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| Paranoiac |
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Genre:Thriller
Reviewed In Issue 16 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion & Liliane Brousse |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MCA/Universal Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
42439 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$$59.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
80 |
| (Color Type): |
Black & White |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1962 |
| (LD Release Date): |
7/1/95 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Freddie Francis |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Jimmy Sangster |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Elisabeth Lutyens |
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| (Production Designer): |
Bernard Robinson |
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| (Editor): |
James Needs |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Anthony Hinds |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Paranoiac is a terrifying horror-mystery story in The Hammer Horror Film Collection directed by Freddie Francis. The story is about greed and villainy and features Janette Scott as a young heiress rescued from suicide by a man who claims to be her brother, long thought dead. Her other brother (Oliver Reed) is devastatingly cruel and along with her relatives, has reasons to suspect him as an im-postor and will stop at nothing to thwart him. There is a family fortune involved and everyone wants to get their hands on his vast in-heritance as well. The Los Angeles Herald Examiner proclaimed Paranoiac “...eerie and thoroughly chilling.” (Note that the companion Hammer presentation on this double feature LaserDisc is the 1962 version of The Phantom Of The Opera. It was not reviewed because it is not presented in its intended widescreen theatrical aspect ratio.)
LaserDisc Picture:
The scope picture is presented at 2.35:1. The source element is a print with apparent noise and artifacts. Images are sharp and detailed with good contrast and gray scale rendering. This is very good looking black and white edition.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound is undistinguished mono.
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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