(Paul Annett, 1974)
Release date: 29 June 2020
Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK Blu-ray premiere)
Calvin Lockhart (A Dandy in Aspic) and Marlene Clark (Ganja & Hess) have invited a disparate group of guests, including Peter Cushing (Corruption), Michael Gambon (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover) and Charles Gray (The Legacy), to their mansion in the English countryside. He believes one of them is a werewolf… and, before the weekend is out, he’ll find out who it is! The last of Amicus’ famed horror productions, The Beast Must Die combines the country-house whodunnit with the werewolf shocker and adds a dash of blaxploitation for good measure.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with director Paul Annett and author Jonathan Sothcott (2003)
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Interview with Max J Rosenberg (2000, 48 mins): archival audio recording of the famed producer in conversation with Sothcott
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The BEHP Interview with Jack Hildyard (1988, 92 mins): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the Oscar-winning cinematographer in conversation with Alan Lawson
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The BEHP Interview with Peter Tanner – Part Two, 1939–1987 (1987, 81 mins): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated editor in conversation with Roy Fowler and Taffy Haines
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Introduction by Stephen Laws (2020, 4 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author
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Directing the Beast (2003, 13 mins): archival interview with Annett
- Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
- Original theatrical trailer
- Kim Newman and David Flint trailer commentary (2017, 2 mins): short critical appreciation by the genre-film experts
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard- of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Neil Young, an archival article on Amicus Productions, a look at the James Blish short story which inspired the film, an extract from the pressbook profiling actor Calvin Lockhart, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 5,000 copies
