Sunday 22 February 2015

The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)

Directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Mark Damon and Myrna Fahey.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
79m 20s









Audio commentary with director and producer Roger Corman
Interview with director and former Corman apprentice Joe Dante
Fragments of The House of Usher
Interview with gothic horror expert Jonathan Rigby
Archival interview with Vincent Price
Theatrical Trailer
Collector's booklet
Reversible sleeve

Black Sunday (1960)

Also known as The Mask of Satan. 

Directed by Mario Bava and starring Barbara Steele and John Richardson.


3-disc Blu-ray + DVD bought in 2014
86m 42s










Includes the Italian and US versions of Black Sunday.

Bonus movie - I Vampiri (1956) directed by Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava (81mins)
Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog editor Tim Lucas
Introduction by Alan Jones
Interview with Barbara Steele
Deleted Scene from the Italiian version with notes by Tim Lucas
Mario Bava Trailer Reel
International Trailer
Italian Trailer
US Trailer

Psycho (1960)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam and Janet Leigh.


Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2004

50th Anniversary Steelbook Blu-ray bought in 2010
108m 51s






 Steelbook Blu-ray







Blu-ray extras - 

Audio Commentary with Stephen Rebello, Author of "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"
The Making of Psycho (94mins)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (26mins)
Hitchcock / Truffaut (16mins)
Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
The Shower Scene: With & Without Music
The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass
The Psycho Sound
The Psycho Archives
Posters and Psycho Ads
Lobby Cards
Behind the Scenes Photographs
Publicity Shots
Theatrical Trailer

North to Alaska (1960)

Directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian and Capucine.


DVD bought in 2004
120mins






Theatrical Trailer

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and Horst Buchholz.


2-disc Ultimate Edition DVD bought in 2007

50th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2011
128m 06s





 DVD









Audio commentary by Walter Mirisch, Eli Wallach, James Coburn and Robert E. Relyea
Guns for Hire: The Making of The Magnificent Seven (47mins)
Elmer Bernstein and The Magnificent Seven (15mins)
The Linen Book: Lost Images from The Magnificent Seven (15mins)
Still Gallery
Theatrical Trailers

The Alamo (1960)

Directed by John Wayne and starring John Wayne, Richard Widmark and Laurence Harvey.


DVD bought in 2004
155mins







John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (40mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Spartacus (1960)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin and Tony Curtis.


2-disc Criterion Edition DVD bought in 2003

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

50th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2011
196m 37s





 DVD






 DVD







Criterion DVD extras -

Audio commentary by Kirk Douglas, Peter Ustinov, Howard Fast, Edward Lewis, Robert A. Harris and Saul Bass
Scene-by-Scene Audio Analysis
Study of the Score
Narrated Restoration Demonstration
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Ending
Vintage news reel footage
Interviews
Behind the scenes at Gladiator School
Breaking the Blacklist
A letter from the MPAA
Promotional Material
Storyboards by Saul Bass
Sketches by Stanley Kubrick
Theatrical Trailer

Blu-ray extras -

Deleted Scenes
Archival Interviews
Behind the Scenes Footage
Vintage Newsreels
Theatrical Trailer
Image Galleries