Rent The Mad Executioners / The Phantom of Soho (1964)
3.2 of 5 from 46 ratings
3h 4min
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- Synopsis:
In the 1960s, a cycle of crime films - or krimis - became hugely popular with West German audiences. Adapted from works by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan Edgar Wallace, they combined the traditional murder mystery with horror as they depicted enigmatic killers stalking their victims through foggy English landscapes - from the streets of London to isolated rural mansions.
The Mad Executioners (1963)
London is faced with dual threats in 'The Mad Executioners', as a gang of hooded vigilantes roams the streets while a sadistic serial killer is on the loose.
The Phantom of Soho (1964)A murder mystery involving several high-profile Londoners being bumped off near a Soho nightclub by a masked killer. - Actors:
- Hansjörg Felmy, Maria Perschy, Dieter Borsche, Wolfgang Preiss, Harry Riebauer, Rudolf Fernau, Alexander Engel, Narziß Sokatscheff, Harald Sawade, Albert Bessler, Stanislav Ledinek, Rudolf Forster, Chris Howland, Günter Glaser, Bruno W. Pantel, Edwin Zbonek, Barbara Rütting, Hans Söhnker, Peter Vogel, Helga Sommerfeld
- Directors:
- Edwin Zbonek, Franz Josef Gottlieb
- Producers:
- Artur Brauner
- Voiced By:
- Michael Chevalier, Heinz Petruo
- Writers:
- Bryan Edgar Wallace, Robert A. Stemmle, Ladislas Fodor
- Aka:
- Der Henker von London / Das Phantom von Soho
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/05/2025
- Run Time:
- 184 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dubbed LPCM Mono, German LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New introductions to each film by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas
- New audio commentaries on 'The Phantom of Soho' by Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
- New audio commentaries on 'The Mad Executioners' by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
- Bryan Edgar Wallace: An Era - new interview with Alice Brauner, producer and managing director of CCC Film and daughter of Artur Brauner
- Passing the Blade - new video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas exploring the influence of the Wallace krimi on the Italian giallo and the American slasher film
- Terror in the Fog - new 84 minute in-depth discussion between film historians Tim Lucas and Stephen Bissette
