The Cremator (Region Free)

Presented from new HD materials, Second Run presents a special Blu-ray edition of one of its most enduringly popular titles Juraj Herzs The Cremator.

The Cremator has been described in many ways as surrealist-inspired horror film, as an expressionistic political allegory, a pitch-black comic satire and as a dark and disturbing tale of terror.

This brilliantly chilling film, a unique mix of Psycho, Dr Strangelove and Repulsion, is set in Prague during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. It tells the story of Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrunsk), a professional cremator, for whom the political climate allows free rein to his increasingly perverse and deranged impulses for the salvation of the world

This Blu-ray edition also includes Herz’s rarely-seen 1965 debut short film The Junk Shop (Sbrn surovosti), a new audio commentary by Kat Ellinger and a filmed introduction by the Quay Brothers.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

The Cremator (Spalova mrtvol, 1968) presented from a new HD transfer from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive

Filmed introduction by the Quay Brothers

Audio Commentary by Diabolique magazine editor-in-chief Kat Ellinger

Juraj Herzs short film The Junk Shop (Sbrn surovosti, 1965)

The Projection Booth podcast with Mike White and critic Samm Deighan

Booklet with an essay on Herz and the film by writer/producer Daniel Bird

New and improved English subtitle translation

Region Free

World premiere release on Blu-ray