The Medusa Touch

Special Features (Blu-ray)

• Commentary with Director Jack Gold, Kim Newman and Stephen Jones: Newman is a journalist, film critic and novelist. Jones is an editor of horror anthologies and author of several studies of horror and fantasy films. Both are devoted and knowledgeable fans of The Medusa Touch, and their questions and comments elicit many recollections from Gold about how the project was assembled, the logistics of shooting, the experience of working with Burton, Remick and the rest of the cast, and Gold's filmmaking aesthetic. Newman and Jones both delight in pointing out Medusa's connections to both prior and subsequent films and later events in world history, and they make a good case for its place in the canon of cult classics. Note: The commentary must be selected from the "Setup" menu.
• Behind the Scenes Footage: Destroying the Abbey (480i; 1.33:1; 18:14): Not a featurette or a documentary, but raw behind-the-scenes footage taken during the live-action shoot for a critical sequence in the film that would later be enhanced with optical effects. The last scene in the group includes large practical effects intended to show massive church columns collapsing.
• Original Theatrical Trailer (480i; 1.78:1, enhanced; 2:51). "I have a gift for disaster", says Burton's Morlar.

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