Strait-Jacket (Region B)

(William Castle, 1964)
Release date: 20 May 2024
Standard Edition Blu-ray

Joan Crawford (Berserk) gives an astonishing performance inStrait-Jacket, a shocking psychological thriller from director William Castle (The Tingler) which also stars Diane Baker (Marnie), and Leif Erickson (The Lady Gambles).

Lucy Harbin (Crawford) spent twenty years in a psychiatric hospital after decapitating her husband and his lover with an axe an act witnessed by her young daughter, Carol (Baker). On her release, Lucy moves in with Carol and her husband Bill (Erickson), but a series of horrific axe murders suggest she may not be entirely cured…

Scripted by Robert Bloch (Psycho), and infused with macabre humour,Strait-Jacketis one of William Castles best-loved films.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Emma Westwood
• Mirror Images(2018, 28 mins): appreciation by Jonathan Rigby, author ofAmerican Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema
• Joan Had Me Fired(2018, 7 mins): interview with actor Anne Helm
• On the Road with Joan Crawford(2018, 7mins): interview with publicist Richard Kahn
• Battle-Axe: The Making of Strait-Jacket(2007, 15 mins): documentary featuring interviews with actor Diane Baker and screenwriter Robert Bloch
• How to Plan a Movie Murder(1964, 5 mins): a short promotional film featuring star Joan Crawford, screenwriter. Robert Bloch, and director William Castle
• Joan Crawford Wardrobe Tests(1964, 4mins)
• Joan Crawford Axe Test(1964, 1 min)
• Super 8 version: original cut-down home cinema presentation, with unique narration
• Isolated music & effects track
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing