The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) • Discape

Better dead than wed!

After the success of The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) … Sharp’s follow-up adopts a similarly freewheeling approach but the result is far less successful. The hopelessly convoluted plot, built around Fu Manchu’s kidnapping of a series of young women in order to blackmail the influential males connected with them, proved too badly constructed to allow the effectively staged setpieces to develop, making the movie disintegrate into a great many banal scenes and a few brief hallucinatory moments.

Phil Hardy, The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror (The Overlook Press, 1994)

Extras	Indicator BD-B/UK/OOP 2020	Warner DVD-1/US/OOP 2008
Audio Commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby	has extra
Introduction by Vic Pratt (6:31)	has extra
The Guardian Interview with Actor Christopher Lee (1994, 86:49)	has extra
Pages of Peril - Interview with Kim Newman (20:37)	has extra
The BEHP Interview with Don Sharp, Part Two: A Director of Substance - Audio Interview with Director Don Sharp (1993, 94:53)	has extra
The BEHP Interview with Ernest Steward, Part Two: From Teddington to “Carry On” - Audio Interview with Cinematographer Ernest Steward (1990, 93:04)	has extra
Stills Gallery (76 Images)	has extra
Theatrical Trailer (2:25)	has extra
TV Spot (0:22)	has extra

Blu-ray and DVD comparisons available on

Indicator’s Blu-ray is included in “The Fu Manchu Cycle 1965-1969” box set with The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967), The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) and The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969). It contains a 120-page booklet with writing by Tim Lucas (“The World Shall Hear from Me Again!: The Fu Manchu Films of the 1960s”) and Jeff Billington (“Towers of Liechtenstein: The Colourful Career of Harry Alan Towers”); a double-sided poster; and 5 replica production stills. Reissued individually without booklet (2022-05-23).
Warner’s “Horror Double Feature” DVD also includes Chamber of Horrors (1966) and no extras.

Presentation	Indicator BD 2020 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 34.85 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Length:1:34:19.737 File size: 24.45 GiB Notes: UK Version File 2 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 34.87 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Length:1:34:58.651 File size: 24.50 GiB Notes: US Version Audio File 1 Language: English DTS-HD MA 1.0 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1060 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit Subtitles English SDH
Extras	Audio Commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby Indicator BD
	Introduction by Vic Pratt (6:31, 1080p) Indicator BD
	The Guardian Interview with Actor Christopher Lee (1994, 86:49, 1080p) Indicator BD
	Pages of Peril - Interview with Kim Newman (20:37, 1080p) Indicator BD
	The BEHP Interview with Don Sharp, Part Two: A Director of Substance - Audio Interview with Director Don Sharp (1993, 94:53) Indicator BD
	The BEHP Interview with Ernest Steward, Part Two: From Teddington to “Carry On” - Audio Interview with Cinematographer Ernest Steward (1990, 93:04) Indicator BD
	Stills Gallery (76 Images) Indicator BD
	Theatrical Trailer (2:25, 1080p) Indicator BD
	TV Spot (0:22, 1080p) Indicator BD