In a surprise announcement this week Ronin Flix let the world know that Paul Naschy's excellent monster film THE MUMMY'S REVENGE (1973) is coming to Blu-Ray. This is wonderful news as I consider this to be one of Naschy's best but unfortunately underappreciated films. I think that this new release has the potential to elevate this fantastic horror film to the place it deserves to be in the Golden Age of Spanish Horror. After all - if you've never seen it how can you recognize it's brilliance?
Scorpion Releasing is responsible for this new Blu-Ray and their recent output has shown them to be quite capable of handling these rare cult films with care and love. The disc will sport two different cuts of the movie (!), a commentary track by Human Beasts author Troy Howarth and liner notes from Naschy expert Mirek Lipinski. A couple of Naschy trailers are thrown in for good measure but the real treasure here is the film itself. This is a true classic of the mummy monster genre and I can hardly wait to have it be seen by fans and new potential fans. I once described the story as Nick and Nora Charles fight a head crushing mummy - if that doesn't make you curious I just don't know what to say!
The movie goes on sale on Monday July the 22nd with only 1500 copies being offered for sale you don't want to sleep on this one folks. Follow this LINK and grab yours next week. You'll be glad you did!
3 comments:
So this will ONLY be sold through Ronin Flix? Not by Amazon (or other major e-merchants) sometime later on?
Yep. Best to grab a copy next week before it is gone!
I certainly will!
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