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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors AKA The Blood Suckers (1964)
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards...Director: Freddie Francis
Year of Copyright: 1964
Year of Production: 1964
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
*The Film - Pinewood Restoration (97:42)*
*The Film - German Theatrical Version (97:26)
(1.) Audio Commentary with Dr. Rolf Giesen and Uwe Sommerlad (in German) (2015)
(2.) Audio Commentary with director Freddie Francis and Jonathan Sothcott (in English with optional German subtitles) (2003)
2015 Introduction by Dr. Rolf Giesen (5:28, in German with optional English or German subtitles)
"House of Cards" documentary (57:45, in English with optional German subtitles)
German Start Sequence (1:27)
German End Sequence (1:56)
Italian Start Sequence (1:21)
Italian End Sequence (1:09)
Dutch Opening Credits (1:42)
Original Opening Credits (1:17)
Original Theatrical Trailer (0:59)
Italian Theatrical Trailer (2:48)
Re-cut Trailer from 2015 (0:59)
German Theatrical Trailer (2:38)
Picture Galleries:
- Original Script (6:42, 98 images)
- Lobby Cards (9:12, 21 Germany pictures, 21 UK pictures, 7 Italian pictures, 3 Mexican Pictures, and 8 USA images)
- Posters (1:42, 11 images)
- Press Pictures (5:52, 48 images)
- US Press Pictures (3:30, 24 images)
- Neues Filmprogramm Nr. 4336 (1:25, 4 images)
- Phantopia Filmprogramm Nr. 211 (1:42, 4 images)
- German Press Booklet (4:12, 7 images)
- German Advertising Advice (2:40, 6 images)
- US Advertising Advice (5:35, 14 images)
- US Newspaper Supplement (2:30, 5 images)
- More Motives (3:55, 27 images)
- Amicus Filmography (9:14, GErman Text)
Bonus Trailers:
- "The Brood" (0:59, in German)
- "Hatchet for the Honeymoon" (2:36, in German)
- "Evilspeak" (2:02, in German)
- "Scanners" (2:00, in German)
- "Scanners 2" (2:20, in English)
- "Scanners 3" (1:45, in German)
- "Horrorland" (3:01, in German)
Startup Trailer (in German):
- "The Brood"/"Evilspeak"
DISC TWO (DVD Copy)
* The Film (Pinewood Restoration) (94:12)*
(1.) Audio Commentary with Dr. Rolf Giesen and Uwe Sommerlad (in German) (2015)
(2.) Audio Commentary with director Freddie Francis and Jonathan Sothcott (in English with optional German subtitles) (2003)
2015 Introduction by Dr. Rolf Giesen (5:15)
"House of Cards" documentary (55:24)
German Start Sequence (1:24)
German End Sequence (1:52)
Italian Start Sequence (1:18)
Italian End Sequence (1:07)
Dutch VHS Opening Credits (1:38)
German Theatrical Trailer (2:32)
Re-cut Trailer from 2015 (0:57)
Italian Theatrical Trailer (2:42)
Picture Galleries:
- Posters (1:36, 11 images)
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Subtitles:English and German
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (Theatrical Synchronization)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:German title: "Die Todeskarten des Dr. Schreck".
As on the UK release, Lee's scream is mixed very low on the English track but at the correct volume on the German ones. It is the same case with the musical sting when the god appears in the voodoo segment is missing altogether on the English track but present on the German ones.
Comes with a 24-page booklet with writing by Dr. Rolf Giesen and Uwe Sommerlad included (non-removable). On the cover it wrongly states Region B and Region 2 only.
*The encode of the Pinewood Restoration runs 98:41 but goes black and the audio ends at 97:42. The encode runs 94:39 but goes black and the audio ends at 94:12.
Limited to 750 copies each for Cover A and Cover B -
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Extras:Stills Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
"Best of British" trailers: "The Asphyx", "Die Screaming Marianne", "Blood on Satan's Claw", and "The Black Torment" -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Restored English opening credits.
Comes with liner notes by I.Q. Hunter. -
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with Freddie Francis and Jonathan Sothcott (2003)
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Extras:"Making of Dr Terror" documentary (57:44)
"Sir Christopher Lee" documentary (47:00)
Gallery of images (7:07)
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Subtitles:English HoH (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 12 page appreciation booklet by horror writer Johnny Mains.
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital Mono (with forced French subtitles)
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Only available as part of the 4-disc "Peter Cushing box set" (which also includes "The Creeping Flesh", "Island Of Terror", and "Blood Beast Terror").
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
DISC TWO (DVD Copy)
* The Film
"Film critic Laurent Aknin on Amicus" 2018 featurette (4:45)
"A Talk with film critic Laurent Aknin" 2018 featurette (20:14) -
Subtitles:French (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:French title: "Le train des épouvantes"
Packaged in a Mediabook with a 16 page booklet.
Note the transfer is of the 2015 faulty Pinewood Restoration: 1. In Christopher Lee's segment, his scream as he's being loaded into the ambulance is mixed very low; the correct version is loud and piercing. In the French dub the scream of Christopher Lee is as it should be. But not in the original English version as mentioned. 2. The musical sting when the god appears in the voodoo segment is missing altogether. This is also missing in the French dub. 3. The last scene of the film, as the devil walks along the platform, is truncated by around 30 seconds and the music ends abruptly, instead of a slow fade. -
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
Photo Gallery
Alternate Credits -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Name: "Die Todeskarten des Dr. Schreck".
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Extras:Italian Theatrical Trailer
German Opening Titles
English End Titles (which are "cut" from the end of the film presented on the disc!) -
Subtitles:Italian
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1 (with forced Italian subtitles)
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:(1.) Audio Commentary with director Freddie Francis, and journalist Jonathan Southcott (2003)
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Extras:Film notes by Jonathan Southcott
Photo Gallery
Cast and Crew Filmographies:
- director Freddie Francis
- star Christopher Lee
- star Peter Cushing
- star Donald Sutherland -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also in The Amicus Collection 5-disc box set, with "And Now the Screaming Start", "Asylum", "The Beast Must Die", and "The House That Dripped Blood". Limited edition box set of 5000 units, comes in coffin-shaped digi-pack, which includes 8 page booklet written by Allan Bryce.
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OVERALL: Draw
The Screenbound disc is uncut and has extras while the Anchor Bay includes an additional commentary track. Do note that the German and French releases also have some exclusive extras, although they are not all English friendly and use the faulty restoration and the German release has some extra faults in the transfer.
There is also a vanilla release available from Anchor Bay UK under the 'Horror Classics' label which should be avoided as well as a US release from Olive Films. -
CUTS:
- R0 Germany- Wicked-Vision Media - Yes, missing some sound cues and part of the ending (94:12 PAL)
- R0 United Kingdom- Odeon Entertainment - No cuts as such (93:16 PAL). English opening credits restored, but then as Anchor Bay, i.e. VHS-sourced English closing credits.
- R0 United Kingdom- Screenbound Pictures - No cuts.
- R2 France- DVDY Films - No known cuts.
- R2 France- ESC Editions - Yes. Missing some sound cues and end scene footage; see above (93:41 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Koch Media - No known cuts.
- R2 Italy- Pulp Video - No cuts as such - but see main details above.
- R2 United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts as such (93:15 PAL, excluding 1:00 of dead screen at the end). But the new master was created from the only existing and useable negative, which was the German version (English soundtrack was still available). Some seconds are missing from the end of the film, just before the credits (English end credits are taken from the VHS-source).
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 22/11/03
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 18/12/21UPDATE LOG:
05/09/10: Added R0 Odeon Ent.
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21/04/17 typo fixed.
12/12/18: Added France ESC.
06/11/21: Clean-up.
18/12/21: Dates.
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