The man who killed to live! A wonderfully twisted tale of vanity and immortality, The Man Who Could Cheat Death will be released as a brand-new 4K restored Limited Collector’s Edition on 22nd February 2027 and is available to pre-order now.
Anton Diffring (Where Eagles Dare) gives a chilling lead performance as a monstrous doctor seeking immortality in screenwriter Jimmy Sangster and director Terence Fisher’s visually sumptuous shocker, The Man Who Could Cheat Death, one of the 1950s Gothics that made Hammer Films a worldwide byword for horror.
With strong support from Hazel Court (The Curse of Frankenstein) and the legendary Christopher Lee (Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein), 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.
Reuniting two of Hammer’s defining creative forces at the heart of the studio’s Gothic legacy, the partnership of Fisher (The Curse of Frankenstein, Spaceways, Four Sided Triangle, Stolen Face) and Sangster (The Curse of Frankenstein, X the Unknown) delivers a disturbing nightmare of murder and bodily horror all in glorious Technicolor.
Now over six-decades since its original release, 1959’s The Man Who Could Cheat Death Limited Collector’s Edition sees the film available for the first time on UHD in the UK. It’s released with an exceptional range of recent and archival material including a curated programme of commentaries, interviews, and fantastic behind the scenes insights from interviews with Court and Sangster, a look at Roy Ashton’s annotated shooting script, to an exploration of the film’s place in Hammer’s Gothic history. There’s also a brand-new programme with Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey discussing the making of this classic Gothic horror.
The Man Who Could Cheat Death Limited Collector’s Edition will be available as a 4-disc 4K UHD and Blu-ray set that delivers exceptional clarity, contrast, and sound. It’s a must-have for Hammer and horror film fans.
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