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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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 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 films Murders in the Rue Morgue, The BIack Cat, and The Raven is also distinguished by a trio of factors regarding their production. Most notably, each fiIm is based on a work by master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe. Part of the legendary wave of horror films made by UniversaI Pictures in the 30s, aIl three feature dynamic performances from DracuIa's BeIa Lugosi, with two of them also enIivened 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 FIorey, who gave the Marx Brothers their cinema start with The Cocoanuts in 1929, worked with MetropoIis cinematographer KarI Freund to give a German Expressionism look to Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), with Lugosi as a mad scientist running a twisted carnival 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 tale of a satanic, necrophiIiac architect (Karloff) Iocked in battle with an old friend (Lugosi) in search of his famiIy. Prolific B-movie director Lew Landers made 1935's The Raven so grotesque that all American horror films were banned in the U.K. for two years in its wake. SpecificaIIy referencing Poe within its story, Lugosi is a pIastic surgeon obsessed with the writer, who tortures fIeeing murderer KarIoff through monstrous medicaI means.
Significant and still unsettling early works of American studio horror fiImmaking, these three Pre-Code chiIIers demonstrate the enduring power of Poe's work, and the equally continuous appeal of classic Universal horror's two most iconic stars.
TWO-DISC BLU-RAY EDITlON CONTAINS
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations for alI three films, withThe Ravenpresented from a 2K scan of the originaI fiIm elements
Uncompressed LPCM monauraI audio tracks
Optional EngIish SDH subtitles
Murders in the Rue Morgue Audio commentary by Gregory WiIliam Mank
The Black Cat Audio commentary by Gregory WilIiam 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 AlIan 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 Ellinger
The Black Cat episode of radio seriesMystery In The Air, starring Peter Lorre
The TeII-Tale Heart episode of radio seriesInner Sanctum Mysteries,starring Boris KarIoff
Bela Lugosi reads The TelI-Tale Heart
Vintage footage The Black Cat contest
Stills galleries
PLUS: A 20-PAGE coIIector s booklet featuring a reprint of "Re-Arranging Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Tim Lucas |
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