(William Castle, 1961)
Release date: 26 April 2021
Standard Edition Blu-ray
Fresh from Hammer’s Taste of Fear, Ronald Lewis teamed up with William Castle for what the famed horror producer considered one his favourite films. Lewis plays Sir Robert Cargrave, a British doctor who receives a letter from an ex-lover about an intriguing case. Her husband, the titular Mr Sardonicus (Guy Rolfe, Yesterday’s Enemy), requires medical attention for his horribly deformed face… Once seen, you’ll never be able to forget it.
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
High Definition remaster
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with film historians Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger
Gothic Castle (2018, 28 mins): critical analysis by Jonathan Rigby, author of American Gothic: Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema
The Punishment Poll (2018, 6 mins): interview with publicist Richard Kahn
Taking the Punishment Poll (2002, 8 mins): archivist Bob Burns and filmmakers David Del Valle, Michael Schlesinger and Fred Olen Ray discuss the film
Isolated music & effects track
Original theatrical trailer
Stuart Gordon trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): short critical appreciation
Image gallery: promotional and on-set photography, poster art and archive materials
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
