happy days.
lovely shots above from
@paulboland and
@jasong (
loving your turntable stand!
), but also wanted to add my own of this great set of pre-code horror films. watched
Murders in the Rue Morgue yesterday, loving the stark set design and lighting, as always for this era. worth watching just for Lugosi's astonishing monobrow alone!
as the writing on the back of the slip says, these films were the last before the Production Code guidelines, and in part the cause of their introduction. some of the acts or deaths are startling - when you remember these films were made in the early 1930s.
this is the usual excellent Eureka! M.O. - three fims lovingly restored, including original release artwork, packed with interesting extras, and a great booklet with genuinely interesting essays and other and useful stuff in it.
nice
cover art on the slip, and
alternate on the amaray, with the other two films posters on the inside. great
write up on the back of the slip, too, that's definitely worth a read
. all that under the spoiler:
the amary itself actually could contain 4 discs. shots of the
amaray artworks :
like Network and PowerHouse, Eureka!'s booklets are well worth a read. you always learn something actually interesting about the films from them. here are some shots of what you get with
this release's booklet :
an excellent release worth getting if you like this period of cinema history and/or horror. although calling the ape 'Erik' in the
Rue Morgue does somewhat take away from any fear one might have, surely?