{"product_id":"the-horrible-dr-hichcock-region-b","title":"The Horrible Dr Hichcock (Region B)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne day the necrophiliac tendencies of Dr Hichcock (Robert Flemyng, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Quiller Memorandum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) go too far and his wife dies from an overdose. Bereft, the doctor leaves his house but returns years later with a new wife, Cynthia (Barbara Steele, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). The house they return to is eerie and Cynthia hears strange things, meanwhile, she doesn’t realise Dr Hichcock intends to use her body to re-animate his dead wife's corpse. Released at the height of the Italian horror boom that was produced in the wake of the influence of Hammer’s era-defining horror productions, director Riccardo Freda (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Iguana with the Tongue of Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Whip and the Body\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) create a dark and wicked gothic horror that brings in sly allusions to the work of Alfred Hitchcock while the period detail of Victorian London provides a lush backdrop. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew 2023 2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented in three versions across two Blu-rays:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDisc 1: the original 87-minute Italian version \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock [L’orrible segreto del Dr. Hichcock]; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the English dub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof the complete 87-minute Italian cut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaptus: The Secret of Dr. Hichcock; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDisc 2, exclusive to the limited edition: the re-ordered 76-minute North American version \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudio commentary by critics Kat Ellinger and Annie Rose Malamet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudio commentary by Tim Lucas analysing the different versions and distribution history of the film\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNew interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eVisual essay on Bluebeard in gothic film by Miranda Corcoran (2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAn interview with Madeleine Le Despencer on necrophilia and taboo gothic (2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrailer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Moovies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45967552512044,"sku":"5060974680511","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/THEHORRIBLEDR.HICHCOCK_STD_2D_FRONT.webp?v=1786885123","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/the-horrible-dr-hichcock-region-b","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}