Monsters and madmen [DVD video]

The haunted strangler: Nineteenth-century English author James Rankin believes that the wrong man has hanged twenty years earlier for a series of murders, but his investigations lead him to a horrible and, for him, gruesomely inescapable secret.

Corridors of blood: In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton dares to dream the unthinkable: to operate on patients without causing pain. Unfortunately, the road to general anesthesia is blocked by a ruthless killer, as well as Bolton's devastating addiction to his own medicines.

First man into space: In this interstellar cautionary tale, brash U.S. Navy test pilot Dan Prescott, hungry for fame, rockets himself beyond Earth's atmosphere, only to become encrusted with cosmic dust and return a blood-drinking monster.

The atomic submarine: When the nuclear-powered submarine the Tiger Shark sets out to investigate a series of naval disasters near the Arctic Circle, its fearless crew finds itself besieged by electrical storms, an unidentified floating saucer, and lots of hairy tentacles.

General Note:

Title from container.

The haunted strangler originally released as a motion picture in 1958; Corridors of blood originally released as a motion picture in 1959; First man into space originally released as a motion picture in 1959; The atomic submarine originally released as a motion picture in 1959.

Performers:

The haunted strangler: Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson, Vera Day, Tim Turner, Diane Aubrey, Max Brimmel, Leslie Perrins, Jessica Cairns, Dorothy Gordon, Desmond Roberts, Roy Russell, Derek Birch, Peggy Ann Clifford, John Fabian, Joan Elvin.

Corridors of blood: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Corri, Francis De Wolff, Basil Dignam, Frank Pettingell, Carl Bernard, Marian Spencer, Nigel Green, John Gabriel, Howard Lang, Yvonne Warren, Christopher Lee.

First man into space: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Robert Ayers, Bill Nagy, Carl Jaffe, Bill Edwards, Roger Delgado, John McLaren.

The atomic submarine: Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Paul Dubov, Bob Steele, Victor Varconi, Joi Lansing, Selmer Jackson, Jack Mulhall, Jean Moorhead, Richard Tyler, Sid Melton, Ken Becker, Frank Watkins, Tom Conway, Pat Michaels, John Hilliard.

Contents:

[Disc 1]: The haunted strangler / Gordon Films, Inc. ; Amalgamated Productions, Inc. ; produced by John Croydon ; screenplay by John C. Cooper, Jan Read ; original story by Jan Read ; directed by Robert Day (79 min.) -- [Disc 2]: Corridors of blood / Gordon Films, Inc. ; Amalgamated Productions, Inc. ; produced by John Croydon, Charles Vetter, Jr. ; screenplay by Jean Scott Rogers ; directed by Robert Day (87 min.) -- [Disc 3]: First man into space / Gordon Films, Inc. ; Amalgamated Productions, Inc. ; produced by John Croydon, Charles Vetter, Jr. ; screenplay by John C. Cooper, Lance Z. Hargreaves ; original story by Wyott Ordung ; directed by Robert Day (77 min.) -- [Disc 4]: The atomic submarine / Gordon Films, Inc. ; Gorham Productions, Inc. ; produced by Alex Gordon ; screenplay by Orville H. Hampton ; directed by Spencer G. Bennet (72 min.).

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC, restored high-definition digital transfer.

Subject Term:

Serial murder investigation -- Drama.

Serial murders -- Drama.

Anesthesiologists -- England -- London -- 19th century -- Drama.

Hospitals -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.

Test pilots -- Drama.

Nuclear submarines -- Arctic regions -- Drama.

Disasters -- Arctic regions -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Outer space -- Exploration -- Drama.