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Brilliant scientist, Professor Bernard Hichcock, harbors a secret fascination with the corpses of beautiful young women. His perverse desires are so strong that he has developed a unique serum capable of placing people into a death-like state—a drug he experiments with on his wife, Margaretha. After accidentally giving her a lethal dose, Hichcock panics and covers up her death. He soon remarries, bringing the orphaned Cynthia to live with him at his isolated castle. Soon after her arrival, Cynthia experiences increasingly strange and ghastly events, growing convinced that someone—or something—is lurking in the castle, and that her loving husband might know more than he’s letting on.
A crucial early work in the Italian gothic horror canon, Riccardo Freda’s The Horrible Dr. Hichcock stars Barbara Steele alongside Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli, and Harriet Medin. With eye-popping cinematography by Raffaele Masciocchi, this The Horrible Dr. Hichcock 4K Blu-ray edition presents the film newly restored from its original negative, featuring both the Italian and American cuts, plus interviews and a wealth of archival extras, making it an essential release for fans of classic horror.
Directed by: Riccardo Freda
Starring: Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli, Harriet Medin, Maria Teresa Vianello, Spencer Williams, Aldo Cristiani, Evaristo Signorini, Giovanni Querrel
1962 / 1.85:1
Italian Cut: 87 min / Italian Mono + English Mono
American Cut: 76 min / English Mono
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Set]
• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD (UHD100) / Region A Blu-ray
• 4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• The 87-minute Italian cut features both its Italian and English language tracks and is available on both the UHD and Blu-ray discs
• The 76-minute American cut with its English language track and is available on both the UHD and Blu-ray discs
• Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• "The Horrible Dr. Freda" - an interview with second assistant director Marcello Avallone
• "The Most Honorable Julyan Perry" - an interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
• "Necropolises and Necrophiliacs" - filmmaker Marcello Avallone on Italian horror and his experiences of working within the genre
• Scene select commentary track with actress Barbara Steele, moderated by Barbara Steele archivist Russ Lanier
• English "Raptus" title sequence
• Italian trailer
• Still gallery
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• Newly translated English subtitles