Sunday, 22 February 2015

The Time Machine (1960)

Directed by George Pal and starring Rod Taylor, Alan Young and Yvette Mimieux.


DVD bought in 2002
103mins






Time Machine: The Journey Back - hosted by Rod Taylor (48mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Village of the Damned (1960)

Directed by Wolf Rilla and starring George Sanders, Barbara Shelley and Martin Stephens.


2-film 2-DVD set bought in 2008
74m 06s











Children of the Damned (1964) directed by Antom M. Leader and starring Ian Hendry, Alan Badel and Barbara Ferris. 90mins.

The Hammer Horror Collection

8 Films 2 Double-sided DVD Set bought in 2005







Movies included in the set - 

Brides of Dracula (1960)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Night Creatures (1962)
Paranoiac (1963)
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
Nightmare (1964)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

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