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Curse of Frankenstein (The) (Blu-ray 4K) (1957)
No-one who saw it lived to describe it.Director: Terence Fisher
Year of Copyright: 1957
Year of Production: 1956-57
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL-
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Extras:DISC ONE: Blu-ray 4K
* The Film: 1.66:1 UK Theatrical Version (83:30)
* The Film: 1.37:1 As-filmed Version (83:30)
(1.) Audio commentary on the 1.66:1 version with film historians Kim Newman, Barry Forshaw and Stephen Jones (2025)
(2.) Audio commentary on the 1.37:1 version by film historians Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby (2012)
"Beside the Seaside: Wayne Kinsey and Madeleine Smith Remember Peter Cushing" 2025 interviews (50:17)
"Reviving The Curse of Frankenstein" 2025 featurette (8:11)
Alternative Eyeball Scene (1:11)
Original UK Trailer (2:19)
UK Censor Card (0:11)
DISC TWO: Blu-ray 4K
* The Film: 1.85:1 US Theatrical Version (83:30)
(3.) Audio commentary on the 1.85:1 version with film historians Dr. Steve Haberman and Constatine Nasr (2020)
(4.) Audio commentary on the 1.85:1 version with film historians Heidi Honeycutt and Toby Roan (2025)
"Recreating the Creature" 2025 featurette (34:41)
"A Fitting Vocation: Josephine Botting on Molly Arbuthnot" 2025 interview (10:11)
"Topped or Tailed: Costuming at Hammer" 2025 interview with Dr. Josephine Botting and Professor Melanie Bell (16:21)
"Good or Tuesday?: Jimmy Sangster at Hammer" 2025 documentary (39:06)
"Painting with Fine Brushes: Jack Asher on The Curse of Frankenstein" 2025 interview with Richard Klemensen featuring a 1985 audio interview with Jack Asher (11:49)
"A Gothic History of Frankenstein: As Told by Stephen Volk" 2025 interview (24:15)
Image Gallery (13:48)
DISC THREE: Blu-ray copy
DISC FOUR: Blu-ray copy
DISC FIVE: Blu-ray (Extras)
"Festival of Fantastic Films: Jimmy Sangster, Interview from FoFF 1997 - Interviewed by Stephen Laws" 1997 interview (24:10)
"Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic" 2012 documentary (34:45)
"Life with Sir" 2012 featurette (12:31)
"The Resurrection Men: Hammer, Frankenstein and the Rebirth of the Horror Film" 2020 featurette (21:51)
"Hideous Progeny: The Curse of Frankenstein and the English Gothic Tradition" 2020 featurette (22:49)
"Torrents of Light: The Art of Jack Asher" 2020 featurette (15:14)
"Diabolus in Musica: James Bernard and the Sound of Hammer Horror" 2020 featurette (17:05)
"Hammer Horror for Hugh Harlow" 2025 featurette using a vintage interview with Harlow and contributions from prop dresser Peter Allchorne (11:05)
8mm Cutdown (B&W) (10:35)
DISC SIX: Blu-ray (Extras)
* "Flesh & Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror" 1994 documentary presented in the expanded 2015 version (147:43)
* "Tales of Frankenstein: The Face in the Tombstone Mirror" 1958 TV episode (27:26)
Audio commentary on "Tales of Frankenstein: The Face in the Tombstone Mirror" with film historians Ted Newsom, Gary Smith and Stewart Galbraith (2001)
"Mr. Cushing and Mr. Lee" 1994 interview (47:47)
Flesh and Blood Outtakes (20:44)
"The Tale of the Tales of Frankenstein ... or 'How to Un-Make a Monster" 2011 documentary presented in a revised 2025 version (27:52) -
Subtitles:English HoH, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1/1.66:1/1.85:1
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Picture Format:2160p24 HEVC
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HDR:HDR10, Dolby Vision
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
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Case type:Special Case
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UPC Number:5061058620065
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Notes:Comes in a Digipack that fits inside an inner card slipcase which holds the booklets and then this fits inside a black outer hardbox case.
Comes with:
- A 168-page liner notes book "The Books of Frankenstein: Volume One": "For Sadists Only" by Bruce G. Hallenbeck, "Could I Jump Off That Thing and Swing In?" By Denis Meikle featuring a 1990 interview with Peter Cushing, "A Jobbing Actor" by Barry Forshaw, "Christopher Comments on The Curse of Frankenstein" by Christopher Lee (circa 1965), "Never Let Your Creature Near Blind Men or Children. It Never Ends Well" by Wayne Kinsey, "The Real Hero of Hammer?" By Sarah Morgan, "We've Created a Monster" by Sarah Appleton, "Grateful Thanks for Splendid Direction" by Gary Parfit featuring a 1973 interview with Terence Fisher, "I am Creating a Man ... A Man Who Cannot Be Destroyed" by Wayne Kinsey, "This is Infinitely More Disgusting Than the First Script" by Wayne Kinsey and "I Remember Bray Studios" by Hugh Harlow (2008). Also features vintage Hammer documents: Exclusive Films' Letter to the BBFC from June 1956, BBFC Reader's Report from June 1956. And, information on the restoration, extras, thanks and disc production credits.
- "The Curse of Frankenstein" 68-page graphic novel first printed in House of Hammer, issues 2-3, November-December 1976.
- Eight reproduction lobby cards from the UK release.
- Double-sided, fold-out poster featuring UK and French and key art.
The Blu-ray discs 3-6 are region locked to 'B'. -
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OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL
The only version we currently have specifications for.
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This is being released in the USA by Warner Brothers. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL Limited Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Hammer Films - No cuts - Contains the open matte 1.37:1 version, the 1.66:1 UK theatrical release version and the 1.85:1 US theatrical version (83:30)
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Comparison added by Rick_Curzon on 11/10/25
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 11/10/25UPDATE LOG:
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