The cloistered atmosphere of a 19th century convent becomes a hotbed of repressed desire in this film by Walerian Borowczyk, director of 'The Beast' and 'The Streetwalker'.
“Potent and poetic mischievous and macabre Borowczyk’s film shows how many imaginative worlds the horror movie can open up when the right artist holds the keys” (Nigel Andrews Financial Times) It’s the engagement party for brilliant young Dr Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier) and his fiancée the beautiful Fanny Osbourne (Marina Pierro) attended by various pillars of Victorian society including the astonishing Patrick Magee in one of his final roles. But when people are found raped and murdered outside and ultimately inside the house it becomes clear that a madman has broken in to disrupt the festivities – but who is he? And why does Dr Jekyll keep sneaking off to his laboratory? We know the answer of course but Walerian Borowczyk’s visually stunning adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s much-filmed tale is crammed with wildly imaginative and outrageously perverse touches characteristic of the man who scandalised audiences with Immoral Tales and The Beast not least the explicitly sexualised nature of Mr Hyde’s primal urges. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand new 2K restoration scanned from the original camera negative and supervised by cinematographer Noël Véry High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the film released on both formats for the first time anywhere in the world English and French soundtracks in LPCM 1.0 Optional English and English SDH subtitles Appreciation by critic and long-term Borowczyk fan Michael Brooke Audio commentary featuring archival interviews with Walerian Borowczyk and new interviews with cinematographer Noël Véry editor Khadicha Bariha assistant Michael Levy and filmmaker Noël Simsolo moderated by Daniel Bird Brand new interview with Udo Kier Brand new interview with Marina Pierro Himorogi (2012) a short film by Marina and Alessio Pierro made in homage to Borowczyk Interview with artist and filmmaker Alessio Pierro Phantasmagoria of the Interior a video essay on Borowczyk’s Dr Jekyll by Adrian Martin and Cristina Álvarez López Eyes That Listen a featurette on Borowczyk’s collaborations with electro-acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani Happy Toy (1979) a short film by Borowczyk inspired by Charles-Émile Reynaud’s praxinoscope Introduction to Happy Toy by production assistant Sarah Mallinson Returning to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema a featurette by Daniel Bird Reversible sleeve with artwork based on Borowczyk’s own poster design Booklet with new writing on the film by Daniel Bird and archive pieces by Walerian Borowczyk and André Pieyre de Mandiargues illustrated with rare stills
When an earthquake and a toxic waste spill disturbs her grave, a deceased girl comes alive to walk the earth again in French filmmaker Jean Rollin's macabre tale of zombie carnage. After rising from her tomb, Catherine hungers for flesh and blood and sets out to find childhood friend and blood sister Helene. Helene decides to help satisfy Catherine's bloodlust by luring people into their lair.
One day Hugo meets Myriam a prostitute who picks up her clients on the Paris metro. Hugo becomes obsessed with Myriam's sultry beauty and follows her to her flat owned by the mysterious 'Sara Sand' where he consumates his passion. Suddenly he finds the rules of the game have changed and Myriam is now in charge.. of his body and soul.
A toxic spill revives a beautiful dead heiress (Francoise Blanchard as a zombified Paris Hilton lookalike) who with the help of her childhood friend must quench her overpowering bloodlust. An unholy mix of sex zombies & vampires with a stunning & extremely gory finale'
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