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The Classic Ghosts - 70's Gothic Television [2 X
Blu-ray]
The Haunting of Rosalind (1973) The Screaming Skull (1973)
The Deadly Visitor (1973) The House and the Brain (1973)
And the Bones Came Together (1973)
Virtually unseen since their late-night airings on ABC television in 1973, The Classic Ghosts is a series of five feature-length teleplays, shot live on videotape (in the style of daytime dramas) and meticulously restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Not only do these gothic thrillers showcase an array of celebrated actors, but are notable for having been produced by a primarily female creative team, including producer Jacqueline Babbin (Sybil) and directors Lela Swift (Dark Shadows) and Gloria Monty (Sorority Kill). This two-disc edition includes all five productions: The Haunting of Rosalind, The Screaming Skull, The Deadly Visitor, The House and the Brain, and And the Bones Came Together. |
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Theatrical Release: February 14th, 1973 - July 3rd, 1973
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Review: Kino Cult #18 - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Runtime | 1:06:53.342 (X 5) | |
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1. 33:1 1080i Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc One: 42,189,227,506 bytesSample teleplay: 17,741,506,560 bytes Video Bitrate: 31.9 9 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 1557 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1557 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino Cult
1. 33:1 1080i Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc One: 42,189,227,506 bytesSample teleplay: 17,741,506,560 bytes Video Bitrate: 31.9 9 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • The Rematerialization of Classic Ghosts (20:18) has interviews with Mark Quigley (John H. Mitchell Television Curator, UCLA Film & Television Archive), Maya Montañez Smukler (Head of the UCLA Film & Television Archive Research and Study Center), and Amanda Reyes (Made for TV Mayhem) • Demonstration of 2" video technology, featuring David Crosthwait (DC Video) (7:47)
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The first seven Kino Cult titles are Lorna the Exorcist, Alien Outlaw, The Dark Power, Sinner - the Secret Diary of a Nymphomania, Underworld aka Transmutations, Drifter and a Bettie Page Double Feature. We have also reviewed the sub-label's Frogs, Empire of the Ants, The Food Of The Gods and Kingdom of the Spiders. I love the idea of this and hope it continues.
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On their
Blu-ray,
Kino Cult use a DTS-HD Master (16-bit) in the
original English language. The audio quality is small notch above the
tape-sourced video. So, it also has weaknesses and while dialogue was
scattered and hollow - it was easily discernable. There are a few
effects like lightening etc. and I couldn't get any info on the
less-remarkable scores but there was some electronic cues and fitting
stock music supporting the supernatural elements. Kino Cult offer optional English
(SDH) subtitles on
their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Kino Cult
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Most likely with budget and time constraints
(the entire five films were made in only six weeks) these were shot on
videotape - also poaching from ABC’s own daytime TV roster using directors
Henry Kaplan (All
My Children) Gloria Montemuro - credited "Monty" (General
Hospital) and Lela Swift (the Gothic Soap 'Dark Shadows'.)
Swift was also known as "the Ida Lupino of television". Not
only does
this have a "lost history" element but these are frequently helmed by
women. Examples beyond the two ladies above; producer Jacqueline Babbin, associate producer Dorothy J.
Globus, assistant director Angela Osborne, costume designer Mary McKinley
etc. These hour-long TV films recall previous digital editions of
vintage broadcast content like Criterion's
The Golden Age of Television package, BBC's
The Stone Tape, and especially BFI's
Ghost Stories for Christmas Volumes One and
Two - which we loved! From this package I thoroughly enjoyed (in
order) The Screaming Skull with David McCallum (The
Great Escape), Vincent Gardenia (Death
Wish) and Carrie Nye (The
Seduction of Joe Tynan) - The Haunting of Rosalind with,
not-enough Susan Sarandon (who's had a phenomenal career,) and Pamela
Payton-Wright (Resurrection)
were excellent - The House and the Brain as I've always had a
crush on Gretchen Corbett (lawyer / girlfriend Beth Davenport on
The Rockford Files,
The Savage Bees,
Jaws of Satan) - and The Deadly Visitor where they
actually catch an invisible ghost and tie it up! But, honestly, I was
not very keen on And the Bones Came Together (Laurence Luckinbill
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The Boys in the Band.) So, despite imperfect a/v quality these
are probably the absolute best you are going to see these forgotten
"supernatural ghost stories" with the time periods supporting 'Gothic'.
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The Haunting of Rosalind (1973)
The Screaming Skull (1973)
The Deadly Visitor (1973)
The House and the Brain (1973)
And the Bones Came Together (1973)
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