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(aka "Die blaue Hand" or "Creature with the Blue Hand" or "The Bloody Dead" or "The Blue Hand")
(aka "Nella stretta morsa del ragno" or "Web of the
Spider" or "In the Grip of the Spider")
Creature With The Blue Hand aka The Bloody Dead (1967) + Web Of The Spider (1971) [2 X Blu-ray]
For those craving a taste of "Euro-Kinski," two of Klaus Kinski's European
features are now available in one creepy package. Presented for the first time
in Blu-ray, Creature with the Blue Hand (1967) is a mystery-thriller
about a series of grisly murders. It's one of several German films based on the
novels of Edgar Wallace, many adaptations of which starred Kinski. This time he
plays an escaped mental patient who might be the killer. *** Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims...
In Web of the Spider, Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allen Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle... Excerpt from B+N located HERE |
Posters
Creature With the Blue Hand
Web of the Spider
Theatrical Release: April 28th, 1967 - August 26th, 1971
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Review: Film Masters - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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Runtime |
Creature With The Blue Hand: 1:14:18.454 The Bloody Dead: 1:20:13.517 Web Of The Spider: 1:33:15.840 |
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Video |
1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 347,842,442,644 bytes Creature With The Blue Hand: 21,769,586,688 bytesThe Bloody Dead: 20,472,588,288 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.98 / 31.9 8 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
Web Of The Spider: 2.35:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 28,590,539,107 bytesFeature: 27,292,655,616 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.97 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio |
Creature With the Blue Hand: DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1565 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1565 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 -27dB The Bloody Dead: Dolby Digital
Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -27dB Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -27dB Web of the Spider DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1563 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1563 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), None (and optional English subtitles for all three commentaries - see samples below) | |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Film Masters
Edition Details: • Creature with the Blue Hand full length commentary track by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones • A Man of Mystery: Inside the World of Edgar Wallace featurette (13:34) • Kinski Krimis: Inside the Rialto Film Adaptations featurette (17:42) • Original 1967 trailer for Creature with the Blue Hand (1:49) • Re-created trailer for Creature with the Blue Hand (1:48) • The Bloody Dead bonus film (1:20:13) • The Bloody Dead with Archival Commentary featuring Sam Sherman The Bloody Dead raw footage & behind-the-scenes (9:21)
• Commentary by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones on Web of
the Spider Booklet
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 9 / 9 / 9 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
NOTE: We have added 110 more large
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On their
Blu-ray,
Film Masters use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in English language
DUBs. The Bloody Dead has lossy Dolby. Creature With The Blue
Hand has aggressive moments that come through via screams and the score by
Martin Böttcher (The
Treasure of Silver Lake), sounding ominous and creepy
in the lossless transfer. The DUB'ing is both transparent and fairly
weak.
In Web of the Spider, most of the tension comes from the
memorable score by mondo, giallo,
horror, and 'pasta' film composer Riz Ortolani (Castle
of Blood,
How
To Kill a Judge,
Lightning
Bolt,
Killer
Crocodile,
The
Pyjama Girl Case,
The
Valachi Papers,
Seven
Deaths in the Cat's Eyes, The
McKenzie Break,
Day
of Anger, Il
Sorpasso, Woman
Times Seven,
Cannibal Holocaust,
The Voyeur,
Mondo Cane) and it adds some
Gothic horror atmosphere - an important part of the viewing experience. Film Masters offer optional English
(SDH)
subtitles on the features (for all three commentaries, as well) on their Region 'A'
Blu-rays.
The Film Masters
Blu-ray
Alfred Vohrer's Creature with the Blue Hand was based on the 1925
novel The Blue Hand
by
Edgar Wallace. Gregory reviewed
Edgar Wallace Mysteries Volumes 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6 and
7. The Bloody Dead was Samuel M. Sherman's 1987 re-edited
version with new gore inserts. They are housed on the first Blu-ray.
Klaus Kinski plays twins Dave and Richard Emerson in both and also
portrays Edgar Allan Poe (who partially narrates) in Antonio
Margheriti's Web of the Spider (a color remake of Margheriti's
1964 film
Castle of Blood) that is on the second
Blu-ray
of the Film Masters package. Creature with the Blue Hand has a
police investigation of an asylum-escaping insane criminal (murdering
the family gardener,) mystery-shrouded twin brothers and retractable
knives via a heavy iron blue glove. It's doesn't carry much of the Krimi
(German crime thrillers - many had a major influence on the
Giallo) charm for me.
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