Severin’s Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee box set announced

[endo]

"On May 25, Severin Films is releasing a box set of buried gems from one of cinema’s most seminal figures – Sir Christopher Lee. He remains one of the most beloved horror/fantasy icons in US/UK pop culture history, but Christopher Lee delivered several of the most compelling, acclaimed and bizarre performances of his entire career in 1960s Europe. The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee brings together five of these Lee classics – the 1964 gothic shocker Crypt of the Vampire; the 1964 cult hit Castle of the Living Dead co-starring an unknown Donald Sutherland; 1962’s celebrated Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace; 1967’s lurid favorite The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism; and the rarely-seen 1963 oddity Challenge of the Devil – with the 24 surviving episodes of the 1971 Film Polski anthology series Theatre Macabre hosted by Lee, all remastered from original negative materials with over 10 hours of trailers, rare promos, audio commentaries & vintage interviews, plus the Castle of the Living Dead soundtrack and an all-new 88-page book by Lee biographer Jonathan Rigby – “Christopher Lee – The Continental Connection”.

Special Features for The Castle of the Living Dead

*Audio Commentary with Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson & Film Writer Troy Howarth
*Audio Commentary with Film Writer Kat Ellinger
*From the Castle to the Academy – Interview with Master Producer Paul Maslansky
*The Castle of The Mystery Man – Roberto Curti, Author of Mavericks of Italian Cinema, on Writer / Director Warren Kiefer
* CD Soundtrack

Special Features for Challenge the Devil aka Katarsis

*Dance with the Devil – Interview with Roberto Curti, Author of Mavericks of Italian Cinema
*The Importance of Being Giorgio – Interview with Giorgio Ardisson Over Two Decades
*Trailer

Special Feature for Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

*Audio Commentary with Film Writers Kim Newman & Barry Forshaw

Special Feature for Theatre Macabre

*Promo with Christopher Lee

Special Features for The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

*Audio Commentary by Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson and Film Writer Troy Howarth
*Audio Interview with Actress Karin Dor (German with English subs)
*Location Featurette
*Theatrical Trailer (German)
*Teaser Trailer
*Die Schlangengrube – Die Burg des Grauens – German Super 8 Digest Short
*Die Schlangengrube des Grafen Dracula – German Super 8 Digest Short
*Poster Gallery
*Behind the Scenes Still Gallery
*Restoration Slideshow

Special Feature for Crypt of the Vampire

*Trailer

Contents of Bonus Disc – Relics from the Crypt

*HORROR!!! – 1964 Swiss Documentary Short by Pierre Koralnik Featuring Interviews with Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Roger Corman and Roy Ashton
*Behind The Mask – Christopher Lee Remembers Boris Karloff. New edit of unfinished 1991 documentary by Ian Rough
*Cinescope 1976 Belgian TV interview with Sélim Sasson
*Colin Grimshaw Interviews Christopher Lee in 1975
*1985 Audio Interview with Christopher Lee, accompanied by stills from The Del Valle archive & video introduction with David Del Valle
*Monsters & Vampires – Interview with Pioneering Horror Movie Historian Alan Frank
*The Crypt Keepers – Making of Crypt of the Vampire Featurette with Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi, Assistant Director Tonino Valerii and Film Historian Fabio Melelli
* “O Sole Mio / It’s Now Or Never” & “She’ll Fall For Me” Christopher Lee & Gary Curtis Music Videos with optional Gary Curtis Audio Commentary
*The Invincible Sir Christopher – Filmmaker Philippe Mora Recalls Lee
*Outtakes from TO THE DEVIL… A DAUGHTER / THEATRE OF DEATH 2001 DVD interview session covering the most frightening films ever, BLACK MASSES, POLICE ACADEMY 7 & More
*University College Dublin 2011 Q&A with Sir Christopher Lee

You can pre-order it here.

[NDX]

I'm probably gonna pre-order this next week. I mean, it's fakking Christopher Lee. How can I not own this?

[gorepolice]

Got mine on pre-order. You know I love Christopher Lee

[endo]

It has some movies in there that you don't see pop up very often. Pretty nice looking set. Hope you guys enjoy it!