Malpertuis Blu-ray
'Malpertuis' aka 'The Legend of Doom House' Director: Harry Kümel (1971) Radiance Limited Edition Blu-ray Director-supervised 4K restoration | Region Free | Dutch w/ English subtitles
Dreamlike horror mystery. Following a bar brawl, a sailor on shore leave wakes up in his Uncle's labyrinthine gothic mansion. A vast inheritance may be on offer. Starring Mathieu Carriere, Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Jean-Pierre Cassel.
Limited Edition contents:
- Edition of 3000 copies, presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
- 80-page perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by Lucas Balbo, Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, David Flint, Willow Catelyn Maclay, Jonathan Owen
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
Special features include:
- Audio commentary by Harry Kümel and assistant director Françoise Levie
- New interview with Harry Kümel (2025, 20 mins)
- New interview with author and gothic horror expert Jonathan Rigby (2025, 26 mins)
- Malpertuis Archive - an archival documentary on the making of the film (2005, 37 mins)
- Orson Welles Uncut - a featurette on the casting of Welles (2005, 26 mins)
- Susan Hampshire: one actress, three parts - an archival interview (2005, 12mins)
- Archival interview with Michel Bouquet and Harry Kümel from Belgian television (1971, 14 mins)
- Malpertuis: The Cannes cut - the rejected version of the film which premiered in Cannes, viewable in French or English (100 mins, SD)/ The Warden of the Tomb - Kümel’s early film based on Franz Kafka’s play (1965, 37 mins) and more
