The House That Screamed ( 1969 )
by Narciso Ibánez Serrador
Arrow – March 6, 2023
Original Title : La residencia / The Boarding School
Audio : Spanish, English
Subtitles :
Français,
Français SDH
Duration : 1h45
Format : Blu-ray / 2 edits / UK import
Area: B
Genre : Horror, Thriller
Synopsis
Mrs. Fourneau owns and runs a school for wayward girls in France. Her absolute discipline has fostered a social order among the girls with rampant sex, lesbianism and torture the norm. Mrs. Fourneau also has an adolescent son she tries to keep isolated from the young women lest he be tainted by sexual relations; she explains that he must wait for a girl "just like his mother". Meanwhile, girls are "running away" (being murdered) one by one, with their corpses and any evidence of their outcome not to be found.
Content
Slipcover in original pressing
Reversible cover
booklet
Figure/replica/props/memorabilia included
- Brand new 2K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of the 105-minute uncut version titled The Finishing School (La Residencia), and the 94-minute US theatrical version titled The House That Screamed, via seamless branching
- Original lossless English mono audio on both versions, and lossless Spanish audio on the uncut version
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both versions, and optional English subtitles for the Spanish audio
- Brand new audio commentary by critic Anna Bogutskaya
- This Boy's Innocence, a previously unreleased interview with actor John Moulder-Brown
- Archive interview with Mary Maude, from the 2012 edition of the Festival of Fantastic Films
- All About My “Mama”, a brand new interview with Juan Tébar, author of the original story
- The Legacy of Terror, a brand new interview with the director's son, Alejandro Ibáñez
- Screaming the House Down, a brand new interview with Spanish horror expert Dr Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, discussing the history of the film and its director
- Alternative footage from the original Spanish theatrical version
- Original trailers, TV and radio spots
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Shelagh Rowan-Legg and double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch