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House of Fear (The) AKA Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1944)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.Director: Roy William Neill
OVERALL: Draw-
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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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:NOTE, that there are some extras in the box set, but not on the individual releases.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by British author David Stuart Davies ("The Scarlet Claw" only)
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Extras:"Restoring Sherlock Holmes" -featurette (04:30 min)
Photo gallery
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:4-disc box set, with "The Pearl of Death", "Scarlet Claw", and "The Spider Woman". Also in the 14-disc "The Complete Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Collection" box set, with volumes 1-3 + "The Hound of the Baskervilles" & "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
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Commentaries:Audio commentaries:
-The Hound of the Baskervilles (by British author David Stuart Davies)
-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (by Richard Valley, the editor of Scarlet Street Magazine)
-Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (by British author David Stuart Davies)
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Extras:All the films have:
-Production notes by Richard Valley
-Photo gallery
-"Restoring Sherlock Holmes" -featurette (04:30 min)
6 trailers: "The Scarlet Claw", "The Spider Woman", "The Pearl of Death", "The House of Fear", "Terror by Night", and "Dressed to Kill" -
Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-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:Special Case
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Notes:ONLY in the "Sherlock Holmes - The Definitive Collection" box set (7 single-sided dual-layered disks, two films per disk - in digipack), with "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror", "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death", "The Scarlet Claw", "The Pearl of Death", "Sherlock Holmes in Washington", "The Spider Woman", "The Woman in Green", "Pursuit to Algiers", "Terror by Night", and "Dressed to Kill".
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OVERALL: Draw
R0 MPI, and R2 Optimum -releases are restored by Robert Gitt (head of UCLA's Film and Television Archive), and those are the ones to get.
If you want all the extras, you can buy all the 14 films (12 from "Universal Pictures" & 2 from "Twentieth Century Fox") on the box set (R1/R2), or buy R0 Volumes 1-3 + individual releases of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" & "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". All R0-releases are also available separately, but there are no extras at all. R0-releases have English subtitles, which might come in handy with the older films like these.
So: Choice is yours.
Note, that there are several budget releases also, e.g. by "Blackhorse Entertainment" (UK - Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection), "Orbit Media Ltd" (UK), "Bfs Entertainment & Multimedia" (US), "Focusfilm" (US), "Force Video" (Australia) etc etc, but basically avoid them all. -
CUTS:
- R0 America- MPI Home Video - No cuts
- R0 The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Volume 2 America- MPI Home Video - No cuts
- R2 The Definitive Collection United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 26/07/05
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 16/03/17UPDATE LOG:
16/03/17: Corrected the title.
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