christopher Lee Biographer Jonathan Rigby And Hammer Historian Kevin Lyons (French Cut Only)
- Hand Scare: A Portrait Of French Writer Maurice Renard: Interview With Merveilleux-Scientifique Specialist Fleur Hopkins-Loféron
- Locations Of ORLAC
- Trailer
THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG:
Disc 1: UHD (Film + Special Features)
- Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of SO DEADLY, SO PERVERSE
- Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)
- Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of SO DEADLY, SO PERVERSE
- Margheriti’s Horror Castle: Interview With Director Antonio Margheriti
- In The Iron Maiden: Interview With Film Historian Fabio Melelli And Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi With Audio Excerpts From Antonio Margheriti
- Trailer
ARABIAN ADVENTURE:
- Audio Commentary With Director Kevin Connor Moderated By Severin Films’ David Gregory
- The Princess Adventure: Interview With Actress Emma Samms
- Arabian Adventurer: Interview With Actor Puneet Sira
- Arabian Zoom: Virtual Reunion Between Kevin Connor, Emma Samms And Puneet Sira
- THE MANY FACES OF CHRISTOPHER LEE: 1996 Documentary
- Trailer 1
- Trailer 2
A FEAST AT MIDNIGHT:
- Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Director Justin Hardy And Co-Writer/Producer Yoshi Nishio
- Trailer
THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE:
- Audio Commentary With Director Jon Spira And Producer Hank Starrs
- BFI Q&A With Jon Spira, Hank Starrs And Christopher Lee Biographer Jonathan Rigby
- Extended Interviews With Juan Aneiros, Gary Curtis, Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, John Landis, Paul Maslansky And Harriet Walter
- Trailer
The set retails for $149.95, but it can be ordered at the Severin webstore for $105. Today also begins a 10-day 50-percent-off-SRP sale of the first two EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTIONs.
