Severin Films unearths CUSHING CURIOSITIES (review)

Besides Hammer horrors building monsters and battling vampires, Peter Cushing had a storied career in Hollywood, British television, and British cinema and CUSHING CURIOSITIES provides an overview of his lesser-known works including the longest restoration of the troubled production BLOOD SUCKERS and the rarely seen French comedy TENDER DRACULA.

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CUSHING CURIOSITIES Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One - Cone of Silence:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Peter Cushing and His Miniature Soldiers" 1956 newsreel 
• Illustrated Audio Interviews: 
• Peter Cushing on "The Funster Show" with Paul Carrington 
• The Guardian Interview with Peter Cushing from 1986 (plays over the film) 
• Peter Cushing interviewed by Tony Dalton, author of "Terence Fisher: Master Of Gothic Cinema" 
• "Cushing's View" 1973 interview with Peter Cushing on Whitstable and his late wife Helen
• Disc Two:
• Suspect: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Jonathan Rigby, author of "English Gothic", and horror historian Kevin Lyons 
• The Man Who Finally Died: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Kim Newman, author of "Anno Dracula", and Barry Forshaw, author of "Brit Noir"
• Discs Three and Four - Sherlock Holmes:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.24:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "A Study In Scarlet" 
• Audio Commentary by Kim Newman, author of "Anno Dracula" and David Stuart Davies, author of "Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of the Master Detective on Screen" 
• "The Hound Of The Baskervilles: Part 1" 
• Audio Commentary by Barry Forshaw, author of "Brit Noir" and David Stuart Davies, author of "Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of the Master Detective on Screen" 
• "The Hound Of The Baskervilles: Part 2" 
• Audio Commentary by Barry Forshaw, author of "Brit Noir" and David Stuart Davies, author of "Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of the Master Detective on Screen"
• "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" 
• Audio Commentary by Kim Newman, author of "Anno Dracula" and Barry Forshaw, author of "Brit Noir" 
• "The Sign of Four" 
• Audio Commentary by Kim Newman, author of "Anno Dracula" and David Stuart Davies, author of "Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of the Master Detective on Screen"
• "The Blue Carbuncle" 
• Audio Commentary by Kim Newman, author of "Anno Dracula" and Barry Forshaw, author of "Brit Noir" 
• Illustrated Peter Cushing 1974 Audio Interview with David Stuart Davies, author of "Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of the Master Detective on Screen" 
• Lost Segments with optional Audio Commentary by Jonathan Rigby, author of "English Gothic", and horror historian Kevin Lyons
• Disc Five - Blood Suckers:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Jonathan Rigby, author of "English Gothic", and horror historian Kevin Lyons 
• "Stranger in the City" 1961 short film by Robert Hartford-Davis 
• "Daddy's Girl" interview with director Robert Hartford-Davis' daughter Jean Hartford-Davis 
• "Bite Me!" interview with "Tigon: Blood on a Budget" author John Hamilton 
• "The Trip" interview with uncredited drug orgy actress Françoise Pascal 
• "Hydra Phonics" interview with sound recordist Tony Dawe 
• "Freedom Seeker" Title Sequence 
• Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Six - Tender Dracula:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
• English and French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles (for English dub) and English (for French dub) 
• Audio Commentary by Jonathan Rigby, author of "English Gothic", and horror historian Kevin Lyons 
• "Love Me Tender, Dracula" interview with director Pierre Grunstein 
• "Menez of Speaking" interview with actor Bernard Menez 
• International Trailer
• 200-page book "Peter Cushing: A Portrait in Six Sketches" by Jonathan Rigby.

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