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The Curse of Frankenstein · Limited Collector's Edition

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Hammer Films · Collector's Edition

Released 2025-10-13 · United Kingdom

Cast

Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee

Runtime

1 hour and 23 minutes (83 minutes)

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What's in the box

Packaging
Special case
In the box
Comes in a Digipack that fits inside an inner card slipcase which holds the booklets and then this fits inside a black outer hardbox case. Comes with: - A 168-page liner notes book "The Books of Frankenstein: Volume One": "For Sadists Only" by Bruce G. - Double-sided
fold-out poster featuring UK and French and key art.
Discs
6 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO | DISC THREE | DISC FOUR | DISC FIVE | DISC SIX
Video
1.37:1 · Dolby Vision + HDR10
Audio
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Subtitles
English HoH · French · German
+ 2 more
Italian
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Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

  • The Film: 1.66:1 UK Theatrical Version (2160p) (83:30)
  • The Film: 1.37:1 As-filmed Version (2160p) (83:30)
  • (1.) Audio Commentary on the 1.66:1 version with film historians Kim Newman, Barry Forshaw and Stephen Jones (2025)
  • (2.) Audio Commentary on the 1.37:1 version with film historians Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby (2012)
  • Beside the Seaside: Wayne Kinsey and Madeleine Smith Remember Peter Cushing (2025 interviews) (50:17)
  • Reviving The Curse of Frankenstein (2025 featurette) (8:11)
  • + 3 more
    Alternative Eyeball Scene (1:11)
    Original UK Trailer (2:19)
    UK Censor Card (0:11)

DISC TWO (Blu-ray 4K)

  • The Film: 1.85:1 US Theatrical Version (2160p) (83:30)
  • (1.) Audio Commentary with filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr and screenwriter/film historian Steve Haberman (2020)
  • (2.) Audio Commentary with film historians Heidi Honeycutt and Toby Roan (2025)
  • Recreating the Creature (2025 featurette) (34:41)
  • A Fitting Vocation: Josephine Botting on Molly Arbuthnot (2025 interview) (10:11)
  • Topped or Tailed: Costuming at Hammer (2025 interview with Dr. Josephine Botting and Professor Melanie Bell) (16:21)
  • + 4 more
    Good or Tuesday?: Jimmy Sangster at Hammer (2025 documentary) (39:06)
    Painting with Fine Brushes: Jack Asher on The Curse of Frankenstein (2025 interview with Richard Klemensen featuring a 1985 audio interview with Jack Asher) (11:49)
    A Gothic History of Frankenstein: As Told by Stephen Volk (2025 interview) (24:15)
    Image Gallery (13:48)

DISC THREE (Blu-ray)

  • The Film: 1.66:1 UK Theatrical Version (1080p) (83:30)
  • The Film: 1.37:1 As-filmed Version (1080p) (83:30)
  • (1.) Audio Commentary on the 1.66:1 version with film historians Kim Newman, Barry Forshaw and Stephen Jones (2025)
  • (2.) Audio Commentary on the 1.37:1 version with film historians Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby (2012)
  • Beside the Seaside: Wayne Kinsey and Madeleine Smith Remember Peter Cushing (2025 interviews) (50:17)
  • Reviving The Curse of Frankenstein (2025 featurette) (8:11)
  • + 3 more
    Alternative Eyeball Scene (1:11)
    Original UK Trailer (2:19)
    UK Censor Card (0:11)

DISC FOUR (Blu-ray)

  • The Film: 1.85:1 US Theatrical Version (1080p) (83:30)
  • (1.) Audio Commentary on the 1.85:1 version with filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr and screenwriter/film historian Steve Haberman (2020)
  • (2.) Audio Commentary on the 1.85:1 version with film historians Heidi Honeycutt and Toby Roan (2025)
  • Recreating the Creature (2025 featurette) (34:41)
  • A Fitting Vocation: Josephine Botting on Molly Arbuthnot (2025 interview) (10:11)
  • Topped or Tailed: Costuming at Hammer (2025 interview with Dr. Josephine Botting and Professor Melanie Bell) (16:21)
  • + 4 more
    Good or Tuesday?: Jimmy Sangster at Hammer (2025 documentary) (39:06)
    Painting with Fine Brushes: Jack Asher on The Curse of Frankenstein (2025 interview with Richard Klemensen featuring a 1985 audio interview with Jack Asher) (11:49)
    A Gothic History of Frankenstein: As Told by Stephen Volk (2025 interview) (24:15)
    Image Gallery (13:48)

DISC FIVE (Blu-ray)

  • Festival of Fantastic Films: Jimmy Sangster, Interview from FoFF 1997 - Interviewed by Stephen Laws (1997 interview) (24:10)
  • Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (2012 documentary) (34:45)
  • Life with Sir (2012 featurette) (12:31)
  • The Resurrection Men: Hammer, Frankenstein and the Rebirth of the Horror Film (2020 featurette) (21:51)
  • Hideous Progeny: The Curse of Frankenstein and the English Gothic Tradition (2020 featurette) (22:49)
  • Torrents of Light: The Art of Jack Asher (2020 featurette) (15:14)
  • + 3 more
    Diabolus in Musica: James Bernard and the Sound of Hammer Horror (2020 featurette) (17:05)
    Hammer Horror for Hugh Harlow (2025 featurette using a vintage interview with Harlow and contributions from prop dresser Peter Allchorne) (11:05)
    8mm Cutdown (B&W) (10:35)

DISC SIX (Blu-ray)

  • Flesh & Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994 documentary presented in the expanded 2015 version (147:43))
  • Tales of Frankenstein: The Face in the Tombstone Mirror (1958 TV episode) (27:26)
  • Audio Commentary on "Tales of Frankenstein: The Face in the Tombstone Mirror" with film historians Ted Newsom, Gary Smith and Stewart Galbraith (2001)
  • Mr. Cushing and Mr. Lee (1994 interview) (47:47)
  • Flesh and Blood Outtakes (20:44)
  • The Tale of the Tales of Frankenstein ... or 'How to Un-Make a Monster (2011 documentary presented in a revised 2025 version) (27:52)

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