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• THE CAT AND THE CANARY (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (22/04/2024) from £20.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  4K restoration of Paul Leni's definitive haunted house thriller Eureka Entertainment to release THE CAT AND THE CANARY, Paul Leni's ground-breaking masterpiece of early cinematic horror. Presented for the first time ever on Blu-ray from a glorious 4K restoration, as part of the Masters of Cinema Series. Available from 22 April 2024, the first print run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-edition O-card slipcase. Paul Leni (The Man Who Laughs) directs one of the most important and influential films in the early history of American genre cinema, which perfected the old dark house formula and set the stage for the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s. Twenty years after the death of millionaire Cyrus West, his surviving relatives are called together in a decaying mansion on the Hudson River. There, they gather to hear West's lawyer Roger Crosby (Tully Marshall) read his last will and testament and discover that West has left everything to his niece Annabelle (Laura La Plante). That is, at least, on the condition that she is judged to be legally sane. As the family settles in for the evening, tensions rise when they are informed that a murderer nicknamed the Cat has escaped from a nearby asylum and is suspected to be somewhere on the grounds. Crosby soon disappears in mysterious circumstances, which proves to be just the first in a series of horrifying events that will punctuate a long, dark night of terror during which Annabelle's sanity will be called into question again and again. Based upon the 1922 stage production by John Willard, The Cat and the Canary is a perfect blend of horror and black comedy and stands at the apex of a cycle of films adapted from mystery plays throughout the 1920s. It later inspired James Whale's The Old Dark House and has been remade several times but never bettered. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this cornerstone of horror cinema for the first time ever on Blu-ray from a glorious 4K restoration. Product Features Limited-edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Graham Humphreys [First print run of 2000 copies only] | 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K digital restoration of the original negatives supplied by MoMA | DTS-HD MA 5.1 score by Robert Israel; compiled, synchronised and edited by Gillian B. Anderson, based on music cue sheets compiled and issued for the original 1927 release | Brand new audio commentary by author Stephen Jones and author / critic Kim Newman | Brand new audio commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby | Mysteries Mean Dark Corners brand new video essay by David Cairns & Fiona Watson | Pamela Hutchinson on The Cat and the Canary brand new interview with writer and film critic Pamela Hutchinson | Phuong Le on The Cat and the Canary brand new interview with film critic Phuong Le | A Very Eccentric Man & Yeah, a Cat! extracts from John Willard's original play | Lucky Strike Paul Leni gives a full-throated endorsement to the product that got him through filming The Cat and the Canary | PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Richard Combs, Craig Ian Mann, and Imogen Sara Smith

• Monkey Shines | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £11.30   |  Saving you £1.69 (13.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After an aspiring law student is disabled after an accident his best friend recruits an animal trainer to educate a lab monkey to assist him in his day-to-day tasks. As the two become closer it seems the monkey can read his mind and his own mind seems to be affected by that of the monkey...

• Vengeance Valley | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £6.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-74.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Owen Daybright has taken the rap for his boyhood pal Les Strobie all his life. Now the foreman on Strobie's ranch he is even willing to accept paternity of Strobie's illegitimate child. Daybright continues to make life easy for his friend partly from high motives - to protect Strobie's wife - and partly from habit. He even dodges bullets and doesn't give his friend up for the heel he is until Strobie negotiates to make off with his father's cattle. An unusual adult Western for its