Cushing Curiosities Blu-ray Box Set

From Hammer Films to STAR WARS, he remains one of genre films’ best-loved actors. Now celebrate six of the most unexpected, rarely seen and decidedly curious performances from the legendary career of PETER CUSHING: Cushing delivers a rare villain turn in the 1960 aviation thriller CONE OF SILENCE. That same year, Cushing brought gentle dignity to The Boulting Brothers’ cold-war drama SUSPECT. In 1962’s THE MAN WHO FINALLY DIED, Cushing co-stars opposite Stanley Baker as a former Nazi hiding a grave post-war secret. Cushing returns to his iconic role of SHERLOCK HOLMES in these six surviving episodes of the 1968 BBC-TV series. The oft-maligned 1971 shocker BLOODSUCKERS can now be reassessed for the first time in its Restored Extended Version. And Cushing portrays a vampire for the first and only time in 1974’s off-the-wall erotic comedy TENDER DRACULA, premiering here in its Director’s Cut. Each disc has been mastered from original vault elements with over 16 total hours of trailers, commentaries, vintage interviews, location features and more, plus the all-new 200-page book PETER CUSHING: A PORTRAIT IN SIX SKETCHES by award-winning horror film historian Jonathan Rigby.
 
 
Disc 1: CONE OF SILENCE (1960) 
 
Special Features:
Newsreel Of Peter Cushing And His Miniature Soldiers
Illustrated Audio Interviews
Peter Cushing On The Funster Show With Paul Carrington
The Guardian Interview With Peter Cushing 
Peter Cushing Interviewed By Tony Dalton, Author Of Terence Fisher: Master Of Gothic Cinema
Cushing's View – 1973 Interview With Peter Cushing On Whitstable And His Late Wife Helen
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions
Region Free
Run time: 92 mins
 
 
Disc 2: SUSPECT (1960) / THE MAN WHO FINALLY DIED (1962)
 
Special Features:
Audio Commentary For SUSPECT With Jonathan Rigby, Author Of English Gothic, And Horror Historian Kevin Lyons
Audio Commentary For THE MAN WHO FINALLY DIED With Kim Newman, Author Of Anno Dracula, And Barry Forshaw, Author Of Brit Noir
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 (Suspect) / 2.35:1 (The Man Who Finally Died)
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions
Region A
Run time: 81 mins (Suspect) / 100 mins (The Man Who Finally Died)
 
 
Discs 3 & 4: SHERLOCK HOLMES (1968)
 
Special Features:
Audio Commentaries For All Episodes Featuring Kim Newman, Author Of Anno
Dracula, Barry Forshaw, Author Of Brit Noir And David Stuart Davies, Author Of
Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century Of The Master Detective On Screen
All Episodes Available With BBC Countdown Clock
Illustrated Peter Cushing Audio Interview With David Stuart Davies
Lost Segments With Optional Commentary By Jonathan Rigby, Author Of English Gothic, And Horror Historian Kevin Lyons
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions
Region A
Run time: 308 mins
 
 
Disc 5: BLOODSUCKERS (1971)
 
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Jonathan Rigby, Author Of English Gothic, And Horror Historian Kevin Lyons
STRANGER IN THE CITY (1961) – Short Film By Robert Hartford-Davis
Daddy's Girl – Interview With Director Robert Hartford-Davis’ Daughter, Jean Hartford-Davis
Bite Me! – Tigon: Blood On A Budget Author John Hamilton on Robert Hartford-Davis 
The Trip – Interview With Uncredited Drug Orgy Actress Françoise Pascal
FREEDOM SEEKER Title Sequence
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions
Region Free
Run time: 83 mins
 
 
Disc 6: TENDER DRACULA (1974)
 
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Jonathan Rigby, Author Of English Gothic, And Horror Historian Kevin Lyons
Love Me Tender, Dracula – Interview With Director Pierre Grunstein
Menez of Speaking – Interview With Actor Bernard Menez
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: English Mono / French
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 89 mins