Now here's something I've been waiting for!
Criterion is releasing the 1932 classic
Island of Lost Souls on DVD and Blu-ray on Oct 25.
Disc Features- New high-definition digital restoration of the uncut theatrical version (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary by film historian Gregory Mank, author of
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff and Hollywood’s Maddest Doctors- New video conversation among filmmaker John Landis (
An American Werewolf in London), Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker (
An American Werewolf in London, Videodrome), and genre expert Bob Burns
- New interviews with horror film historian David J. Skal (
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror); filmmaker Richard Stanley (
Hardware, original director of the ill-fated 1996 remake of
The Island of Dr. Moreau)
- New interviews with Devo founding members Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh, whose manifesto is rooted in themes from
Island of Lost Souls- Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Christine Smallwood