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: Eureka (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)
THE OLD DARK HOUSE 4K UltraHD specs:
- 2160p24 HEVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen (Dolby Vision)
- English LPCM 1.0 Mono
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by writers Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
- Audio Commentary by James Whale biographer James Curtis
- Audio Commentary by actress Gloria Stewart
- "Meet the Femms" visual essay by writer David Cairns
- "Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff and Dean Otto"
- "Curtis Harrington Saves THE OLD DARK HOUSE"
- 2018 U.K. Re-Release Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
- The first pressing includes a limited edition O-card slipcase featuring artwork by Sara Deck and a collector’s booklet featuring a new essay on The Old Dark House by Craig Ian Mann, an essay by Philip Kemp and select archival material.

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