The Val Lewton Horror Collection: 9 Tales of Terror from the Legendary Producer (2009)
(a) Warner Bros. Entertainment, USA
DVD Box Set
DVD Box Set
10 Times the Terror! Nine classic tales of terror plus a great new career documentary and expert commentaries on seven movies.
| Disc 1 | A VAL LEWTON HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE: CAT PEOPLE / THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE • CAT PEOPLE (1942) Dir: Jacques Tourneur. With: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Elizabeth Russell. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; • THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (1944) Dir: Gunther Von Fritsch (and Robert Wise). With: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Anne Carter, Elizabeth Russell, Eve March. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; • THEATRICAL TRAILERS |
| Disc 2 | A VAL LEWTON HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE: I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE / THE BODY SNATCHER • I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1942) Dir: Jacques Tourneur. With: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett, James Bell, Christine Gordon. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; —Audio commentary (with Kim Newman) • THE BODY SNATCHER (1945) Dir: Robert Wise. With: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade, Sharyn Moffett. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; • THEATRICAL TRAILERS |
| Disc 3 | A VAL LEWTON HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE: ISLE OF THE DEAD / BEDLAM • ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945) Dir: Mark Robson. With: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Katherine Emery, Helene Thimig, Alan Napier. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; • BEDLAM (1946) Dir: Mark Robson. With: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House, Richard Fraser, Glenn Vernon, Ian Wolfe. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; |
| Disc 4 | A VAL LEWTON HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE: THE LEOPARD MAN / THE GHOST SHIP • THE LEOPARD MAN (1943) Dir: Jacques Tourneur. With: Dennis O’Keefe, Jean Brooks, Margo, Isabel Jewell, James Bell, Margaret Landry. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; • THE GHOST SHIP (1943) Dir: Mark Robson. With: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard, Edmund Glover, Skelton Knaggs. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; • THEATRICAL TRAILER OF THE LEOPARD MAN |
| Disc 5 | A VAL LEWTON HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE: THE 7TH VICTIM / SHADOWS IN THE DARK: THE VAL LEWTON LEGACY • THE 7TH VICTIM (1943) Dir: Mark Robson. With: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter, Evelyn Brent, Erford Gage. RKO Radio Pictures. B&W.; • SHADOWS IN THE DARK: THE VAL LEWTON LEGACY (Dir: Constantine Nasr. Warner Bros. Entertainment/New Wave Entertainment, USA, 2005). —Contributor • THEATRICAL TRAILER OF THE 7TH VICTIM |
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(b) Warner Bros. Entertainment, USA (2008) "Extra Bonus DVD" DVD Box Set
[Note: The 2008 reissue adds the TCM documentary Martin Scorsese Presents Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows [2008]).
Reviews
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“The commentary by critic and novelist Kim Newman (author of the vampire novel Anno Dracula) and critic-editor Steven [sic] Jones is a lively, energetic dialogue. These two enthusiastic commentators discuss such topics as literary influences on the plot (citing not only Jane Eyre but The Turn of the Screw and Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca) and the ways the finished film differs from the shooting script, as well as filling in some background on the actors and offering interesting morsels of trivia . . . Their commentary manages to enhance our knowledge of the film and the filming process without lessening its otherworldly power.”
—Brett Cullum
DVDVERDICT, October 24, 2005 -
“English critics Kim Newman and Steve Jones double up for a commentary on I Walked With a Zombie to dispense insights and good-natured chatter.”
—Glenn Erickson
DVD SAVANT, September 9, 2005 -
“On Zombie we have British critics Stephen Jones and Newman . . . The Jones/Newman track is notable for being the only one of the double-headed commentaries that isn’t two individual speakers edited together. The two men are watching the film together and interacting, and it makes for an engaging listen—these two have clearly seen more ’40s B movies than I have. They clearly know their subject inside out, and there’s plenty to impart to us.”
—DVDTIMES.CO.UK
