Masters of Cinema enters THE OLD DARK HOUSE (review)

Fast on the heels of the success of FRANKENSTEIN, James Whale showcased Boris Karloff and future BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN star Ernest Thesiger along with starlet Gloria Stuart, Raymond Massey, and Charles Laughton, Lillian Bond, Eva Moore, and Melvyn Douglas in a blackly comic adaptation of the psychological novel "Benighted" about two sets of motorists lost in the Welsh countryside during a storm and forced to take shelter with a very eccentric family with plenty of dark secrets.


REVIEW LINK: Masters of Cinema/Eureka Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray/Region 2 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

THE OLD DARK HOUSE Blu-ray/DVD combo:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English LPCM 2.0 mono
• DVD:
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• Audio Commentary by James Curtis
• Audio Commentary by Gloria Stuart
• "Meet the Femms" video essay
• "Daughter of Frankenstein" a conversation with Sara Karloff and Dean Otto
• "Curtis Harrington Saves THE OLD DARK HOUSE" featurette
• 2018 UK Re-release Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery
• Collector’s booklet featuring new essay by critic Philip Kemp, as well as an abundant selection of archival imagery and ephemera
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Exclusive O-card featuring artwork by Graham Humphreys created especially for the 2018 UK theatrical release