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The Man Who Could Cheat Death 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition (Hammer Films/Region Free/B) [Preorder]

The Man Who Could Cheat Death 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition (Hammer Films/Region Free/B) [Preorder]

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Preorder scheduled for release on February 22, 2026

With strong support from Hazel Court and Christopher Lee, The Man Who Could Cheat Death has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film negatives and includes optional, originally censored scenes thought lost for years.

A doctor and dilettante, Georges Bonner's sculptures are the talk of Belle Époque Parisian society. But Bonner hides a grisly secret: he is over a century old and a serial murderer, kept artificially young by harvesting glands from his unfortunate victims.

Now over six-decades since its original release, this Limited Collector’s edition sees the film available for the first time on UHD in the UK, complete with an exceptional range of recent and archival material.

Additional features

This Limited Collector’s Edition comprises:

  • A leather-feel slipcase with debossed foil titling, housing a stylish digipak
    containing four discs: two UHDs and two Blu-rays, with content duplicated on
    both formats.
  • Rigid inner box featuring new artwork by illustrator and artist Lucas Peverill.
  • Double-sided poster of original one-sheets and 8 art cards.
  • Book featuring reproduction of British master make-up artist Roy Ashton's
    annotated copy of the original shooting script.
  • Six iterations of The Man Who Could Cheat Death across three aspect ratios
    (1.37:1 as-filmed, 1.66:1 UK theatrical and 1.85:1 US theatrical) featuring both
    censored and uncensored scenes.
  • Brand-new 5.1 mix for each version of the film alongside the original mono film
    soundtrack.
  • English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on each version of the
    film.

The discs feature:

  • A comprehensive series of new and archive commentaries across the six
    iterations with contributions and critical perspectives from Lizbeth Myles, Paul
    Cornell, Kim Newman, Stephen Jones, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Lauren
    Barnett, John Hamilton, Professor Lucy Bolton, Pamela Hutchinson, Constantine
    Nasr and Dr. Steve Haberman.
  • A new programme with Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey, discussing the making of
    this classic Gothic horror.
  • A Hideous Concoction: an archive featurette featuring actor and horror expert
    Jonathan Rigby, who discusses the film and source play.
  • The Man Who Could Direct Death: an archive featurette with film historian and
    BFI curator Vic Pratt, who discusses the film’s director, Terence Fisher.
  • The Man Who Can Chat Death: an archive interview with Hugh Harlow, a
    Hammer mainstay and third AD on the film.
  • Court in Session: an archive featurette with film historian Melanie Williams, who
    discusses actor Hazel Court.
  • Hazel Court 1999 interview: a candid interview with Hazel Court in front of a live
    audience at Manchester’s Festival of Fantastic Films.
  • Hammer Convention Panel 1999: in addition to the FoFF interview, Hazel Court
    also appeared on a panel chaired by Wayne Kinsey and featuring writer Jimmy
    Sangster and award-winning director Freddie Francis.
  • A restoration featurette.
  • Original censor Card, UK trailer, clapperboard and alternative burning shot.
  • Extensive image gallery of stills and publicity material.

Technical features

Language Mono / 5.1 / English
Number of discs 2 x UHD Blu-ray, 2 x Blu-Ray
Region B for Blu-ray, ABC for UHD
Certification TBC
Run time Feature: 83 Minutes
Subtitles English, French, Italian, Spanish, German
Actors Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee
Directed By Terence Fisher
Written By Jimmy Sangster
Produced By Michael Carreras
Release Date 1959

 

This is a UK Import. The 4K UHD is Region Free. The Blu-ray is Region B and will require a multi-region capable player.

Preorder Policy

All items ordered together will ship together when everything is in stock. Please place separate orders if you wish to have your items shipped sooner. Please note that a titles release date change will delay the shipment of your order. We can cancel items out of orders to expedite your shipment as needed. However, we are unable to add items to your order.

Domestic preorders will usually ship before or around release date. Import preorders can take a week to three weeks after release date before they are available to ship to you.

All product release dates, features, and artwork are subject to change.

Preorders are charged when you place an order. If for any reason, I am unable to fulfill the order for this product, the product will be cancelled from the order and a refund will be issued for the product. If you have other items in the same order, this will not disrupt those from shipping out together if and when they become available.

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If you need to cancel a preorder please contact me at owner@atomicmoviestore.com