Berserk (Standard Edition) (Blu-ray)

Berserk (Standard Edition)Label: Powerhouse FilmsDescription: SYNOPSIS After the huge success of Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Hollywood legend Joan Crawford found herself taking the lead in a series of lurid and sensational horror pictures in her later years - and Berserk was one of the best and most successful. Crawford stars as a ruthless circus owner who exploits a series of gruesome murders for her own ends... until the killer targets her. Directed by Jim O'Connolly (Valley of Gwangi Tower of Evil) and co-starring Diana Dors (Yield to the Night Deep End) Michael Gough (Horror Hospital Batman) and Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place Inseminoid) Berserk is a deranged slice of Great British Grand (Dame) Guignol - a bloody exploitation classic!Extras: INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION

Special Features

• * High Definition remaster* Original mono audio* The NFT Interview with Joan Crawford (1956 14 mins): archival interview with the celebrated actor recorded at London's National Film Theatre* Audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Eloise Ross* The Shopgirl's Delight (2018 15 mins): career-spanning appreciation of Joan Crawford by film critic Pamela Hutchinson* Circus of Blood (2018 34 mins): Jonathan Rigby author of English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015 provides a wide-ranging production history of Berserk* Didier Chatelain on Herman Cohen (2018 14 mins): Herman Cohen's assistant and business partner remembers the famed producer* Tom Baker's Beyond Belief! (1997 5 mins): introduction by the much-loved actor recorded for Berserk's UK VHS release* Tom Baker's Beyond Belief! Outtakes (1997 22 mins)* Original theatrical trailer* Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography* New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing