MANIACAL MAYHEM (Three films starring Boris KARLOFF) (1936-1951)
Three more tales of terror from the vaults of Universal Pictures, all starring the iconic Boris Karloff
Eureka Entertainment to release MANIACAL MAYHEM (The Invisible Ray, Black Friday, The Strange Door), three more tales of terror from the vaults of Universal Pictures, all starring the iconic Boris Karloff. On Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK as a part of the Eureka Classics range, all presented from 2K scans of the original film elements. Available from October 17th 2022, the first print-run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase & Collector’s Booklet.
Three more tales of terror from the vaults of Universal Pictures, all starring the iconic Boris Karloff.
Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi both star in The Invisible Ray (dir. Lambert Hillyer, 1936), which sees Dr Janos Rukh (Karloff) exposed to a mysterious element that turns him into a deadly luminescent maniac who devises a plot to bump off his personal and professional rivals.
Then, in Black Friday (dir. Arthur Lubin, 1940), Karloff is the amoral brain surgeon, Dr Sovac, who transplants part of a gangster’s brain into the body of his dying friend, creating a terrifying Jekyll-and-Hyde figure who starts murdering his former criminal associates (including, again, the wonderful Béla Lugosi).
Finally, the incomparable Charles Laughton plays the sadistic Sire Alain de Maletroit in The Strange Door (dir. Joseph Pevney, 1951). Maletroit has kept his own brother locked in a dungeon for twenty years, and now wants to ruin the life of his niece by forcing her to marry a violent rogue. His plan is upset when the “rogue” is unexpectedly noble-hearted and attempts to rescue the girl, aided by an abused servant (Karloff).
MANIACAL MAYHEM (Three films starring Boris KARLOFF) New & Exclusive Trailer https://youtu.be/RJ1aMhY-9z8
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Special Features:
- Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
- 1080p presentation of all three films across two Blu-ray discs
- All films presented from 2K scans of the original film elements
- Optional English SDH
- Brand new audio commentary tracks on The Invisible Ray and The Strange Door with author Stephen Jones and author / critic Kim Newman
- Brand new audio commentary track on Black Friday with Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
- “The Sire de Maletroit’s Door” radio adaptations
- Stills Galleries
-Trailers
- PLUS: A Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet featuring new writing on all three films by film writers Andrew Graves, Rich Johnson, and Craig Ian Mann
*All extras subject to change
MANIACAL MAYHEM (Three films starring Boris KARLOFF) (Eureka Classics) Two-Disc Blu-ray
THE INVISIBLE RAY | BLACK FRIDAY | THE STRANGE DOOR
BORIS KARLOFF | BÉLA LUGOSI | CHARLES LAUGHTON
1936 / 1940 / 1951 | 230 mins | 1.37:1 OAR | USA | SCI-FI / HORROR / THRILLER
KEY SELLING POINTS
All three films star the iconic Boris Karloff (The Invisible Ray, Black Friday, The Strange Door) | The Invisible Ray and Black Friday also stars the iconic Bela Lugosi (Dracula, Island Of Lost Souls) | The Strange Door also stars the Academy Award-winning actor Charles Laughton (The Old Dark House, Spartacus, Mutiny On The Bounty) | Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase & Collector’s Booklet (First Print Run of 2000 copies only) | All three films on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
PRESS
“(Black Friday) Karloff is in exquisite artistic form” – New York Times
“(Black Friday) a fantastic movie… It has this wonderful Twilight Zone feel to the story and it will keep you guessing right up until the last moments of the film” – Flickering Myth
“(The Invisible Ray) A lively early science-fiction horror tale, with innovative special effects for its era and the ever-dependable "gruesome twosome" supplying the thrills.” – Radio Times
“The Strange Door has wonderful atmosphere... Gothic-era pubs, townsfolk chasing ne'er-do-wells with torches, a creepy mansion with a dank, shadowy basement... and, of course, it has Laughton and a crouching, wild-eyed, Karloff.” – DVD Beaver
