It’s Going to Be a ‘Madhouse’ At Eureka Entertainment in June

Before you know summer time will be here and Eureka Entertainment preparing for the chaos with the release of one of the last great gothic thrillers of the 1970s, Madhouse. Set for it’s Blu-ray debut in the UK in June part of the Eureka Classics range.

Produced by Amicus Productions and released by American International Pictures, Jim Clark’s Madhouse brings together two titans of horror – Vincent Price (House on Haunted Hill) and Peter Cushing (Dr Terror’s House of Horrors) – in a film about the horror genre itself.

Synopsis | Paul Toombes (Price) is an actor whose trademark role is the enigmatic and terrifying Dr Death, a skull-faced serial killer and the central antagonist of a long-running series of horror films. When Toombes’ fiancée Ellen (Julie Crosthwait) is murdered in mysterious circumstances by an assailant dressed as Dr Death, the actor wonders if he has succumbed to madness – a question he will be forced to reckon with again when, years later, people begin dying on the set of a new television series based on his most famous character.

Better known as an editor whose credits include Marathon Man, The Killing Fields and The Mission, Jim Clark made his greatest achievement as a director with Madhouse – a genuinely original and gloriously self-aware horror film that bridges the gap between the gothic chillers of old and the more visceral genre pictures of the 1970s.

“The duo of Peter Cushing and Vincent Price on the same screen is wonderful” – Black Angel Promotions

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
Limited Edition of 2,000 copies | Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring original poster artwork | Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on Madhouse by genre film expert Christopher Stewardson and an archival interview with director Jim Clark conducted by John Hamilton, originally published in The Dark Side | 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray | Original English mono audio | Optional English subtitles (SDH) | New introduction to Madhouse by horror novelist Stephen Laws | Lights, Camera, Murder! – new video essay on Madhouse by horror and gothic scholar Mary Going | Audio commentary by film historian David Del Valle | Archival making-of featurette | Stills Gallery | Original theatrical trailer | All extras subject to change

1974 | 91 mins | UK/ USA | ENGLISH | 1.85:1 OAR | HORROR / THRILLER  | Region B | 18

Madhouse will be release on Blu-ray part of Eureka Classics range from 22nd June.