Powerhouse Films

[Michael Brooke]

Yes, if you’ve got your eye on that one I strongly recommend not crossing fingers and hoping it’ll be discounted in the next sale, as it’s all but guaranteed to go OOP by then.

Granted, it’ll get standard editions of individual titles, but the book in this one is particularly good.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

According to Michael on another forum Mexico Macabre is Indicator's fastest selling box set to date.

So if you want one, be quick as there aren't many left.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

According to Michael on another forum Mexico Macabre is Indicator's fastest selling box set to date.

So if you want one, be quick as there aren't many left.

Nah, I'd rather wait for standard releases in normal cases intead of those awful card digipak monstrosities

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Nah, I'd rather wait for standard releases in normal cases intead of those awful card digipak monstrosities

I much prefer the standard keep cases as well. The Hammer sets were perfect in that regard.

I always worry the glue will unstick on card digipaks. The Doctor Who limited edition sets are notorious for it.

[Michael Brooke]

Mondo Digital on The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter, with lots of screencaps:

Anyone familiar with the decades of TV broadcasts, streaming versions, and home video releases of both films will be stunned and delighted by their presentations here, with new 2K restorations from 4K scans of the original 35mm nitrate negative elements truly making these feel like different and vastly superior productions. The detail levels, inky blacks, and radically improved sound (LPCM 1.0 English mono with welcome English SDH subtitles) all make these great fun to watch, and even those who dismissed them in the past would be wise to give them another shot under these conditions.

[Michael Brooke]

Probably worth adding that one person who gave them another shot under these conditions was Jonathan Rigby, who now completely recants his dismissal of Slaughter's work in English Gothic - which was based on the hair-raisingly crappy public domain prints that were all that was available for him to watch at the time. He was originally only hired for one commentary, but enjoyed it so much that he ended up doing two more - which is why this release has commentaries on every film instead of the originally announced six.

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by Michael Brooke

Mondo Digital on The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter, with lots of screencaps:

Great stuff. Soon be booing and hissing with the rest of the audience...

[Nuno_Miranda]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Great stuff. Soon be booing and hissing with the rest of the audience...

Same here. Very much looking forward to this. This is a great time for boxed sets, for me: this set, plus the Cushing set and Conan Chronicles

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Great stuff. Soon be booing and hissing with the rest of the audience...

Not to mention twirling your moustache!

[Susan Foreman]

Tod Slaughter at DVD Compare

"...The terrifying talents of Newcastle’s Norman Carter ‘Tod’ Slaughter – the first true icon of British horror cinema – are showcased in this long-overdue box set. Featuring the eight films which ‘Europe’s Horror Man’ made in collaboration with British producer-director George King (Tomorrow We Live), this comprehensive collection also includes a number of rare shorts and newsreel items.

Unlike his contemporaries, such as Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton, Tod Slaughter never left his native shores. Instead, he chose to make his mark in Britain by transferring his most sensational theatrical performances to the screen. Portraying every kind of cruel and cunning criminal – from petty thief to mass murderer – he became the first great villain of British horror, at a time before the Grand Guignol of Hammer Films began to take hold, without once donning monster make-up.

Criminally overlooked by film historians, and only previously seen in compromised versions, these fascinating films have been newly restored using original film materials preserved at the BFI National Archive, and are accompanied by an array of essential contextualising extras, including archival short films and radio plays presented with optional soundtracks by British music legends Current 93, newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations and personal recollections, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units for the UK and US.

Easily one of the discs of the year if not the decade this restoration of the eight essential Tod Slaughter horror melodramas is a must for any cineaste and / or horror buff with all eight fikms being hugely entertaining. Run as fast as you can to get a copy (well, proverbially so if buying online)! Image and sound is as good as can be for these films given the sources and for the 1080p24 format. Only 4K with HDR will be an improvement but that's unlikely to happen. Extras are plentiful and on point. Come the end of the year, if this set isn't on every serious, self respecting list of greats for 2023 then may the ghost of Slaughter boil them in oil ... bwaaaa haaa haaa ha!"