Berserk (Indicator UK, Region Free)

(Jim OConnolly, 1967)Release date:21 March 2022
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After the huge success of Robert AldrichsWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962), Hollywood legend Joan Crawford found herself taking the lead in a series of lurid and sensational horror pictures in her later years andBerserkwas one of the best and most successful.

Crawford stars as a ruthless circus owner who exploits a series of gruesome murders for her own ends… until the killer targets her. Directed by Jim OConnolly (Valley of Gwangi,Tower of Evil) and co-starring Diana Dors (Yield to the Night,Deep End), Michael Gough (Horror Hospital,Batman) and Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place,Inseminoid),Berserkis a deranged slice of Great BritishGrand(Dame)Guignol a bloody exploitation classic!

INDICATOR STANDARDEDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• The NFT Interview with Joan Crawford(1956, 14 mins): archival interview with the celebrated actor, recorded at Londons National Film Theatre
• Audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Eloise Ross
• The Shopgirls Delight(2018, 15 mins): career-spanning appreciation of Joan Crawford by film critic Pamela Hutchinson
• Circus of Blood(2018, 34 mins): Jonathan Rigby, author ofEnglish Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 18972015, provides a wide-ranging production history ofBerserk
• Didier Chatelain on Herman Cohen(2018, 14 mins): Herman Cohens assistant and business partner remembers the famed producer
• Tom Bakers Beyond Belief!(1997, 5 mins): introduction by the much-loved actor, recorded forBerserks UK VHS release
• Tom Bakers Beyond Belief! Outtakes(1997, 22 mins)
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing