{"product_id":"the-criminal-acts-of-tod-slaughter-eight-blood-and-thunder-entertainments-us-limited-edition-used","title":"The Criminal Acts Of Tod Slaughter: Eight Blood-And-Thunder Entertainments (US Limited Edition) USED","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease date: 21 November 2023\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited Edition Blu-ray Box Set (World Blu-ray premieres)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe terrifying talents of Newcastle’s Norman Carter ‘Tod’ Slaughter – the first true icon of British horror cinema – are showcased in this long-overdue box set. Featuring the eight films which ‘Europe’s Horror Man’ made in collaboration with British producer-director George King (\u003cem\u003eTomorrow We Live\u003c\/em\u003e), this comprehensive collection also includes a number of rare shorts and newsreel items.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnlike his contemporaries, such as Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton, Tod Slaughter never left his native shores. Instead, he chose to make his mark in Britain by transferring his most sensational theatrical performances to the screen. Portraying every kind of cruel and cunning criminal – from petty thief to mass murderer – he became the first great villain of British horror, at a time before the Grand Guignol of Hammer Films began to take hold, without once donning monster make-up.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCriminally\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eoverlooked by film historians, and only previously seen in compromised versions, these fascinating films have been newly restored using original film materials preserved at the BFI National Archive, and are accompanied by an array of essential contextualising extras, including archival short films and radio plays presented with optional soundtracks by British music legends Current 93, newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations and personal recollections, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units for the UK and US\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4 x BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 2K restorations of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Crimes of Stephen Hawke\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s Never Too Late to Mend\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ticket of Leave Man\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrimes at the Dark House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 4K scans of original 35mm nitrate negative elements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2K restoration of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSexton Blake and The Hooded Terror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom a 4K scan of a 35mm dupe positive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemaster of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Face at the Window\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom a 4K scan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal mono soundtracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary with film historians Josephine Botting and Vic Pratt on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary with critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary with critics and authors David McGillivray and Kim Newman on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Crimes of Stephen Hawke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary with film historian Josephine Botting and podcaster Dave Thomas on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ticket of Leave Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary with critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSexton Blake and The Hooded Terror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary with film historians Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Face at the Window\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary with film historians Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrimes at the Dark House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interviews with Imogen Slaughter, great-niece of Tod Slaughter, and her father Giles, in which they discuss their famous relative’s life off stage and off camera (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with artist and illustrator Ania Goszczyńska and Current 93 channeller and trance scribbler David Tibet, in which the pair delve into their long-term obsession with the life and work of the first British villain (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eStephen Thrower on Tod Slaughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2023): the author and musician dissects the great actor’s multiple villainous 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