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This dou­ble shot of Anglo-horror news comes straight from the Severin Films web­site: they’ve announced an impend­ing DVD release for lesser-known British ter­ror tale Crucible Of Terror as well as full specs for their pre­vi­ously announced Psychomania DVD.  Both discs will be released on October 26th, ensur­ing that hor­ror fans will be able to get their fill of ter­ror, British-style just in time for Halloween.  Between this, Severin’s forth­com­ing remas­ters of Horror Express and The House That Dripped Blood and Synapse’s impend­ing releases of two Hammer films, it’s a good time to be a fan of this stuff.  Read on for all the dev­il­ish details:

Crucible Of Terror

Ted Hooker, 1971

“An Oddly Effective Maverick Entry In The
Annals Of Independent British Fright-Flicks With
Sex, The Supernatural, And The Art Of Murder. ”

- Video Vista

His name was Mike Raven, the pop­u­lar Pirate Radio DJ and known occultist whose spec­tac­u­larly failed attempt at ‘70s hor­ror star­dom marked one of the most bizarre careers in British movie his­tory. And in his most infa­mous role of all, Raven stars as an insane sculp­tor whose obses­sion with the per­fect female form leads to a night­mare of sex, sor­cery and slaugh­ter. Within a year of this film’s release, Raven would mys­te­ri­ously dis­ap­pear from the enter­tain­ment busi­ness forever…to become a sculp­tor. Melissa Stribling (Horror Of Dracula), Ronald Lacey (Raiders Of The Lost Ark) and Me Me Lay (The Man From Deep River) co-star in this still-sordid cult shocker trans­ferred in star­tling HD from the only known uncut 35mm print in exis­tence, loaned to Severin by a Bodmin Moor coven!

Color
1.78:1 Anamorphic
91 Mins
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Region 0

PSYCHOMANIA specs:

Restored from the only uncut 35mm print in exis­tence and packed with new Bonus Features pro­duced exclu­sively for this edition.

EXTRAS:
• Return Of The Living Dead: Interviews with stars Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin, Denis Gilmore, Roy Holder and Rocky Taylor
• Sound Of Psychomania: Interview with Soundtrack com­poser John Cameron
• Riding Free: Interview with Riding Free singer Harvey Andrews
• Introduction by Fangoria Editor in Chief Chris Alexander
• Original Theatrical Trailer

Color
1.78:1 Anamorphic
90 Mins
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Region 0