The Cremator (Blu-ray)

The CrematorGenre: HorrorsLabel: Second RunDescription: Presented from new HD materials Second Run presents a special Blu-ray edition of one of its most enduringly popular titles Juraj Herz s The Cremator.The Cremator has been described in many ways as surrealist-inspired horror film as an expressionistic political allegory a pitch-black comic satire and as a dark and disturbing tale of terror.This brilliantly chilling film a unique mix of Psycho Dr Strangelove and Repulsion is set in Prague during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. It tells the story of one Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hru ínský) a professional cremator for whom the political climate allows free rein to his increasingly perverse and deranged impulses for the salvation of the world.Now more chillingly prescient than ever The Cremator also contains another of master-composer Zden k Li ka s brilliantly inventive film scores.BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS * The Cremator (Spalova mrtvol 1968) presented from a new HD transfer from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive * Filmed introduction by the Quay Brothers * Audio Commentary by writer and film historian Kat Ellinger * Juraj Herz s short film The Junk Shop (Sb rné surovosti 1965) * The Projection Booth podcast with Mike White and Samm Deighan * Booklet with an essay on Herz and the film by writer/producer Daniel Bird * New and improved English subtitle translation * Original soundtrack in Dual Mono 24-bit LPCM audio * World Premiere on Blu-ray * ...AND MORE