Werewolves, Nazis And Body Parts Make Up Indicator June Slate

With a certain pandemic causing havoc worldwide things are getting delayed. Now Powerhouse Films finally can reveal news on their Indicator June releases. A trio of films with a  heady mix of werewolves, Nazis, royals and human body parts.

First on offer is the UK Blu-ray premiere of THE BEAST MUST DIE. Crossbreeding the country house whodunnit with the werewolf shocker (and adding a dash of blaxploitation for good measure), this final horror outing from the famed Amicus Productions finds hunting-obsessed Calvin Lockhart (Joanna) gunning for his house guests – including Peter Cushing (Corruption), Michael Gambon (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover), and Charles Gray (The Legacy) – as he tries to discover which of them is a lycanthrope.

Next is a deluxe two-disc edition of Guy Hamilton’s FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE featuring UK Blu-ray premieres of alternative versions of the film, a set of replica production stills, and an 80-page book. The long-gestated sequel to The Guns of Navarone, also adapted from an Alistair MacLean novel, the film brings together Robert Shaw (Young Winston), Harrison Ford (Star Wars), Edward Fox (The Day of the Jackal), Franco Nero (Django), Carl Weathers (Rocky), and The Spy Who Loved Me co-stars Barbara Bach and Richard Kiel for a high-octane slice of World War II adventure.

Last, but by no means least, we proudly present the world Blu-ray premiere of Lindsay Anderson’s BRITANNIA HOSPITAL. With a phenomenal cast at his disposal – everyone from Alan Bates (Georgy Girl) and Joan Plowright (Time Without Pity) to Robin Askwith (Confessions of a Window Cleaner) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) to Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) reprising the role of Mick Travis – Anderson trains his sights on royalty, the trade unions, the media, and scientific research in order to satirise Thatcher’s Britain in typically uncompromising fashion.

THE BEAST MUST DIE (1974) HORROR

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• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with director Paul Annett with writer Jonathan Sothcott (2003)
• Interview with Max J Rosenberg (2000): archival audio recording of the famed producer in conversation with Sothcott
• The BEHP Interview with Jack Hildyard (1988): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the Oscar-winning cinematography in conversation with Alan Lawson
• The BEHP Interview with Peter Tanner – Part Two, 1939–1987 (1987): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the acclaimed editor in conversation with Roy Fowler and Taffy Haines
• Introduction by Stephen Laws (2020): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author
• Directing the Beast (2003): archival interview with Annett
• Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• Original theatrical trailer
• Kim Newman and David Flint trailer commentary (2017): short critical appreciation
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Neil Young, an archival article on Amicus Productions, a look at the James Blish short story which inspired the film’s screenplay, an extract from the pressbook profiling actor Calvin Lockhart, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies

FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978) WAR, DRAMA

• High Definition remasters
• The extended, 126-minute European version with 5.1 surround, stereo and mono audio options
• Box-set exclusive presentation of the alternative, 118-minute original theatrical cut with original mono audio
• Audio commentary on the extended version with film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin (2020)
• The BEHP Interview with Ron Goodwin (1999): archival video recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated composer in conversation with Linda Wood
• Tour de Force (2020): actor Angus MacInnes recalls his early film role
• From Žabljak with Love (2020): the making of Force 10 from Navarone as told by construction manager Terry Apsey, stuntman Jim Dowdall, grip Dennis Fraser, chief hairdresser Colin Jamison, and chief make-up artist Peter Robb-King
• Christopher Challis: A Life Behind the Lens (2020): a tribute to the acclaimed cinematographer, featuring interviews with fellow directors of photography and camera crew Dennis Fraser, Oswald Morris, John Palmer and Sidney Samuelson, as well as archival footage of Challis, including previously unseen material
• A Show of Force (2020): a look at the different versions of Force 10 from Navarone
• Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
• Two original theatrical trailers
• TV Spot
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Sheldon Hall, archival production reports including interviews with cast and crew members, an interview with actor Robert Shaw, recollections of the film’s Yugoslavia shoot excerpted from the memoirs of cinematographer Christopher Challis and screenwriter George MacDonald Fraser, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• Limited edition exclusive set of five replica production stills
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies
• All details subject to change

BRITANNIA HOSPITAL (1982) COMEDY

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• The BEHP Interview with Lindsay Anderson (1991): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated director in conversation with Alan Lawson and Norman Swallow
• Healthy Reputation (2020): actor Robin Askwith recalls working with Anderson on If…. and Britannia Hospital
• Biles Apart (2020): actor Brian Pettifer discusses working with Anderson and reprising the role of Biles
• A Cut Above (2020): editor Michael Ellis reflects on the film’s production
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• Original theatrical trailer
• Original teaser trailer
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Peter Cowie, an archival interview with Anderson, extracts from the diaries of Anderson and screenwriter David Sherwin, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies