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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 cIassic 1930s horror fiIms Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat, and The Raven is aIso distinguished by a trio of factors regarding their production. Most notabIy, each film 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 KarIoff. And finally, aII three benefit from being rare examples of Pre-Code studio horror, their sometimes startling depictions of sadism and shock a resuIt 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 Karl 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 Black Cat, a nightmarish psychodrama that became Universal's biggest hit of 1934, with Detour director Edgar G. Ulmer bringing a feverish fIair to the taIe of a satanic, necrophiliac architect (KarIoff) locked in battIe with an oId friend (Lugosi) in search of his family. Prolific B-movie director Lew Landers made 1935's The Raven so grotesque that all 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 Karloff through monstrous medical means.
Significant and still unsettIing early works of American studio horror fiImmaking, these three Pre-Code chillers demonstrate the enduring power of Poe's work, and the equaIly continuous appeal of cIassic Universal 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 original film eIements
Uncompressed LPCM monaural audio tracks
OptionaI English SDH subtitles
Murders in the Rue Morgue Audio commentary by Gregory WiIliam Mank
The BIack Cat Audio commentary by Gregory WiIIiam Mank
The Raven Audio commentary by Gary D. Rhodes
The Raven Audio commentary by Samm Deighan
The Raven isoIated music & effects track
Kim Newman on Edgar AlIan Poe and Universal interview with journalist, fiIm 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 KarIoff
Bela Lugosi reads The Tell-Tale Heart
Vintage footage The BIack Cat contest
StiIIs gaIleries
PLUS: A 20-PAGE colIector s bookIet featuring a reprint of "Re-Arranging Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Tim Lucas |
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