Four Sided Triangle 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 1953 Hammer Limited 4 Terence Fisher

A chilling exploration of human nature... it's Hammer time!

Introducing Hammer's 2-Disc Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Region B) for 1963's Four Sided Triangle. With mind-bending twists and a chilling exploration of human nature, Four Sided Triangle blends classic British sci-fi with psychological suspense, proving that some inventions are best left unexplored. Never before seen on Blu-Ray in the UK, Four Sided Triangle makes its debut as a brand-new Hammer 4K restoration from the original negative film elements.

Hollywood starlet Barbara Payton stars in this gripping sci-fi thriller, two brilliant scientists unlock the secret to duplicating life, only to find their actions have deadly consequences. When they use their invention to clone the woman they both love, a dangerous love triangle ensues.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This set contains 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (Region Free) and Blu-ray (Region B) Discs. An all-region Blu-ray player is required to read Region B Discs. Standard U.S. Blu-ray players will NOT read Region B Discs. Looking for all-region players? We got your covered!

Limited Edition Features:

• Two disks in a stylish digipak, one UHD and one Blu-Ray with the content duplicated across both formats, with English, French, Italian, Spanish, German subtitles on each version of the film
• A rigid box featuring brand new artwork by UK illustrator Tommy Pocket
• An extensive booklet containing new essays and reproduced material from the Hammer archives
• Facsimile reproductions of the UK and US pressbooks and a double-sided poster

Disc Features:

• New commentary with film and media historian Melanie Williams and film researcher and critic Thirza Wakefield
• New commentary with actor and film historian Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic, and Kevin Lyons, editor of the Encyclopaedia of Fantastic Film and Television website
• I Am Not Ashamed: Film historian Lucy Bolton takes an unvarnished look at Barbara Payton, her body of work and her riches-to-rags story of Hollywood excess in an unenlightened and censorious age
• In the Sticks Sci-Fi!: William Fowler and Vic Pratt, creators/curators of the bfi’s ongoing Flipside series, discuss and deconstruct this key example of Hammer’s science-horror output
• Things to Come: Film historian and writer Neil Sinyard examines Four Sided Triangle, its stars, direction and problematic sexual politics
• An extensive image gallery, including behind-the-scenes images, alongside tracks from Malcolm Arnold’s score

Book Features:

• New article by writer and actor Bruce G. Hallenbeck, examining the making of Four Sided Triangle
• New article by novelist and screenwriter Gavin Collinson, examining the source for this Frankenstein-inspired story and its many adjacent films
• New article by author and film expert Neil Sinyard, comparing the screenplay against noted sci-fi author William F. Temple’s source novel
• An archive interview with Len Harris, Hammer’s stalwart camera operator and a key presence at Hammer for over a decade
• A new in-depth examination of the attempts at remaking Four Sided Triangle in the 1990s (including reproduction production paperwork from the Hammer archive)
• Reproductions of the UK and US Pressbooks
• A double-sided poster

Technical Specs:

• Year: 1953
• Audio: English (Atmos/5.1/Mono/English)
• Subtitles: English (optional)
• Discs: 2 (4K UHD/Blu-ray)
• Runtime: 81