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• El Vampiro: Two Bloodsucking Tales from Mexico (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (28/10/2024) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  El Vampiro: Two Bloodsucking Tales from Mexico brings together a pair of atmospheric and terrifying classics of Mexican Gothic, directed by Fernando Méndez (Black Pit of Dr. M), and starring Ariadne Welter (The Panther Women), Abel Salazar (The Curse of the Crying Woman), and, in a star-making turn, Germán Robles (The Brainiac).In The Vampire (El vampiro), the beautiful, bereaved Marta (Welter) travels with Enrique (Salazar) to visit her sick aunt in her ancestral home. There, the mysterious neighbour Duval (Robles) offers to buy the family's decrepit hacienda. However, Duval is really Count Karol de Lavud, a vampire whose aim is to drain Marta of her blood and revive his entombed brother.In the sequel, The Vampire's Coffin (El ataúd del vampiro), grave robbers bring Lavud's corpse to Enrique's city hospital, where Marta now works as a nurse. Duly re-animated, Lavud sets about his bloody plan to make Marta his bride.Pre-dating Hammer Films' Dracula by a year, The Vampire's uniquely Mexican take on vampire mythology was the first film to give its antagonist elongated fangs, and its success kick-started Mexico's horror boom. Restored from the original negatives, these films finally receive their world Blu-ray premieres in this individually numbered Limited Edition two-disc set, complete with new and archival extra features, and a fully illustrated 80-page book. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 2x BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES4K restoration from the original camera negative of The Vampire by Labo High Definition remaster from 2K scans of The Vampire's Coffin by Alameda FilmsOriginal Spanish mono soundtracks Alternative English soundtracks on both filmsAudio commentary with the vampire himself, Germán Robles (2007)Interview with Claudia and Rosa Salazar Arenas (2024): chef Claudia Salazar Arenas and screenwriter and actor Rosa Salazar Arenas remember their father, the legendary actor and producer Abel SalazarInterview with Abraham Castillo Flores (2024): the film programmer, curator and Mexican horror cinema expert delves into the lives and careers of the mesmerising actor Carmen Montejo and her co-stars Ariadne Welter and Alicia MontoyaInterview with Juan Ramón Obón (2024): the writer shares memories of his esteemed father, the prolific screenwriter Ramón Obón Interview with Roberto Coria (2024): the horror cinema and literature specialist examines the life and career of actor Germán Robles and the representation of the vampire myth in Mexican cinema Interview with Elisa Lozano (2024): the film historian and curator discusses the work and impact of the revered production designer Gunther Gerzso Original theatrical trailersImage galleries: promotional and publicity materials, and The Vampire's Coffin French photo-novelNew and improved English translation subtitles New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingLimited edition exclusive 80-page book with new essays by Jesús Palacios and David Wilt, archival essays by Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro and Carmen A Serrano, cast interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits World premieres on Blu-rayLimited edition set of 8,000 units for the UK and USAll extras subject to change

• Mexico Macabre: Four Sinister Tales from the Alameda Films Vault, 1959–1963 (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (12/06/2023) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  These four macabre titles from the vaults of one of Mexico's best-known film companies offer uniquely Mexican takes on the ghosts, witches, and monsters familiar to fans of horror cinema and fiction. Fernando Méndez's Black Pit of Dr. M (Misterios de ultratumba) sees a doctor make a pact with his dying colleague in order to learn the secrets of the afterlife. In Chano Urueta's The Witch's Mirror (El espejo de la bruja), a murderer is tormented by the ghost of his dead wife, whilst in Urueta's The Brainiac (El barón del terror), a nobleman executed for necromancy returns in diabolical form to eradicate the lineage of his killers... by sucking out their brains! Finally, in Rafael Baledón's The Curse of the Crying Woman (La maldición de la Llorona), a young bride visits her aunt's Gothic mansion, where she finds that she is the descendent of one of Mexican folklore's most terrifying figures. With their star-studded casts, beautiful photography, eerie production design, and bone-chilling atmosphere, these films have terrified audiences for decades, and are now available in this strictly limited, individually numbered Blu-ray box set, which includes an array of new extra features - including four new audio commentaries, and rare English-language dub tracks as well as a set of art cards and a fully illustrated 100-page book. Product Features High Definition remasters for Black Pit for Dr. M, The Witch's Mirror, The Brainiac, and The Curse of the Crying Woman Original Spanish mono audio Optional English mono audio dub tracks for The Witch's Mirror, The Brainiac and The Curse of the Crying Woman Audio commentary with Abraham Castillo Flores, film programmer and curator specialising in the preservation of Mexican horror cinema, on Black Pit of Dr. M (2023) Audio commentary with David Wilt, film historian and Mexican-cinema specialist, on The Witch's Mirror (2023) Audio commentary and brain nibbling with Keith J Rainville, publisher of From Parts Unknown and screenwriter of Los campeones de la lucha libre, on The Brainiac (2023) Audio commentary with Morena de Fuego, doctor in film studies and LatAm horror specialist, on The Curse of the Crying Woman (2023) Daniel Ripstein on the history of Alameda Films and his grandfather, producer Alfredo Ripstein Jr (2023) Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Fernando Méndez (2023) Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Chano Urueta (2023) Author Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro on director Rafael Balédon (2023) Memories of a Villain (2018): TV UNAM special on actor Carlos López Moctezuma Mondo Macabro: ˜Mexican Horror Movies' (2002): episode of Pete Tombs and Andy Starke's fondly remembered British television series, providing an overview of Mexican genre cinema from the 1950s to the 1970s Original theatrical trailers Image galleries: promotional and publicity material New and improved English translation subtitles Limited Edition exclusive 100-page book with new essays by José Luis Ortega Torres, David Wilt and Abraham Castillo Flores, archival articles, and full film credits Limited Edition exclusive art cards World premieres on Blu-ray Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units for the UK and US All extras subject to change

• The Silent House (Original) | Blu Ray | (01/08/2011) from £8.32   |  Saving you £14.67 (176.32%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Inspired by true events The Silent House was filmed in one continuous amazingly relentless shot with no edits. One of the most terrifying intense and horrific films in modern horror it's also one of the most groundbreaking since The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity. Shy introverted Laura and her jaded father have promised to clean an old friend's property in order for it to be sold. Travelling deep into the hostile unforgiving landscape of rural Uruguay they are to spend the night in an isolated run down cottage. With no civilisation for hundreds of miles and no electricity or modern conveniences within the property Laura begins to dread the on coming night. As darkness prevails her father investigates a strange noise from the above floor. When he doesn't return Laura has nothing but fear to console her. But She's not alone. Something is waiting in the shadows something that knows her worst nightmares.

• The Vampire | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Produced a full year before Hammer's version of Dracula this is one of the great classics of post-war gothic horror. Count Lavud an ancient vampire comes to Mexico to revive the body of his dead brother. He discovers that the crypt where the body is buried is now part of a run-down hacienda. The suave count sets about seducing the woman who owns the hacienda. Soon she joins him on his nightly forages for blood. Then Lavud sets eyes on the woman's virginal young niece...