Abused by his foster parents at a traveling circus, Max escapes the caravan in "vampire country" and meets the friendly residents of Castle Frankenstein in Juraj Jakubisko's feature-length version of his seven-part television miniseries based on the popular children's novel "Frankenstein's Aunt".
REVIEW LINK: Deaf Crocodile (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)
FRECKLED MAX AND THE SPOOKS Blu-ray specs:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
- Slovak DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
- "Film about Film [Film o filme]" 1986 behind the scenes look at the miniseries and feature by Rudolf Ferko
- "Portrait of a Film Director [Portrét režiséra]" 1989 documentary on director Juraj Jakubisko by Matej Mináč featuring filmmaker Federico Fellini
- Interviews:
- Ján Ďuriš, director of photography
- Petra Galková, assistant director
- Rastislav Steranka, Director of the National Cinematographic Centre of the Slovak Film Institute
- "Frankenstein's Faster, or Frankenstein's Aunt: The Novel That Became Freckled Max" video essay by journalist and physical media expert Ryan Verrill (The Disc Connected) and film professor Dr. Will Dodson (27:55)
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