Short Sharp Shocks Vol.4

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The fourth volume in the BFI Flipside's celebrated Short Sharp Shocks series – on an ongoing mission to curate an alternativeBrit-screen history of overlooked rarities in deluxe home-entertainment editions – is another eye-opening assemblage ofunusual, ex

The fourth volume in the BFI Flipside's celebrated Short Sharp Shocks series – on an ongoing mission to curate an alternativeBrit-screen history of overlooked rarities in deluxe home-entertainment editions – is another eye-opening assemblage ofunusual, exceptional, exciting, horrific, eerie and eccentric short subjects - veering from the heyday of the British cinematicsupporting programme, to the earliest days of commercial television; and far, far beyond.Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 features an uncanny cornucopia of ingenious micro-budget shockers, astonishing, award-winning amateur works, televisual twist-in-the-tale weirdness, breathtaking fantasy-film spectacle, blood-spattered rarities,petrifying public information frighteners and evocative avant-garde experimenta – all offering up oodles of atmosphere, andlovingly delivered to you, alongside an enviable assortment of newly-created interviews and extra features, in HighDefinition.Disc 1:The Fatal Night (Mario Zampi, 1948, 50 mins), Death in the Hand (A Barr-Smith, 1948, 43 mins), Strange Experiences:Halloween Party (Derick Williams, 1955, 3 mins), Strange Experiences: The Laughing Clown (Derick Williams, 1956, 4 mins),Night Ride (Denis Meikle, 1967, 19 mins), Mirror Mirror (Eastbourne Cine Group, 1969, 7 mins)Disc 2:Scarecrow (John Sharrad, 1972. 17 mins), Red (Astrid Frank, 1976, 24 mins), Sanctum (Bill Davison, 1976, 19 mins), PlaySafe: Frisbee (David Eady, 1978, 1 min); Play Safe: Electricity (David Eady, 1978, c11 mins), Black Angel (Roger Christian,1980, 25 mins)ExtrasIt Happened That Night (2025, 10 mins): interview with Mario Zampi Jr, son of the director of The Fatal NightThe Devil Upstairs (2025, 17 mins): new interview with John Attfield, one of the stars of Night RideThe Colour of Blood (2025, 18 mins): interview with Red writer and director Astrid FrankAstrid's Little Folder of Wonders: images from the scrapbook of Astrid FrankOver the Mountains (2025, 22 mins): interview with the Black Angel’s writer and director, Roger ChristianNight Ride: Behind the Scenes (1967, 4 mins): rare behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes from Night RideImage galleries for The Fatal Night, Death in the Hand, Sanctum, and Black Angel**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with contributions from Jonathan Rigby, Vic Pratt, Dr Josephine Botting, William Fowler, Astrid Frank, Bill Davison and Roger ChristianNewly commissioned sleeve artwork by renowned illustrator Graham Humphreys

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5035673015353

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BFI

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BFIB1535

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Blu-ray

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Entertainment > DVD and Blu-Ray > Blu-ray