A new restoration of this 1959 horror film starring Michael Gough and directed by Arthur Crabtree. HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM marked the first film in the Sadian Trilogy followed by Circus of Horrors and Peeping Tom.A series of grisly, macabre murders sweep London and leave Scotland Yard completely baffled. Bancroft, an evil crime journalist is hypnotising his assistant to commit murders for his own crime stories and delighting in the Yard's embarrassment.Product FeaturesNEW Interview with novelist and critic Kim NewmanNEW Audio Commentary with Kim Newman and writer/editor Steve JonesHypnovista IntroductionOriginal TrailerB&W Lobby Cards Gallery
Michael Gough gives a gloriously overwrought performance in this notorious 1959 horror feature. A box-office triumph, it was shot at Merton Park Studios in the relatively new CinemaScope format and presented with the additional gimmick of 'HypnoVista'. Horrors of the Black Museum was the first in what has been dubbed Anglo-Amalgamated's 'Sadian trilogy' (with Circus of Horrors and Peeping Tom), in which the keynote is sensationalistic, sexually charged violence. It is featured here in a brand...
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