Critical Perspective
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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)
The Strange Door Blu-ray & DVD editions
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| Disc Extras | Kino BD-A/US 2019 | Umbrella BD-ALL/AU 2026 | 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 | |||||
| Audio Commentary by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman | |||||
| “The Sire de Maletroit’s Door” Radio Adaptations |
Edition and Packaging 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).
- Umbrella’s Blu-ray is included in the “Universal Horror: Monsters & Curiosities” box set. It contains a 100-page booklet and ten art cards.
- 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).
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Collector’s guide
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| Extras | Audio Commentary by Dr. Robert J. Kiss, David Schecter and Tom Weaver Kino BD |