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Very much a B movie, luridly adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s story The Sire de Malétroit’s Door, The Strange Door attempts to revive the Universal style of the thirties but emerges more like a prototype for the Roger Corman Poe series that started in 1960 with House of Usher. … Much better than its reputation suggests, the film is surprisingly imaginatively directed by Pevney, not noted for horror movies although he did direct the Lon Chaney biopic, Man of a Thousand Faces (1957).
Phil Hardy, The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror (The Overlook Press, 1994)
Selected disc options for The Strange Door
| Extras | Kino BD-A/US 2019 | Eureka BD-B/UK 2022 | Universal DVD-R-0/US 2015 | Universal DVD-1/US 2006 |
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| Audio Commentary by Dr. Robert J. Kiss, David Schecter and Tom Weaver | has extra | |||
| Audio Commentary by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman | has extra | |||
| “The Sire de Maletroit’s Door” Radio Adaptations | has extra |
Notes
- Kino’s Blu-ray includes trailers for The Paradine Case (1947), Female on the Beach (1955), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Black Sabbath (1963) and The Crimson Cult (1968).
- Eureka’s Blu-ray is included in the “Maniacal Mayhem” box set with The Invisible Ray (1936) and Black Friday (1940). It contains a booklet with writing by Andrew Graves, Rich Johnson, and Craig Ian Mann.
- Universal’s “Vault Series” DVD-R contains no extras.
- Universal’s DVD contains no extras. It is included in “The Boris Karloff Collection” box set with Night Key (1937), Tower of London (1939), The Climax (1944) and The Black Castle (1952).
Ultimate Edition
Combine the best digital presentation with a selection of choice extras for the ultimate edition.
| Presentation |
Kino BD 2019
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| Extras | Audio Commentary by Dr. Robert J. Kiss, David Schecter and Tom Weaver Kino BD |