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Directed by Sidney Hayers
UK 1962
This hair-curling horror masterpiece is ablaze with vile voodoo and malicious magic! Smoldering with action, suspense and ghoulish fright, Burn, Witch, Burn—also known as Night of the Eagle—throws Janet Blair and Peter Wyngarde into a supernatural world of madness and dreams when ancient rites produce terrifying wrongs! A successful college professor (Wyngarde) raises hell when his pretty wife (Blair) turns out to be a powerful witch—who claims that all of his achievements are just a little something she cooked up! But when the skeptical teacher forces her to give up her spooky spells, a rival witch soon steps in to set a match to his happiness. Now, he can only watch in terror as his career, his home—and even his wife—threaten to go up in smoke as he barrels toward one of the most chilling final showdowns in horror history! Turn down the lights, curl up tight and watch this all-time fright classic from legendary Twilight Zone writers Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson in stunning high-definition…if you dare! The special edition includes both the U.S and UK versions of the film. *** A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to destroy all her magical charms and protective devices, and stop that foolishness. He isn't put off by her insistence that his professional rivals are working magic against him, and her protections are necessary to his career and life. *** Night of the Eagle was the second film version of Fritz Leiber Jr.'s Conjure Wife (the first was Weird Woman, perhaps the best of Universal's low-budget "Inner Sanctum" series of the 1940s.) The film's title was possibly meant to invoke memories of the earlier Night of the Demon (58); both films involve a rational scientist (in the case of Night of the Eagle, Peter Wyngarde) forced to accept the existence of the supernatural. All evidence points to the conclusion that the scientist's American wife Janet Blair is the reincarnation of a witch, and a practitioner of voodoo. The actual villain is supposed to be a mystery, though the identity was made clear in the Leiber original and in both other film versions of Conjure Wife (there was a 1980 parody version titled Witches Brew). The supernatural aspect of Night of the Eagle is convincingly handled, including a knockout sequence with a wild eagle rampaging through the scientist's tranquil study. Adapted by Twilight Zone stalwarts Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont, the British-made Night of the Eagle was released in the US as Burn, Witch, Burn. |
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Theatrical Release: April 25th, 1962
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Burn, Witch, Burn: 1:29:19.666 Night of the Eagle: 1:26:55.625 |
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1.66 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 35,278,954,850 bytesBurn, Witch, Burn : 28,730,204,160 bytesNight of the Eagle: 28,080,477,696 bytes Video Bitrate: 38.73 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1561 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1561 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1.66 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 35,278,954,850 bytesBurn, Witch, Burn : 28,730,204,160 bytesNight of the Eagle: 28,080,477,696 bytes Video Bitrate: 38.73 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • NEW Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas • Audio Commentary by Screenwriter Richard Matheson • Interview with Actor Peter Wyngarde (24:26) • Includes theatrical trailers for U.S. (Burn, Witch, Burn - 2:30) and the Original UK (Night of the Eagle - 2:32) Versions
Standard Blu-ray Case inside slipcase Chapters 8 / 8 |
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On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the
original English language. Burn, Witch, Burn
has aggression in a car chase and raging fire that come through with modest depth.
The score was by
William Alwyn (So
Evil My Love, The
Running Man,
Green
For Danger, So
Evil My Love,
Life For Ruth,
Odd
Man Out, On
Approval, A
Night to Remember and
The Fallen Idol sounding
clean with consistent dialogue in the uncompressed transfer. Kino offer optional English
(SDH)
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
Sidney Hayers' Burn, Witch, Burn
is wonderful. We have the discrepancy that magic is nothing more than
superstition evoking Tourneur's
Night of the Demon dealing with black magic and evil. I loved
the story, the suspenseful build-up and Reginald H. Wyer's (Island
of Terror,
Night of the Big Heat) cinematography. Burn, Witch, Burn
challenges belief systems while indulging in African diasporic
religious, spell-casting... and fate. I loved Tansy Taylor (Janet Blair
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My Sister Eileen) also excellent Kathleen Byron (Black
Narcissus), Judith Stott (married to Irish comedian Dave Allen)
and especially the pure evil of Margaret Johnston (The
Psychopath) as Flora Carr. Delightful. An absolute keeper of a
UK supernatural horror. The Kino
Blu-ray
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Subtitle Sample - Kino (2024 - 1.66) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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1) Kino (2015 - 1.85) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - TOP2) Kino (2024 - 1.66) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray BOTTOM
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1) Kino (2015 - 1.85) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - TOP2) Kino (2024 - 1.66) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray BOTTOM
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1) Kino (2015 - 1.85) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - TOP2) Kino (2024 - 1.66) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray BOTTOM
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1) Kino (2015 - 1.85) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - TOP2) Kino (2024 - 1.66) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray BOTTOM
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1) Kino (2015 - 1.85) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - TOP2) Kino (2024 - 1.66) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray BOTTOM
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