William Castle at Columbia Volume Two Blu-ray RC on Straight Jacket

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Special Features:

High Definition remasters of all four films

Original mono audio – Three presentations of The Old Dark House: the b&w US version; the cut-down UK version; and the uncut colour version

Zotz!

Audio commentary by Diabolique magazine’s editor-in-chief Kat Ellinger – 13 Frightened Girls!: audio commentary with Daughters of Darkness’ Samm Deighan – The Old Dark House audio commentary with Kim Newman and Stephen Jones – Strait-Jacket audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Emma Westwood – Stephen Laws Introduces Zotz! (2018): an appreciation by the horror author – Kim Newman on Ray Russell (2018): an appreciation of the novelist and Zotz! screenwriter – 13 Frightened Girls!: original The Candy Web opening and closing messages – Four alternative opening sequences for 13 Frightened Girls

Jonathan Rigby on The Old Dark House and Strait-Jacket

(2018): new appreciations by the author of American Gothic – The Old Dark House in Eastmancolor (2018): senior research associate Paul Frith discusses the film’s cinematography – Joan Had Me Fired! (2018): an interview with actor Anne Helm – On the Road with Joan Crawford (2018): an interview with publicist Richard Kahn – Battle-Axe: The Making of Strait-Jacket (2007) – Joan Crawford Wardrobe Tests (1964) – Joan Crawford Axe Test (1964) – How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964): Crawford, Castle and writer Robert Bloch discuss making Strait-Jacket

Super 8 versions of Strait-Jacket

Isolated music & effects tracks on all films – Original trailers – Strait-Jacket trailer commentary with David DeCoteau – 13 Frightened Girls original UK introduction – Alternative 13 Frightened Girls trailer – Image galleries – New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing – Limited Edition box set exclusive booklet with new essays by Joe Jordan, Rachael Nisbet, James Oliver and John Oliver, archival interviews, contemporary reviews, and film credits – World Blu-ray premieres of Zotz! and The Old Dark House – UK Blu-ray premieres of 13 Frightened Girls!