Rent The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
3.4 of 5 from 53 ratings
1h 16min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- One day the necrophiliac tendencies of Dr. Hichcock (Robert Flemyng) go too far and his wife dies from an overdose. Bereft, the doctor leaves his house but returns years later with a new wife, Cynthia (Barbara Steele). The house they return to is eerie and Cynthia hears strange things, meanwhile, she doesn't realise Dr. Hichcock intends to use her body to re-animate his dead wife's corpse.
- Actors:
- Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli, Maria Teresa Vianello, Harriet Medin, Spencer Williams, Aldo Cristiani, Evaristo Signorini, Giovanni Querrel, Neil Robinson, Howard Nelson Rubien
- Directors:
- Riccardo Freda
- Producers:
- Luigi Carpentieri, Ermanno Donati
- Writers:
- Ernesto Gastaldi
- Aka:
- L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock / The Terror of Dr. Hichcock / Raptus: The Secret of Dr Hichcock / The Frightening Secret of Dr. Hichcock
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/10/2023
- Run Time:
- 163 minutes
- Languages:
- Dubbed, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by critics Kat Ellinger and Annie Rose Malamet
- Audio commentary by Tim Lucas analysing the different versions and distribution history of the film
- New interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (2023, 34 mins)
- Visual essay on 'The Horrible Dr. Hichcock' in the context of gothic melodrama and the 40s 'woman's film' (2023, 28 mins)
- An interview with Madeleine Le Despencer on necrophilia and taboo gothic (2023, 18 mins)
- Trailer
- Gallery
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- The 87-minute Original Italian Version 'The Terror of Dr. Hichcock'
- The English dub of the complete 87-minute Italian cut 'Raptus: The Secret of Dr. Hichcock' - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- The re-ordered 76-minute North American version 'The Horror of Dr. Hichcock'
- Special Features
