FANTOMAS RETURNS! to Eureka's Masters of Cinema (review)

Turn-of-the-century pulp master criminal FANTOMAS RETURNS in this dazzling sixties trilogy of French caper films starring Jean Marais as Fantomas and his journalist foe Fandor and Louis de Funes as the bumbling Inspector Juve.  In FANTOMAS, Fantomas uses both Fandor's and Juve's faces to frame them for major heists.  In FANTOMAS UNLEASHED, Fandor and Juve don disguises themselves to prevent Fantomas from getting his hands on a mind control device.  In FANTOMAS VS SCOTLAND YARD, Fandor and Juve pursue Fantomas through a haunted castle where he is extorting the wealthiest men in the world for their very lives.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

FANTOMAS RETURNS! THE FANTOMAS TRILOGY 1964-1967 Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Fantomas:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono (theatrical and home video mixes)
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• "International Supercrooks" interview with film historian Leon Hunt
• "Juve and De Funès" interview with French cinema expert Mary Harrod
• "Reigns of Terror" video essay by Radio Times editor Calum Bake
• Disc Two:
• Fantomas Unleashed:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono (theatrical and home video mixes)
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono (theatrical and home video mixes)
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Kalat 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Limited edition hardbound set of 3,000 copies with package design by Nick Wrigley including a 60-page book featuring new writing on the Fantômas trilogy by film writer and programmer Ryan Finnigan, spy cinema expert Llewella Chapman and Krimi! magazine co-editors Boris Brosowski and Holger Haase.