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Grip of the Strangler

aka The Haunted Strangler

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Throttling, choking terror – that will leave you gasping for breath!

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    Despite a rare sub-par performance from Boris Karloff, The Grip of the Strangler (The Haunted Strangler in the States) is a modest but entertaining low budget Gothic. … With a plethora of nocturnal graveyard excursions, possession (of a sort), cavorting can can girls, grisly murder and Karloff gurning away like a madman, it’s rarely dull and [director] Day gives the film more of a sheen that one might have expected from a tiny, no budget chiller … Keep expectations low, revel in the film’s many lurid excesses and The Grip of the Strangler is undemanding fun, worth seeing for Karloff’s silly facial contortions alone.

    Kevin Lyons, Grip of the Strangler film review (The EOFFTV Review, 2023)

Selected disc options for Grip of the Strangler

Extras
Criterion box art
Criterion DVD-1/US 2007
Image box art
Image DVD-1/US/OOP 1998
Audio Commentary by Producer Richard Gordon and Tom Weaver, with Additional Comments by Producer Alex Gordon has extra
Haunted Memories - Interviews with Director Robert Day, Co-Writer Jan Read, and Actresses Jean Kent and Vera Day (12:15) has extra
Stills Gallery (26 Images) has extra
US Theatrical Trailer (1:54) has extra has extra
US Radio Spots with Fiend Without a Face (1958) (0:17, 0:58, 0:56, 0:18) has extra
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Ultimate Edition

Combine the best digital presentation with a selection of choice extras for the ultimate edition.

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    Haunted Memories (12:15)
Presentation Criterion DVD 2007
  • Video
    • File 1
      • Codec: MPEG-2
      • Resolution: 480p
      • Overall bit rate: 5.98 Mbps
      • Aspect ratio: 1.32:1
      • Length:1:18:40.582
      • File size: 3.51 GiB
  • Audio
    • File 1
      • Language: English Dolby Digital 1.0
      • Sampling rate: 48 kHz
      • Bit rate: 192 kbps
      • Bit depth: 16-bit
  • Subtitles
    • English SDH
Extras Audio Commentary by Producer Richard Gordon and Tom Weaver, with Additional Comments by Producer Alex Gordon Criterion DVD
Haunted Memories - Interviews with Director Robert Day, Co-Writer Jan Read, and Actresses Jean Kent and Vera Day (12:15, 480i) Criterion DVD
Stills Gallery (26 Images) Criterion DVD
US Theatrical Trailer (1:54, 480i) Criterion DVD
US Radio Spots with Fiend Without a Face (1958) (0:17, 0:58, 0:56, 0:18) Criterion DVD