Heroes of Horror

The Arts & Entertainment series Biography has profiled numerous celebrities and public figures since the mid-1980s.

This 2-disc DVD set turns the spotlight on five actors considered “horror film stars” – Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Lorre, and Vincent Price.

Region 1 only
Date:   Oct. 14, 2003
Retail:   $19.99

The Documentaries:

• Bela Lugosi – Hollywood’s Dark Prince (1995)



• Boris Karloff – The Gentle Monster (1995)



• Lon Chaney – Son of a Thousand Faces (1995)



• Peter Lorre – The Master of Menace (1996), including on-screen interviews with Stephen Youngkin and many actors and directors who worked with Lorre.
  
  
• Vincent Price – The Versatile Villain (1997)

The Extras:

• Bela Lugosi – interview, film trailers



• Borris Karloff – interviews, promo clip, film trailers



• Lon Chaney – film trailers



• Peter Lorre – film trailers: Mad Love, The Beast With Five Fingers, The Raven, The Comedy of Terrors



• Vincent Price – featurettes, film trailers

“Peter Lorre:
Das doppelte Gesicht”

This 1984 German documentary by Harun Faroki, including an interview with Stephen Youngkin, is among the bonus features on Kinowelt Home Entertainment’s DVD release of Der Verlorene.

Information on the DVD, as well as on-line ordering, can be found here.

“The Mysterious Mr. Lorre:
A Conversation with
Stephen Youngkin”

This 2006 documentary, featuring an interview with Lorre biographer Stephen Youngkin, was produced specially for the DVD box-set release of Volume One of the 2-volume Mr. Moto Collection, including four films in the Mr. Moto detective series of the 1930s.

Information on the DVD, as well as on-line ordering, can be found here.