The Old Dark House (1932) (CMG Restored Remastered 1080p BluRay x265 HEVC 10bit AAC 1.0 Commentary) James Whale Boris Karloff Melvyn Douglas Charles Laughton Lilian Bond Ernest Thesiger Eva Moore Raymond Massey Gloria Stuart
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- TypeHEVC/x265
- LanguageEnglish
- Total size4.8 GB
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- Last checkedJul. 18th '23
- Date uploadedJul. 17th '23
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The Old Dark House (1932), directed by James Whale, Cohen Media Group remaster, encoded in 10 bit HEVC with AAC sound, including original theatrical mono, two commentary tracks, and English SDH subtitles.
IMDb : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023293/
Video encoded in two-pass 9 000 kbps x265 10bit with the veryslow preset for archive quality image.
Subtitles converted to VobSub and repositioned.
Note : Boris Karloff and James Whale reunited after the success of Frankenstein to make this early horror comedy, in my opinion one of the first successful ones. It wasn't very commercially successful at release, and was long thought lost, but was rediscovered and restored by the Eastman House after gaining somewhat legendary status. Although Karloff's role is small, and a lot of the actors were lesser-known British theater types, it's a solid cast, and most of the actors would work with Whale again, including Ernest Thesiger, who played Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein.
The tropes come fast and heavy as a group of strangers seek refuge from a storm in an old country house full of eccentric characters. Lights go out, characters plot and flirt, a dangerous pyromaniac is on the loose, and the monstrous butler might be up to no good. It's all resolved in good cheer, with most characters still alive, and freshly kindled romance to liven everyone up.
This is a quite good remaster, reasonably sharp, good contrast with fairly prominent grain, and a nice clean mono track. Both commentary tracks are worth your time.
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Audio #1 : AAC LC / 241 kb/s / 2 channels / Original theatrical mono / English / *Default
Audio #2 : AAC LC / 128 kb/s / 2 channels / Commentary by actress Gloria Stuart / English
Audio #3 : AAC LC / 128 kb/s / 2 channels / Commentary by James Whale biographer James Curtis / English
Text #1 : VobSub / 9 421 b/s / English
Chapters:
00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:10:36.845 : Chapter 2
00:21:14.732 : Chapter 3
00:32:32.951 : Chapter 4
00:41:56.639 : Chapter 5
00:49:21.167 : Chapter 6
00:58:18.161 : Chapter 7
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