Maniacal Mayhem|Boris Karloff

Product Code: EKA70473

EAN: 5060000704730
Catalogue Code: EKA70473
Title: Maniacal Mayhem
Principle Contributor: Boris Karloff
Contributors: Lambert Hillyer, Arthur Lubin, Joseph Pevney, Edmund Grainger, Burt Kelly, Ted Richmond, John Colton, Curt Siodmak, Eric Taylor, Edmund L. Hartmann, Jerry Sackheim, Franz Waxman, Hans Salter, Frank Skinner, George Robinson, Elwood Bredell, Irving Glassberg, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Beulah Bondi, Walter Kingsford, Violet Kemble Cooper, Frank Reicher, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel, Anne Gwynne, Virginia Brissac, Edmund MacDonald, Paul Fix, Murray Alper, Jack Mulhall, Sally Forrest, William Cottrell, Alan Napier, Morgan Farley, Paul Cavanagh, Michael Pate, Richard Stapley
Genre: Horror
Produced by Label/Studio: Eureka Classics, 1951
Published by: Eureka, 17 Oct 2022
Format: Blu-ray / Limited Edition,
Media: 2 disc(s)

Booklet|Bonus Footage|Commentary: 'The Invisible Ray' and 'The Strange Door': Author Stephen Jones and author/critic Kim Newman; 'Black Friday': Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby.|Image Gallery|'The Sire de Maletroit's Door' radio adaptations.|Trailers

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Cover Notes: Collection of three sci-fi and horror films starring Boris Karloff. In 'The Invisible Ray' (1936) scientist Janos Rukh (Karloff) journeys to Africa with a group of fellow scientists including Felix Benet (Bela Lugosi) to locate and study an ancient meteorite. When he is exposed to its unknown radiation, he begins to glow in the dark and finds that his touch brings death instantly to anything living. As his mind is warped by the radiation, he begins to kill the other expedition members. 'Black Friday' (1940) finds mild-mannered professor George Kingsley (Stanley Ridges) fatally wounded. His friend Doctor Ernest Sovac (Karloff) performs illegal brain surgery to save him. After the operation, Kingsley is left with part of deceased mobster Red Cannon (also Ridges)'s brain and, as a result, suffers from a split personality. He tells Sovac about a secret stash of money that Cannon stole. To locate the cash, Sovac hypnotises Kingsley so that Cannon's personality will take over, but this only makes matters worse for the professor. Finally, 'The Strange Door' (1951), based on a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, sees Karloff star opposite Charles Laughton. Unable to get over losing the hand of his beloved to his brother Edmund (Paul Cavanagh) two decades earlier, malicious madman Alain de Maletroit (Laughton) sets out to wreak his revenge. He plans to force his niece Blanche (Sally Forrest) to marry dishonourable drunkard Denis de Beaulieu (Richard Stapley), who Alain has tricked into believing has committed a murder. Karloff plays Alain's meek, browbeaten servant Voltan, who tries to help Denis and Blanche escape from Alain's evil clutches.

Extras: Booklet|Bonus Footage|Commentary: 'The Invisible Ray' and 'The Strange Door': Author Stephen Jones and author/critic Kim Newman; 'Black Friday': Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby.|Image Gallery|'The Sire de Maletroit's Door' radio adaptations.|Trailers

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Even More Details: Language(s): English|Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English|Interactive Menu|Screen ratio 1:1.37

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