FOX AND MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT THE WORKS OF THE ORIGINAL MASTER OF HORROR,
VINCENT PRICE
THE FLY COLLECTION
MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION
WITCHFINDER GENERAL
A Gruesome Collection of Horror Classics Arrive on DVD
September 11, Just In Time For Halloween
DVD Debuts of Curse of the Fly and Witchfinder General
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – The silver screen legend whose distinctive voice and unique look propelled him to the forefront of the horror genre, Vincent Price is recognized as a true Hollywood treasure whose villainous roles inspired filmmakers, musicians and other actors for generations to come. Now, just in time for Halloween, Fox and MGM Home Entertainment celebrate his storied career with nearly a dozen creepy classics including THE FLY COLLECTION, MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION and WITCHFINDER GENERAL, arriving on DVD September 11, 2007.
A science-fiction classic that spawned a trilogy of terror, THE FLY COLLECTION features the original 1958 film THE FLY, its sequel RETURN OF THE FLY and the DVD debut of THE CURSE OF THE FLY, including all new documentaries and featurettes in a collectible boxed set.
The terror continues with MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION; a seven-movie set that immortalizes the iconic screen legend with THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN, THEATER OF BLOOD, MADHOUSE, TALES OF TERROR, TWICE TOLD TALES and the long-awaited DVD debut of WITCHFINDER GENERAL. The collection also features an exclusive BONUS DISC OF HORROR including rare interviews with the Merchant of Menace himself!
Finally, one of the most requested titles in the MGM catalog; WITCHFINDER GENERAL finally crawls its way onto DVD. Originally released theatrically as The Conqueror Worm, WITCHFINDER GENERAL is a frightening tale of a brutal witch-hunt in war torn England. The DVD also features audio commentary by the producer and star of the film and a documentary about the film’s importance to the genre. THE FLY COLLECTION is available for a suggested retail price of $39.98 U.S. / $54.98 Canada, with MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE available for $39.98 U.S. / $54.98 Canada and WITCHFINDER GENERAL available for $14.98 U.S. / $15.98. Prebook is August 18, 2007.
Marketing Support:
Fox and MGM Home Entertainment have a comprehensive consumer marketing and strategic publicity campaign in place for the Vincent Price titles, leveraging targeted public relations focusing on radio, print, broadcast and online outreach that specifically targets fans of the films and classic horror while capitalizing on the timeliness of the Halloween holiday season.
The Fly Collection Special Features
Disc One – The Fly (1958)
Disc Two – The Return Of The Fly (1959)
Disc Three – The Curse Of The Fly (1965)
Disc Four – Bonus Disc
Vincent Price biography
“Fly Trap: Catching A Classic” featurette
The Fly bonus features
Trailer
Playboy article and gallery
Photo gallery
Lobby cards and posters
The Return Of The Fly bonus features
Trailer and TV spots
Lobby cards and posters
Photo gallery
The Curse Of The Fly bonus features
Trailer
Pressbook gallery
Lobby cards and posters
Photo gallery
MGM Scream Legends Collection: Vincent Price Collection Special Features
Disc One – ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES/DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN Double Feature
Disc Two - THEATER OF BLOOD/MADHOUSE Double Feature
Disc Three - TALES OF TERROR/TWICE TOLD TALES Double Feature
Disc Four – Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General: Michael Reeve’s Horror Classic Featurette
Audio commentary with producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy
Disc Five – Bonus Disc of Horror
“Vincent Price: Renaissance Man” documentary
“The Art Of Fear” featurette
“Working With Vincent Price” featurette
WITCHFINDER GENERAL Special Features
Witchfinder General: Michael Reeve’s Horror Classic Featurette
Audio commentary with producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy
The Fly Synopsis
Experimental scientist Andre Delambre (David Hedison) attempts to transfer matter through a space, using himself as the test subject. But things go horrifically wrong when a house fly buzzes into the machine, resulting in two grotesque man-fly hybrids…one of them being Andre! Now with the head of a fly and a wing in place of one of his arms, Andre, desperately hopes that he, his wife Helene (Patricia Owens) and his brother Francois (Vincent Price) can capture the other mutant – the human-headed, one-armed fly – in hopes of reversing the experiment!
The Return Of The Fly Synopsis
Despite warnings from his uncle Francois (Vincent Price), the young scientist Philippe Delambre (Brett Halsey) is determined to reattempt his late father’s teleportation experiments with the help of his assistant Ronald (David Frankham). But Ronald schemes against Philippe and turns him into the same horrifying man-fly creature that his father had become…and with the same disastrous fate! Once again, it is up to Francois to try and make things right!
The Curse Of The Fly Synopsis
The Delambre family curse continues in the terrifying third and final chapter, The Curse of the Fly! Filled with “disorienting suspense” (Scarlet Street) and gruesome special effects, it’s a horrific tale of science gone mad!
After escaping from a mental institution, Patricia Stanley (Carole Gray) is rescued by scientist Martin Delambre (George Baker), the grandson of the doomed teleportation experimenter Andre Delambre. The two fall in love and marry, but Patricia quickly realizes her new husband’s science experiments are as horrific as his family’s past. As she investigates further, Patricia learns the unnerving secrets of the Delambre family and has to find a way to escape them before she becomes the next human-insect hybrid!
The Abominable Dr. Phibes Synopsis
Meet Doctor Phibes: a one-time concert musician who’s now an all-time crazed murderer. In this clever, crypt-kicking classic, horrormeister Vincent Price plays a diabolical doc seeking the ultimate in revenge with precision creepiness and surgical wit. Watch Dr. Phibes live up to his promise: “Nine killed her, nine shall die, nine eternities in doom!”
After a team of surgeons botch his beloved wife’s surgery, leaving her for dead, the emotionally distraught Dr. Phibes creatively concocts a fatal prescription for revenge. Using the Good Book as his guide, Phibes unleashes a score of old testament atrocities – from a plague of locusts to an attack of rats -- on his enemies that climax in what may be one of “the eeriest endings on screen record” (Syracuse Herald-Journal)!
Dr. Phibes Rises Again Synopsis
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with his mute aide-de-camp Vulnavia and the corpse of his dead wife. To resurrect his spouse, Phibes gets up to his usual, diabolical tricks: cleverly murdering people in strange and heinous ways to invoke a magical incantation. But once he is in the tomb of the dead Pharaohs, the good doctor uncovers that his pursuit of an after-life may be foiled by his nemesis who wants to end the reign of this sadistic surgeon of gore.
Theater Of Blood Synopsis
Vincent Price delivers a thrilling “tour-de-force” performance (Variety) as a small-time actor plotting big-time revenge! Boasting a top notch supporting cast, this dramatically “delicious concoction” (New York Magazine) is an “equal mixture of horror, comedy and Shakespeare [that’ll] please just about everyone -- critics included” (Boxoffice)!
After years of suffering deadly reviews, hammy Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart (Price) decides it’s curtains for his critics! Bumping off his detractors with executions inspired by the Bard, Lionheart stages a beheading after the manner of “Cymbeline,” a stabbing inspired by “Julius Caesar,” and even an untimely removal of a pound of flesh improvised from “The Merchant of Venice” -- proving once and for all, that all the world really is a stage…for MURDER!
Madhouse Synopsis
Madhouse Masters of macabre Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Robert Quarry give performances to die for in this “diverting little chiller” (Boxoffice)! When horror star Paul Toombes’ fiancée is brutally killed, he loses more than this job he loses his mind. But twelve years later, when he returns to TV – only to discover a fresh batch of corpses – Paul finally begins to understand that melodrama can be murder on your career!
Tales Of Terror /Twice Told Tale Synopsis
This triple treat of terror is a three-episode treat dripping with murder, necrophilia, dementia, live burials, zombies and the terrifying performances of some of horror’s greatest spooks – Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone – resulting in nothing less than “juicy entertainment” and “spine-chilling cinema” (Cue)!
Witchfinder General Synopsis
“Vincent Price proves once again that he is still the greatest ghoul going” (Motion Picture Herald) in this Edgar Allen Poe thriller about a witch hunter who finds career satisfaction touring the English countryside torturing hapless victims and putting innocent people to death in the name of purifying souls. It’s a tale of “love, villainy and retribution” (Film Daily) and a “sadist’s delight” (Los Angeles Times) for those who love historical bloodfests.
As superstition and spells sweep the middle ages, an educated rogue named Hopkins (Price) wanders from town to town proclaiming to be an official witch finder. Town leaders pay him to accuse and then execute – usually innocent – suspects. But when a brave soldier returns home to find his sweetheart on the rack, ready to burn, Hopkins realizes he may have whacked his last witch.
THE FLY COLLECTION
Street Date: September 11, 2007
Prebook Date: August 15, 2007
DVD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $54.98Canada
Total Running Time: 252 minutes
Catalog Number: 2246202U.S.
Rating: N/A
Canadian Rating: N/A
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English/French/Spanish
Format: Wide Screen
Closed Captioned: Yes
MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION
Street Date: September 11, 2007
Prebook Date: August 15, 2007
DVD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada
Total Running Time: 674 minutes
Catalog Number: M108780
U.S. Rating: N/A
Canadian Rating: N/A
Audio: English Mono
Format: Wide Screen
Closed Captioned: Yes
WITCHFINDER GENERAL
Street Date: September 11, 2007
Prebook Date: August 15, 2007
DVD Price: $14.98 U.S. / $15.98 Canada
Total Running Time: 86 minutes
Catalog Number: M108765
U.S. Rating: N/A
Canadian Rating: N/A
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English/French/Spanish
Format: Wide Screen
Closed Captioned: Yes
VINCENT PRICE
THE FLY COLLECTION
MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION
WITCHFINDER GENERAL
A Gruesome Collection of Horror Classics Arrive on DVD
September 11, Just In Time For Halloween
DVD Debuts of Curse of the Fly and Witchfinder General
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – The silver screen legend whose distinctive voice and unique look propelled him to the forefront of the horror genre, Vincent Price is recognized as a true Hollywood treasure whose villainous roles inspired filmmakers, musicians and other actors for generations to come. Now, just in time for Halloween, Fox and MGM Home Entertainment celebrate his storied career with nearly a dozen creepy classics including THE FLY COLLECTION, MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION and WITCHFINDER GENERAL, arriving on DVD September 11, 2007.
A science-fiction classic that spawned a trilogy of terror, THE FLY COLLECTION features the original 1958 film THE FLY, its sequel RETURN OF THE FLY and the DVD debut of THE CURSE OF THE FLY, including all new documentaries and featurettes in a collectible boxed set.
The terror continues with MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION; a seven-movie set that immortalizes the iconic screen legend with THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN, THEATER OF BLOOD, MADHOUSE, TALES OF TERROR, TWICE TOLD TALES and the long-awaited DVD debut of WITCHFINDER GENERAL. The collection also features an exclusive BONUS DISC OF HORROR including rare interviews with the Merchant of Menace himself!
Finally, one of the most requested titles in the MGM catalog; WITCHFINDER GENERAL finally crawls its way onto DVD. Originally released theatrically as The Conqueror Worm, WITCHFINDER GENERAL is a frightening tale of a brutal witch-hunt in war torn England. The DVD also features audio commentary by the producer and star of the film and a documentary about the film’s importance to the genre. THE FLY COLLECTION is available for a suggested retail price of $39.98 U.S. / $54.98 Canada, with MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE available for $39.98 U.S. / $54.98 Canada and WITCHFINDER GENERAL available for $14.98 U.S. / $15.98. Prebook is August 18, 2007.
Marketing Support:
Fox and MGM Home Entertainment have a comprehensive consumer marketing and strategic publicity campaign in place for the Vincent Price titles, leveraging targeted public relations focusing on radio, print, broadcast and online outreach that specifically targets fans of the films and classic horror while capitalizing on the timeliness of the Halloween holiday season.
The Fly Collection Special Features
Disc One – The Fly (1958)
Disc Two – The Return Of The Fly (1959)
Disc Three – The Curse Of The Fly (1965)
Disc Four – Bonus Disc
Vincent Price biography
“Fly Trap: Catching A Classic” featurette
The Fly bonus features
Trailer
Playboy article and gallery
Photo gallery
Lobby cards and posters
The Return Of The Fly bonus features
Trailer and TV spots
Lobby cards and posters
Photo gallery
The Curse Of The Fly bonus features
Trailer
Pressbook gallery
Lobby cards and posters
Photo gallery
MGM Scream Legends Collection: Vincent Price Collection Special Features
Disc One – ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES/DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN Double Feature
Disc Two - THEATER OF BLOOD/MADHOUSE Double Feature
Disc Three - TALES OF TERROR/TWICE TOLD TALES Double Feature
Disc Four – Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General: Michael Reeve’s Horror Classic Featurette
Audio commentary with producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy
Disc Five – Bonus Disc of Horror
“Vincent Price: Renaissance Man” documentary
“The Art Of Fear” featurette
“Working With Vincent Price” featurette
WITCHFINDER GENERAL Special Features
Witchfinder General: Michael Reeve’s Horror Classic Featurette
Audio commentary with producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy
The Fly Synopsis
Experimental scientist Andre Delambre (David Hedison) attempts to transfer matter through a space, using himself as the test subject. But things go horrifically wrong when a house fly buzzes into the machine, resulting in two grotesque man-fly hybrids…one of them being Andre! Now with the head of a fly and a wing in place of one of his arms, Andre, desperately hopes that he, his wife Helene (Patricia Owens) and his brother Francois (Vincent Price) can capture the other mutant – the human-headed, one-armed fly – in hopes of reversing the experiment!
The Return Of The Fly Synopsis
Despite warnings from his uncle Francois (Vincent Price), the young scientist Philippe Delambre (Brett Halsey) is determined to reattempt his late father’s teleportation experiments with the help of his assistant Ronald (David Frankham). But Ronald schemes against Philippe and turns him into the same horrifying man-fly creature that his father had become…and with the same disastrous fate! Once again, it is up to Francois to try and make things right!
The Curse Of The Fly Synopsis
The Delambre family curse continues in the terrifying third and final chapter, The Curse of the Fly! Filled with “disorienting suspense” (Scarlet Street) and gruesome special effects, it’s a horrific tale of science gone mad!
After escaping from a mental institution, Patricia Stanley (Carole Gray) is rescued by scientist Martin Delambre (George Baker), the grandson of the doomed teleportation experimenter Andre Delambre. The two fall in love and marry, but Patricia quickly realizes her new husband’s science experiments are as horrific as his family’s past. As she investigates further, Patricia learns the unnerving secrets of the Delambre family and has to find a way to escape them before she becomes the next human-insect hybrid!
The Abominable Dr. Phibes Synopsis
Meet Doctor Phibes: a one-time concert musician who’s now an all-time crazed murderer. In this clever, crypt-kicking classic, horrormeister Vincent Price plays a diabolical doc seeking the ultimate in revenge with precision creepiness and surgical wit. Watch Dr. Phibes live up to his promise: “Nine killed her, nine shall die, nine eternities in doom!”
After a team of surgeons botch his beloved wife’s surgery, leaving her for dead, the emotionally distraught Dr. Phibes creatively concocts a fatal prescription for revenge. Using the Good Book as his guide, Phibes unleashes a score of old testament atrocities – from a plague of locusts to an attack of rats -- on his enemies that climax in what may be one of “the eeriest endings on screen record” (Syracuse Herald-Journal)!
Dr. Phibes Rises Again Synopsis
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with his mute aide-de-camp Vulnavia and the corpse of his dead wife. To resurrect his spouse, Phibes gets up to his usual, diabolical tricks: cleverly murdering people in strange and heinous ways to invoke a magical incantation. But once he is in the tomb of the dead Pharaohs, the good doctor uncovers that his pursuit of an after-life may be foiled by his nemesis who wants to end the reign of this sadistic surgeon of gore.
Theater Of Blood Synopsis
Vincent Price delivers a thrilling “tour-de-force” performance (Variety) as a small-time actor plotting big-time revenge! Boasting a top notch supporting cast, this dramatically “delicious concoction” (New York Magazine) is an “equal mixture of horror, comedy and Shakespeare [that’ll] please just about everyone -- critics included” (Boxoffice)!
After years of suffering deadly reviews, hammy Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart (Price) decides it’s curtains for his critics! Bumping off his detractors with executions inspired by the Bard, Lionheart stages a beheading after the manner of “Cymbeline,” a stabbing inspired by “Julius Caesar,” and even an untimely removal of a pound of flesh improvised from “The Merchant of Venice” -- proving once and for all, that all the world really is a stage…for MURDER!
Madhouse Synopsis
Madhouse Masters of macabre Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Robert Quarry give performances to die for in this “diverting little chiller” (Boxoffice)! When horror star Paul Toombes’ fiancée is brutally killed, he loses more than this job he loses his mind. But twelve years later, when he returns to TV – only to discover a fresh batch of corpses – Paul finally begins to understand that melodrama can be murder on your career!
Tales Of Terror /Twice Told Tale Synopsis
This triple treat of terror is a three-episode treat dripping with murder, necrophilia, dementia, live burials, zombies and the terrifying performances of some of horror’s greatest spooks – Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone – resulting in nothing less than “juicy entertainment” and “spine-chilling cinema” (Cue)!
Witchfinder General Synopsis
“Vincent Price proves once again that he is still the greatest ghoul going” (Motion Picture Herald) in this Edgar Allen Poe thriller about a witch hunter who finds career satisfaction touring the English countryside torturing hapless victims and putting innocent people to death in the name of purifying souls. It’s a tale of “love, villainy and retribution” (Film Daily) and a “sadist’s delight” (Los Angeles Times) for those who love historical bloodfests.
As superstition and spells sweep the middle ages, an educated rogue named Hopkins (Price) wanders from town to town proclaiming to be an official witch finder. Town leaders pay him to accuse and then execute – usually innocent – suspects. But when a brave soldier returns home to find his sweetheart on the rack, ready to burn, Hopkins realizes he may have whacked his last witch.
THE FLY COLLECTION
Street Date: September 11, 2007
Prebook Date: August 15, 2007
DVD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $54.98Canada
Total Running Time: 252 minutes
Catalog Number: 2246202U.S.
Rating: N/A
Canadian Rating: N/A
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English/French/Spanish
Format: Wide Screen
Closed Captioned: Yes
MGM MOVIE SCREAM LEGENDS: VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION
Street Date: September 11, 2007
Prebook Date: August 15, 2007
DVD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada
Total Running Time: 674 minutes
Catalog Number: M108780
U.S. Rating: N/A
Canadian Rating: N/A
Audio: English Mono
Format: Wide Screen
Closed Captioned: Yes
WITCHFINDER GENERAL
Street Date: September 11, 2007
Prebook Date: August 15, 2007
DVD Price: $14.98 U.S. / $15.98 Canada
Total Running Time: 86 minutes
Catalog Number: M108765
U.S. Rating: N/A
Canadian Rating: N/A
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English/French/Spanish
Format: Wide Screen
Closed Captioned: Yes
