Duuuuuudes! In Januray, Criterion is coming out with one super-sweet looking box set! This is so going on my pre-order list.

“Monsters and Madmen” DVD Box Set
Launching us from a grave past to a space-age future, these two thrilling double features, from producers Richard and Alex Gordon, spin classic tales of hair-raising homicidal mania and intrepid, death-defying exploration. Featuring Boris Karloff in two of his most horrifying roles (“The Haunted Strangler” and “Corridors of Blood”), and two classic sci-fi treats from the atomic age.

FOUR-DISC SPECIAL EDITION SET FEATURES:

DISC ONE AND TWO:
“The Haunted Strangler” and “Corridors of Blood”
– New, restored high-definition digital transfers
– Audio commentaries by Richard Gordon and Weaver on both films, with additional comments from Alex Gordon on The Haunted Strangler
– New video interviews with Day and costars Francis Matthews and Yvonne Romain (Corridors of Blood) and Day, screenwriter Jan Read, and costars Jean Kent and Vera Day (Strangler)
– Censor cuts
– Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
– Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
– PLUS: A booklet featuring Fangoria’s 1984 interview with producer John Croydon about Karloff, and a new essay by Maitland McDonagh

DISC THREE AND FOUR:
“The Atomic Submarine” and “First Man into Space”
– New. restored high-definition digital transfers
– Audio commentaries by producer Alex Gordon and writer Tom Weaver (The Atomic Submarine) and producer Richard Gordon and Weaver (First Man into Space)
– New video interviews with actor Brett Halsey (Submarine) and director Robert Day and costar Marla Landi (Space)
– Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
– Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
– PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Bruce Eder and Michael Lennick

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