AVAILABLE
ON BLU-RAY, 30th MAY 2016
Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the release of the complete
Blood Bath, released on Blu-ray and DVD on 30th May. This limited edition set has reconstructed and restored all four versions of the film -
Operation Titian, Portrait in Terror, Blood Bath and Track of the Vampire - from the best surviving materials and comes with a feature-length visual essay companion by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas.
The films
of Roger Corman are often as well-known for their behind-the-scenes
stories as they are the ones unfolding on the screen. He famously made
Little Shop of Horrors in just two days using sets left over from A Bucket of Blood and shot
The Terror over a long weekend because bad weather prevented him
from playing tennis. But none of these tales is quite so complex, or
quite so extraordinary, as the making of
Blood Bath.
The saga began when Corman invested in a Yugoslavian Krimi-like picture entitled
Operation Titian just prior to it going into production.
Insisting it be filmed in English, he sent actors William Campbell and
Patrick Magee, and uncredited story editor Francis Ford Coppola (all
fresh from
Dementia 13), to Dubrovnik to make a US-friendly movie but wasn’t
satisfied with the end results. First it was re-cut and re-scored to
create
Portrait in Terror, a film more in line with drive-in tastes, then it was handed over to Jack Hill (Spider Baby), followed by Stephanie Rothman (Terminal Island), each undertaking reshoots that resulted in a vampire picture by the name
of Blood Bath. One final twist was provided when a TV version was required, chopping scenes and adding others to create
Track of the Vampire.
Special Features
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Limited Edition collection of the complete Blood Bath
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High
Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of four versions of the film:
Operation Titian, Portrait in Terror, Blood Bath and Track of the
Vampire
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Brand new 2K restorations of Portrait in Terror, Blood Bath and Track of the Vampire from original film materials
·
Brand new reconstruction of Operation Titian using original film materials and standard definition inserts
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Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on all four versions
·
The Trouble
with Titian Revisited – a brand new visual essay in which Tim Lucas
returns to (and updates) his three-part Video Watchdog feature to
examine the convoluted production history of Blood
Bath and its multiple versions
·
Bathing in Blood with Sid Haig – a new interview with the actor, recorded exclusively for this release
·
Archive interview with producer-director Jack Hill
·
Stills gallery
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Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artworks
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Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford
·
Limited
edition booklet containing new writing on the film and its cast by
Anthony Nield, Vic Pratt, Cullen Gallagher and Peter Beckman
Specs
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Release Date
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Monday 30th May 2016
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Certificate
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15
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Language
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English
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Running Time
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TBC mins
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Region
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B
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Audio
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Stereo 2.0
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Blu-ray Cat Number
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FCD
1302
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