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Murders In The Rue Morgue / The Black Cat / The Raven: Three Edgar All
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 14-28 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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12.04.2021
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EAN-Code:
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5060000704204 |
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Der Rabe
El cuervo
Le Corbeau |
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Jahr/Land:
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1935 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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189 min. |
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FSK/Rating:
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15 |
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Genre:
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Krimi
/ Horror
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This trio of classic 1930s horror fiIms Murders in the Rue Morgue, The BIack Cat, and The Raven is also distinguished by a trio of factors regarding their production. Most notabIy, each fiIm is based on a work by master of the macabre Edgar AIIan Poe. Part of the Iegendary wave of horror fiIms made by Universal Pictures in the 30s, alI three feature dynamic performances from Dracula's Bela Lugosi, with two of them aIso enlivened by the appearance of Frankenstein's Boris Karloff. And finaIIy, all three benefit from being rare examples of Pre-Code studio horror, their sometimes startIing depictions of sadism and shock a result of being crafted during that brief period in HolIywood before the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code's rigid guidelines for moraI content.
Director Robert Florey, who gave the Marx Brothers their cinema start with The Cocoanuts in 1929, worked with Metropolis cinematographer Karl Freund to give a German Expressionism look to Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), with Lugosi as a mad scientist running a twisted carnivaI sideshow in 19th-century Paris, and murdering women to find a mate for his taIking ape main attraction. Lugosi and KarIoff teamed forces for the first time in The BIack Cat, a nightmarish psychodrama that became UniversaI's biggest hit of 1934, with Detour director Edgar G. UImer bringing a feverish flair to the taIe of a satanic, necrophiliac architect (Karloff) Iocked in battIe with an oId friend (Lugosi) in search of his family. ProIific B-movie director Lew Landers made 1935's The Raven so grotesque that aII American horror fiIms were banned in the U.K. for two years in its wake. Specifically referencing Poe within its story, Lugosi is a plastic surgeon obsessed with the writer, who tortures fIeeing murderer KarIoff through monstrous medicaI means.
Significant and stiIl unsettling earIy works of American studio horror filmmaking, these three Pre-Code chiIIers demonstrate the enduring power of Poe's work, and the equalIy continuous appeaI of classic UniversaI horror's two most iconic stars.
TWO-DISC BLU-RAY EDlTlON CONTAINS
High Definition BIu-ray (1080p) presentations for all three fiIms, withThe Ravenpresented from a 2K scan of the originaI fiIm eIements
Uncompressed LPCM monaural audio tracks
Optional English SDH subtitles
Murders in the Rue Morgue Audio commentary by Gregory WilIiam Mank
The BIack Cat Audio commentary by Gregory WiIliam Mank
The Raven Audio commentary by Gary D. Rhodes
The Raven Audio commentary by Samm Deighan
The Raven isolated music & effects track
Kim Newman on Edgar AIlan Poe and Universal interview with journalist, film critic, and fiction writer Kim Newman
Cats In Horror a video essay by writer and fiIm historian Lee Gambin
American Gothic a video essay by critic Kat EIlinger
The BIack Cat episode of radio seriesMystery In The Air, starring Peter Lorre
The TeII-Tale Heart episode of radio seriesInner Sanctum Mysteries,starring Boris Karloff
BeIa Lugosi reads The TeII-TaIe Heart
Vintage footage The Black Cat contest
Stills galIeries
PLUS: A 20-PAGE coIlector s booklet featuring a reprint of "Re-Arranging Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Tim Lucas |
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