Powerhouse Films Corruption - Limited Edition

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In the 1960s, director Robert Hartford-Davis (The Black Torment, The Fiend) teamed up with producer/cameraman Peter Newbrook (The Asphyx) to make a series of low-budget films capitalising on the cinematic crazes of the day. In 1968, the duo stridently ventured into the surgical horror subgenre with Corruption, a grim update of Eyes Without a Face, transposed into the scenic south-coast seaside town of Seaford, via Swinging Sixties London. In a surprising performance, Peter Cushing (Captain Clegg, The Revenge of Frankenstein) stars as a high-class plastic surgeon who is driven to murder as part of a demented quest to rebuild the decaying visage of his fashion model wife (Sue Lloyd, The Ipcress File), who has been severely scarred at a party.A film that pushed the envelope of gore and sleaze in its era, Corruption is presented on home video for the first time in the UK.2K restoration from the original negativeTwo feature presentations: the theatrical version (92 mins); and the more graphic international version (91 mins)Original mono audioAudio commentary with Peter Cushing biographer David Miller and English Gothic author Jonathan Rigby (2013)The BEHP Interview with Peter Newbrook (1995): career-spanning audio interview with the producer and cameraman, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Newbrook in conversation with Alan Lawson and Roy FowlerThe Guardian Lecture with Peter Cushing (1986): audio recording of an interview with the legendary actor recorded at the National Film Theatre, LondonInterview with actor Phillip Manikum (2021)Interview with actor Billy Murray (2012)Interview with actor Jan Waters (2012)Whatever Happened to Wendy Varnals? (2013): interview with the English actorStephen Laws Introduces 'Corruption' (2021): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author The Unkindest Cuts (2021): critic and writer Michael Brooke on the history of surgical horrorEdgar Wright trailer commentary (2013): short critical appreciationOriginal UK theatrical trailerOriginal US theatrical trailerTV spotsRadio spotsImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialDirector's shooting script galleryNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Laura Mayne, archival articles and interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsLimited edition exclusive set of five replica production stillsUK home video premiere Limited edition of 5,000 copiesExtras subject to change