Don’t Look in the Basement Blu-ray Collection Arriving in July
Debi Moore
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If you’re a fan of S.F. Brownrigg’s 1973 film Don’t Look in the Basement and are also a high-def collector, this news should make your day! BrinkVision is releasing the Don’t Look in the Basement Collection on Blu-ray July 11th. It includes for the first time in HD the original cult classic plus its critically acclaimed sequel, Don’t Look in the Basement 2.
The original Don’t Look in the Basement is director S.F. Brownrigg’s horrifying tale of the day the insane took over the asylum. It’s the film that kick-started Brownrigg’s career as one of the most unique and impressive 70’s exploitation filmmakers.
Synopsis:
Nurse Charlotte Beale (Rosie Holotik) is hired by Dr. Stephens to work at a small sanitarium he runs. When Charlotte arrives, however, she learns that Stephens has died in the interim and that she’ll be taking orders from the new president, Dr. Masters (Anne MacAdams). Charlotte goes along but can’t help noticing how unusual Masters’ approach is to treating the mentally ill. They’re allowed free run of the place, and Charlotte begins to wonder if Masters isn’t a patient herself.
Don’t Look in the Basement 2 is the follow-up to the original film, directed and co-written by Tony Brownrigg, the son of the late S.F. Brownrigg. The sequel was shot in the same location as the original with one of that film’s cast members returning and continuing the 1973 storyline, set 40 years in the future.
Synopsis:
Forty years have passed since the massacre at Stephens Sanitarium, now called Greenpark. Its bloody history is largely unknown to its staff, not least William Matthews (Andrew Sensenig), a doctor newly brought in from New York. William is welcomed by fellow doctor Lucy Mills (Arianne Margot) but receives a frosty reception from Emily, who runs the institute and assigns him his first patient, Sam. Sam survived the bloodbath all those years earlier and seems to remember these walls all too well. His arrival awakens the building’s dark past, and blood soon begins to flow once more. Why are the patients turning on one another? What is Emily’s secret? And what really happened 40 years ago?
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Tony Brownrigg (son of the late S.F. Brownrigg) for Don’t Look in the Basement and Don’t Look in the Basement 2.
- Behind-the-Scenes Featurette for Don’t Look in the Basement 2
- Limited Edition Booklet Featuring Articles on Don’t Look in the Basement
- Limited Edition Slipcover with New Artwork
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