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Well, the big plan was to have a review of Danger: Diabolik out today. It's more than half written, but the disc must have been shipped from DVDTalk by way of Schenectady ... eight days and no show. So we'll make do.
In the interim, the Universal Lugosi and Hammer horror announcements for the fall have been augmented by a couple more offerings. A rumor has it that Warners will have a Val Lewton Boxed Set out on October 4 (the rumor came with no details). More official is a Fox offering that includes some ripe attractions - and two Killer Tomato sequels. Jack Clayton's The Innocents is the big title, and everyone is hoping that the transfer will do justice to its stunning Freddie Francis images. The Doctor and the Devils should be the definitive Burke & Hare bodysnatching epic, but falls a bit short despite a perfect cast. If it is what I think it is, Cabinet of Caligari is the botched but bizarre Robert Bloch shocker with Glynis Johns and Daniel O'Herlihy that shows what happens when an attempt to make an artsy horror film falls on its face. The Fox rumor also mentions the 1958 House on Haunted Hill, which has already seen two DVD releases and is said to be quasi-public domain. I'm half expecting that title to evaporate back into rumor-land as well. Thanks, and sorry about the lack of a Mario Bava review. Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at June 14, 2005 05:53 PM