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Severin Films celebrates the remarkable legacy of Doctor Who with the North American UHD Premieres of DR. WHO & THE DALEKS and DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D., each featuring the only performances by Peter Cushing as the legendary Doctor in the only feature films adapted from the long-running BBC series. Newly scanned in 4K from the original 35mm Techniscope negatives, these beloved movies boast more than 10½ combined hours of Special Features that honor Dalekmania, Whovian fandom and the indelible impact Doctor Who continues to have on sci-fi around the world.
Severin is also proud to present the restoration of two ‘50s B-movies with disturbing legacies: The 1951 Cold War sci-fi saga UNKNOWN WORLD is strongly rumored to have been scripted by blacklisted 2x Academy Award® winner Dalton Trumbo and stars an uncredited Victor Kilian, who was declared a hostile witness by The House Un-American Activities Committee and whose name was summarily removed from the film’s credits and advertising. The 1958 UK shocker JACK THE RIPPER was heavily edited for release in America by legendary showman Joseph E. Levine, yet its distribution here was halted when audiences were horrified by its grisly violence and graphic nudity. Severin’s UHD Premiere of JACK THE RIPPER will include the European and U.S. versions, now restored uncut from newly discovered elements.
Severin is also proud to present the restoration of two ‘50s B-movies with disturbing legacies: The 1951 Cold War sci-fi saga UNKNOWN WORLD is strongly rumored to have been scripted by blacklisted 2x Academy Award® winner Dalton Trumbo and stars an uncredited Victor Kilian, who was declared a hostile witness by The House Un-American Activities Committee and whose name was summarily removed from the film’s credits and advertising. The 1958 UK shocker JACK THE RIPPER was heavily edited for release in America by legendary showman Joseph E. Levine, yet its distribution here was halted when audiences were horrified by its grisly violence and graphic nudity. Severin’s UHD Premiere of JACK THE RIPPER will include the European and U.S. versions, now restored uncut from newly discovered elements.
At the height of Dalekmania, producers Milton Subotsky and Max J. Rosenberg bought the rights to the black & white BBC-TV serial created by Terry Nation for the Technicolor movie adaptation that delivers “non-stop fun and extermination” (DVD Beaver), now in UHD: When his time-travel phone box TARDIS is accidentally activated, eccentric inventor Dr. Who (genre legend Peter Cushing) – along with granddaughters Susan (Roberta Tovey), Barbara (Jennie Linden) and her bumbling boyfriend Ian (Roy Castle of DR. TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORRORS) – are transported to the planet Skaro where they’re caught in the middle of a war between the benevolent Thals and evil Daleks. Directed by Gordon Flemyng (DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D.), this 1965 sci-fi favorite “feels like a comicstrip brought to the big screen with bold colors and an upbeat, adventurous tone” (Critical Popcorn) and is newly scanned in 4K from the original Techniscope 35mm negative by StudioCanal with over 6 hours of Special Features.
DR. WHO & THE DALEKS Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (Film + Special Features):
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features):
Feature Specs for DR. WHO & THE DALEKS:
DR. WHO & THE DALEKS Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (Film + Special Features):
- Audio Commentary With Whovians Barry Forshaw, Stephen Jones And Kim Newman
- Audio Commentary With Stars Jennie Linden And Roberta Tovey, Moderated By Journalist Jonathan Sothcott
- Audio Commentary With Critic Kim Newman, Screenwriter/Writer Robert Shearman And Actor/Writer Mark Gatiss
- Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features):
- Audio Commentary With Whovians Barry Forshaw, Stephen Jones And Kim Newman
- Audio Commentary With Stars Jennie Linden And Roberta Tovey, Moderated By Journalist Jonathan Sothcott
- Audio Commentary With Critic Kim Newman, Screenwriter/Writer Robert Shearman And Actor/Writer Mark Gatiss
- 1992 Audio Interview With Director Gordon Flemyng By Author/Journalist Tony Earnshaw
- Subotsky And The Daleks: Part 1 – Interview With Producer Milton Subotsky
- Kara And The Daleks – Interview With Doctor Who Expert Kara Dennison
- DALEKMANIA – 1995 Documentary (60 mins)
- Interview With Gareth Owen, Author Of The Shepperton Story
- The Dalek Legacy: Destination Skaro – With Nicholas Briggs (Voice Of The Daleks), Screenwriter Robert Shearman, Visual Effects Designer Mike Tucker (Doctor Who), Editorial Assistant Emily Cook (Doctor Who Magazine) And Writer/3D Artist Gavin Rymill (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Trailer
- Still Gallery
Feature Specs for DR. WHO & THE DALEKS:
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- 4K Video: Dolby Vision
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions: English SDH
- Runtime: 83 mins
- Region: UHD A/B/C, Blu-ray A
The Daleks are back – and more brutal than before – in the “impressive work that delivers all-out adventure with refreshingly little messing about” (Eye For Film), now in UHD: When the TARDIS travels to 2150 A.D., Dr. Who (genre icon Peter Cushing) – along with his niece Louise (Jill Curzon), granddaughter Susan (Roberta Tovey) and policeman Tom Campbell (Bernard Cribbins, the BBC-TV series’ future Wilfred Mott) – discovers that humanity has been enslaved by Daleks. As a rebel force of survivors battles the metallic invaders, can the Doctor save the last of London from total extermination? Andrew Keir (QUATERMASS AND THE PIT) co-stars in this “endearing sequel with excellent action scenes” (Empire) directed by Gordon Flemyng (DR. WHO & THE DALEKS), newly scanned in 4K from the original Techniscope 35mm negative by StudioCanal with over 4 hours of Special Features.
DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D. Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (Film + Special Features):
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features):
Feature Specs for DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D.:
DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D. Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (Film + Special Features):
- Audio Commentary With Whovians Barry Forshaw, Stephen Jones And Kim Newman
- Audio Commentary With Critic Kim Newman, Screenwriter/Writer Robert Shearman And Actor/Writer Mark Gatiss
- Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features):
- Audio Commentary With Whovians Barry Forshaw, Stephen Jones And Kim Newman
- Audio Commentary With Critic Kim Newman, Screenwriter/Writer Robert Shearman And Actor/Writer Mark Gatiss
- Daleks Invasion BBC, 1963 To 1969 A.D. – Interview With Doctor Who Expert Stephen Thrower
- Subotsky And The Daleks: Part 2 – Interview With Producer Milton Subotsky
- Interview With Actor Bernard Cribbins
- Interview With Gareth Owen, Author Of The Shepperton Story
- The Dalek Legacy: Invasion Earth – With Nicholas Briggs (Voice Of The Daleks), Screenwriter Robert Shearman, Visual Effects Designer Mike Tucker (Doctor Who), Editorial Assistant Emily Cook (Doctor Who Magazine) And Writer/3D Artist Gavin Rymill (Doctor Who Magazine)
- Restoring Dr. Who In 4K – With Restoration Expert Anthony Badger, Film Prep And Scanning Expert Ray King And Colorist Steve Bearman
- Trailer
- Still Gallery
Feature Specs for DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D.:
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- 4K Video: Dolby Vision
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions: English SDH
- Runtime: 85 mins
- Region: UHD A/B/C, Blu-ray A
UNKNOWN WORLD
In this Cold War variation on Journey To The Center Of The Earth scripted by Oscar® nominee Millard Kaufman (BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK) – and possibly by blacklisted 2x Academy Award® winner Dalton Trumbo – ‘50s sci-fi took a startling turn into a grim abyss: As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear annihilation, a renegade scientist (veteran character actor Victor Kilian, uncredited due to his own blacklisting) assembles a team of experts to drill deep into the earth’s core in search of a new ecosystem where humanity can survive. Otto Waldis (ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN) and Marilyn Nash (MONSIEUR VERDOUX) co-star in this unjustly forgotten classic produced by visual effects artists Jack Rabin & Irving Block (ROCKETSHIP X-M, KRONOS), directed by Terrell O. Morse (GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS!) and filmed in Carlsbad Caverns, now scanned uncut in 4K from the protection internegative for the first time ever.
UNKNOWN WORLD Special Features:
Feature Specs for UNKNOWN WORLD:
In this Cold War variation on Journey To The Center Of The Earth scripted by Oscar® nominee Millard Kaufman (BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK) – and possibly by blacklisted 2x Academy Award® winner Dalton Trumbo – ‘50s sci-fi took a startling turn into a grim abyss: As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear annihilation, a renegade scientist (veteran character actor Victor Kilian, uncredited due to his own blacklisting) assembles a team of experts to drill deep into the earth’s core in search of a new ecosystem where humanity can survive. Otto Waldis (ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN) and Marilyn Nash (MONSIEUR VERDOUX) co-star in this unjustly forgotten classic produced by visual effects artists Jack Rabin & Irving Block (ROCKETSHIP X-M, KRONOS), directed by Terrell O. Morse (GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS!) and filmed in Carlsbad Caverns, now scanned uncut in 4K from the protection internegative for the first time ever.
UNKNOWN WORLD Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Film Writer Stephen R. Bissette
- Victor Kilian: A Blacklist Legacy – Interview With Crawford Kilian, Actor Victor Kilian's Grandson
- The Unknown World Of Terrell O. Morse – Interview With Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner
- Special Effects Maestros Of The 1950s – Video Essay By Comic Book Artist Stephen R. Bissette
- Trailer
Feature Specs for UNKNOWN WORLD:
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions: English SDH
- Runtime: 75 mins
- Region: A/B/C
JACK THE RIPPER
In 1958, legendary showman Joseph E. Levine unleashed this grisly UK thriller on American moviegoers. But when audiences were horrified by the film’s startling violence, graphic nudity and bloody Technicolor climax, it became one of Levine’s most infamous failures. Today – in its notorious European version and the re-scored American cut – it remains among the more provocative shockers of its time. Eddie Byrne (THE MUMMY) and Lee Patterson (TV’s Surfside 6) star in “one of the most underappreciated films in the Ripper canon” (Daily Grindhouse), produced/directed by Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman (BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE) and written by Hammer Films’ legendary Jimmy Sangster (THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, HORROR OF DRACULA), both now scanned uncut in 4K from a newly discovered internegative and fine grain protection print for the first time ever.
JACK THE RIPPER Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (Film + Special Features):
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features):
Feature Specs for JACK THE RIPPER:
In 1958, legendary showman Joseph E. Levine unleashed this grisly UK thriller on American moviegoers. But when audiences were horrified by the film’s startling violence, graphic nudity and bloody Technicolor climax, it became one of Levine’s most infamous failures. Today – in its notorious European version and the re-scored American cut – it remains among the more provocative shockers of its time. Eddie Byrne (THE MUMMY) and Lee Patterson (TV’s Surfside 6) star in “one of the most underappreciated films in the Ripper canon” (Daily Grindhouse), produced/directed by Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman (BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE) and written by Hammer Films’ legendary Jimmy Sangster (THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, HORROR OF DRACULA), both now scanned uncut in 4K from a newly discovered internegative and fine grain protection print for the first time ever.
JACK THE RIPPER Special Features:
Disc 1: UHD (Film + Special Features):
- Audio Commentary With Co-Director/Co-Producer/Co-Cinematographer Robert S. Baker, Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster And Assistant Director Peter Manley, Moderated By British Horror Historian Marcus Hearn
- Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features):
- Audio Commentary With Co-Director/Co-Producer/Co-Cinematographer Robert S. Baker, Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster And Assistant Director Peter Manley, Moderated By British Horror Historian Marcus Hearn
- The Reel Jack The Ripper – Interview With Denis Meikle, Author Of Jack The Ripper: The Murders And The Movies
- Gentleman Jack – The Whitechapel Murders Revisited
- Choice Cuts: The Two Faces Of Jack The Ripper – Interview With Alain Petit, Ripperologist Extraordinaire
- Trailer
- Poster And Still Gallery
Feature Specs for JACK THE RIPPER:
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- 4K Video: HDR10
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions: English SDH
- Runtime: European Version: 85 mins / U.S. Version: 85 mins
- Region: A/B/C
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