PRODUCT INFORMATION
Continuing its mission to unearth the very best in weird and wonderful horror obscura from the golden age of US independent genre moviemaking, Arrow Video is proud to present the long-awaited second volume in its American Horror Project series co-curated by author Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents). Starting off with a little-seen 1970 offering from underrated cult auteur John Hayes (Grave of the Vampire, Garden of the Dead), Dream No Evil is a haunting, moving tale of a young woman's desperate quest to be reunited with her long-lost father - only to find herself drawn into a fantasyland of homicidal madness. Meanwhile, 1976's Dark August stars Academy Award-winner Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire) in a story of a man pursued by a terrifying and deadly curse in the wake of a hit-and-run accident. Lastly, 1977's Harry Novak-produced The Child is a gloriously delirious slice of horror mayhem in which a young girl raises an army of the dead against the people she holds responsible for her mother's death. With all three films having been newly remastered from the best surviving film elements and appearing here for the first time ever on Blu-ray, alongside a wealth of supplementary material, American Horror Project Volume Two offers up yet another fascinating and blood-chilling foray into the deepest, darkest corners of stars-and-stripes terror.
FEATURES:
2K restorations from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations
Original uncompressed mono 1.0 audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil
DREAM NO EVIL
Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower
Audio commentary with Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan
Hollywood After Dark: The Early Films of John Hayes, 1959-1971 – video essay by Stephen Thrower looking at Hayes’ filmography leading up to Dream No Evil
Edmond O’Brien: An Actor for All Seasons – writer Chris Poggiali on the prodigious career of celebrated character actor Edmond O’Brien
Archival audio interview with actor Rue McClanahan (The Golden Girls) discussing her many cinematic collaborations with director John Hayes
DARK AUGUST
Audio commentary with writer-director Martin Goldman
Dark August Revisited – a video appreciation of Dark August by author Stephen Thrower
Mad Ave to Mad Dogs – on-camera interview with director Martin Goldman, who discusses his transition from working on commercials to feature filmmaking
Don’t Mess with the Psychic – on-camera interview with producer Marianne Kanter
The Hills Are Alive: Dark August and Vermont Folk Horror – author and artist Stephen R. Bissette on Dark August and its context within the wider realm of Vermont genre-filmmaking
Original press book (BD-ROM content)
THE CHILD
1.37:1 and 1.85:1 presentations of the feature
Audio commentary with director Robert Voskanian and producer Robert Dadashian, moderated by Stephen Thrower
The Zombie Child – a video appreciation of The Child by author Stephen Thrower
Fathers of The Child – featurette comprising on-camera interviews with director Robert Voskanian and producer Robert Dadashian
Original theatrical trailer
Original press book (BD-ROM content)
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