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The Cushing Curiosities Blu-ray collection compiles six rarely seen, long-unavailable and genre-bending works from the legendary Peter Cushing. Spanning thrillers, dramas, television mysteries and eccentric horror comedies, this set showcases Cushing’s range far beyond his Hammer persona. The collection includes the aviation thriller Cone of Silence, the cold-war drama Suspect, and the noir-tinged The Man Who Finally Died. It also restores the six surviving episodes of Cushing’s 1968 BBC Sherlock Holmes series, newly presented with commentaries and archival materials. Bloodsuckers appears in its extended version for the first time, shedding new light on its strange and often-misunderstood reputation. The set concludes with Tender Dracula, an offbeat, erotic gothic comedy featuring Cushing in his only portrayal of a vampire. Featuring over sixteen hours of interviews, commentaries, archival footage, location pieces and more, plus a new 200-page book by historian Jonathan Rigby, this collection offers an expansive portrait of Cushing’s craft and curiosity across three decades of film and television.
directed by: Charles Frend, John Boulting, Vernon Sewell, Viktors Ritelis, Robert Hartford-Davis, Pierre Grunstein
starring: Peter Cushing, Stanley Baker, Donald Pleasence, Nigel Stock, John Laurie, Patrick Troughton
1959–1974 / Multiple runtimes / Various aspect ratios / Mono audio
Cushing Curiosities [6 Disc Collection] [Blu-ray]
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• Newsreel of Peter Cushing and his miniature soldiers
• Peter Cushing on The Funster Show with Paul Carrington
• The Guardian interview with Peter Cushing
• Peter Cushing interviewed by Tony Dalton
• Cushing’s View – 1973 interview on Whitstable and his late wife Helen
• Audio commentary for Suspect by Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
• Audio commentary for The Man Who Finally Died by Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Audio commentaries for all Sherlock Holmes episodes with Kim Newman, Barry Forshaw and David Stuart Davies
• All Sherlock Holmes episodes with optional BBC countdown clock
• Illustrated Peter Cushing audio interview with David Stuart Davies
• Lost Sherlock Holmes segments with optional commentary by Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
• Audio commentary for Bloodsuckers by Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
• Stranger in the City (1961) – short film by Robert Hartford-Davis
• Daddy’s Girl – interview with Jean Hartford-Davis
• Bite Me! – John Hamilton on director Robert Hartford-Davis
• The Trip – interview with Françoise Pascal
• Freedom Seeker title sequence
• Bloodsuckers trailer
• Audio commentary for Tender Dracula by Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
• Love Me Tender, Dracula – interview with director Pierre Grunstein
• Menez of Speaking – interview with Bernard Menez
• Tender Dracula trailer