The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Vol. 2 Blu-ray Box Set

To celebrate the centennial of Sir Christopher Lee, Eurocrypt Collection 2 presents five of the most unexpected, underrated and underseen films of the iconic actor’s European career. Immediately following HORROR OF DRACULA, Lee reprised the role in the quirky 1959 Italian comedy UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE. Lee speaks fluent German opposite Klaus Kinski for the crazed 1962 krimi SECRET OF THE RED ORCHID. In the 1974 UK psycho-thriller DARK PLACES, Lee toplines a cast that includes Joan Collins, Herbert Lom and Jane Birkin. Lee’s final performance as The Count in the 1976 French comedy DRACULA AND SON can at last be seen in its superior Director’s Cut, while the ultra-rare 1988 Dutch drama MURDER STORY brings Lee into the sex shoppes of Amsterdam. Each film has been remastered from original negative materials with over 15 total hours of trailers, commentaries, alternate cuts, vintage interviews and new featurettes, plus the DRACULA AND SON soundtrack and an all-new 100-page book by Lee biographer Jonathan Rigby.
 
 
Disc 1: Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)
 
Uncle was a Vampire Special Features:
Commedia Dracula All'Italiana — Interview With European Film Scholar Dr. Pasquale Iannone
Alternate Cut From Italian Broadcast Master
Alternate Cut Audio Commentary With Christopher Lee Biographer Jonathan Rigby And Hammer Historian Kevin Lyons
Uncle was a Vampire Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Audio: Italian Mono / Partial English Mono
English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 101 mins
 
 
Disc 2: The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
 
The Secret of the Red Orchid Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of So Deadly, So Perverse
Audio Commentary With Film Scholars Kim Newman, Author Of Anno Dracula, And Barry Forshaw, Author Of Euro Noir
Trailer
The Secret of the Red Orchid Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: German Mono / English Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region A
Run time: 84 mins
 
 
Disc 3: Dark Places (1974)
 
Dark Places Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of So Deadly, So Perverse
The Cadogan Conversations — Interview With Jonathan Rigby, Author Of Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History
U.S. Teaser Trailer
Brazilian TV Spot
Dark Places Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Mono / French Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region Free
Run time: 91 mins
 
 
Disc 4 & 5: Dracula and Son – Director’s Cut (1976) and U.S. Version (1979)
 
Dracula and Son Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Christopher Lee Biographer Jonathan Rigby And Hammer Historian Kevin Lyons
Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
Let The Son Shine In — Interview With Actor Bernard Menez
Archival French TV Interview With Christopher Lee
The Molinaro Tapes — Archival Audio Interview With Director Édouard Molinaro
Who Was Claude Klotz? — Filmmaker Patrice Leconte On His Three-Time Co-Writer And Author Of The Novel Paris Vampire
Archival Interview With Claude Klotz At A 1976 Presentation Of DRACULA AND SON In Marseille
German Credit Sequences
Trailer 
TV Spot
Dracula and Son Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English Mono / French Mono
Closed Captions / English Subtitles
Region A
Runtime: 99 mins (Director’s Cut) / 79 mins (U.S. Version)
 
 
Disc 6: Dracula and Son Soundtrack
 
Disc 7: Murder Story (1989)
 
Murder Story Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Co-Writers/Co-Directors Eddie Arno And Markus Innocenti
A British Producer In Holland — Interview With Producer Tom Reeve
BONUS FILM: MASK OF MURDER (1988) — Swedish Film Co-Starring Christopher Lee
Trailer 
Murder Story Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English Mono
Closed Captions
Region Free
Run time: 90 mins