Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 22, 2024
Price: DVD $14.99, Blu-ray $20.48
Studio: Film Masters
For those craving a little taste of “Euro-Kinski,” two of the memorably nutty Klaus Kinski’s European features are now available in one creepy package!
Presented for the first time in Blu-ray, Creature with the Blue Hand (1967) directed by Alfred Vohrer and Samuel Sherman is a mystery-thriller about a series of grisly murders. It’s one of several German films based on the novels of Edgar Wallace, many adaptations of which starred Kinski. This time he plays an escaped mental patient who might be the killer.
Next up on this double-bill is Web of the Spider (1971), a classic haunted house tale from Italian maestro, Antonio Margheriti. This one features Kinski as none other than Edgar Allan Poe in a tale about a journalist who makes a bet that he can spend one night at a haunted castle!
All in, it’s a diabolical double dose of terror featuring one of filmdom’s more controversial and unique figures!
Here’s a breakdown of the discs’ special features:
- Creature with the Blue Hand full length commentary track
- Web of the Spider full length commentary track
- Second feature, ‘The Bloody Dead (1987),’ from Independent International Pictures with added scenes for the home video release
- Essays by Christopher Stewardson and Nick Clark
- All new documentary on Edgar Wallace
- Archival commentary by Samuel M. Sherman
- Original theatrical trailer from 35mm for Creature with the Blue Hand
- Reimagined trailer for Web of the Spider using restored elements
Buy or Rent Creature with the Blue Hand & Web of the Spider
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