'
Never Take Sweets From A Stranger' (1960) - Blu-ray pre-order available from
Powerhouse direct - £12.99
Release date: February 15
"One of Hammer’s most controversial and genuinely adult thrillers, Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is a serious drama that dealt candidly (for the time) with the issue of child abuse.
Deftly handled, the film is a sincere and unsensational treatment of a taboo subject. Avoiding melodrama it addresses the horrors of the real world but remains a compelling and genuinely unsettling work."
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Presented under its original British title
- Alternative presentation with US Never Take Candy from a Stranger title sequence
- Hammer’s Women: Gwen Watford (2018, 8 mins): British cinema expert Dr Laura Mayne explores the life and career of the prolific film, stage, and television actress
- An Interview with Janina Faye (2018, 15 mins): the British actress recalls her time working with Hammer
- An Appreciation by Matthew Holness (2018, 12 mins): the actor, writer, director and Hammer fan reflects on many aspects of the film
- The Perfect Horror Chord (2018, 44 mins): a new appreciation of composer Elisabeth Lutyens by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
- US theatrical trailer
- Brian Trenchard-Smith trailer commentary (2013, 4 mins): a short critical appreciation
- Image galleries: press and promotional material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing