(Silvio Narizzano, 1965)
Release date: 29 June 2020
Standard Edition Blu-ray
Directed by Silvio Narizzano (Georgy Girl), Fanatic, also known as Die! Die! My Darling, stars Hollywood great Tallulah Bankhead in her final film performance. She stars as the psychotic religious zealot Mrs Trefoile, who terrorises and imprisons her dead son’s fiancée Patricia (Stefanie Powers) and is determined to 'cleanse' her soul...
With a supporting cast that includes the ever-excellent Yootha Joyce, Peter Vaughn and a young Donald Sutherland in one of his earliest screen roles, Fanatic is a rich and disturbing thriller, powered by a superb Richard Matheson script and a power-house performance from the legendary Bankhead.
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
High Definition remaster
Original mono audio
Die! Die! My Darling!: alternative presentation with the US title sequence
House of Horror: Inside ‘Fanatic’ (2017, 14 mins): an analysis of the film by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby and cultural historian John J Johnston
Hammer’s Women: Tallulah Bankhead (2017, 10 mins): Kat Ellinger explores the life and work of the inimitable star of stage and screen
David Huckvale on Composer Wilfred Josephs (2017, 14 mins): an appreciation of the composer’s work by the author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
Fanatical Detail (2017, 9 mins): continuity supervisor Renée Glynne and second assistant director Stuart Black recall the making of Fanatic
Matthew Lombardo on Tallulah Bankhead and ‘Fanatic’ (2017, 7 mins): the acclaimed playwright discusses his play Looped and his fascination with Tallulah Bankhead
Original theatrical trailer
Image gallery: an extensive collection of original international promotional material
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
