Christopher Lee’s ‘The Blood of Fu Manchu’ & ‘The Castle of Fu Manchu’ Hit 4K UHD in July

1968’s The Blood of Fu Manchu and 1969’s The Castle of Fu Manchu will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on July 29 from Blue Underground.

They’re the final two films in which horror legend Christopher Lee plays the titular Chinese supervillain, preceded by 1965’s The Face of Fu Manchu, 1966’s The Brides of Fu Manchu, and 1967’s The Vengeance of Fu Manchu.

Both movies are directed by Jess Franco (Vampyros Lesbos) and written and produced by Harry Alan Towers (The Mangler).

They’ve each been newly restored in 4K from the uncut original camera negatives with Dolby Vision HDR and DTS-HD Master Audio.

Also known as Kiss and Kill and Against All Odds, The Blood of Fu Manchu co-stars Tsai Chin, Maria Perschy, Howard Marion-Crawford, and Richard Greene.

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (new)
• The Rise of Fu Manchu – Interviews with Director Jess Franco, Producer Harry Alan Towers, and Stars Christopher Lee, Tsai Chin, & Shirley Eaton
• Sanguine-Stained Celluloid 0 Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco
• Trailers
• Poster & Still Gallery
• The Blood of Fu Manchu RiffTrax Edition – Riffed by Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett & Kevin Murphy (new)

From his secret lair deep within the South American jungle, international supervillain Fu Manchu and his sadistic daughter Lin Tang infect 10 beautiful women with an ancient poison so deadly that one kiss from their lips will bring instant death and lead to a global plague. Now the madman’s nemesis, Nayland Smith, must desperately hunt an antidote in a savage land where torture reigns and the ultimate evil lies in The Blood of Fu Manchu.

Also known as Assignment Istanbul, The Castle of Fu Manchu co-stars Tsai Chin, Maria Rohm, Howard Marion-Crawford, Richard Greene, and Shirley Eaton.

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with Film Historians Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth (new)
• The Fall of Fu Manchu – Interviews with Director Jess Franco, Producer Harry Alan Towers, and Stars Christopher Lee & Tsai Chin
• Castle of Carnage – Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco (new)
• International Trailer
• Poster & Still Gallery
• RiffTrax Edition
• The Castle of Fu Manchu RiffTrax Edition – Riffed by Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett & Kevin Murphy (new)

The diabolical Fu Manchu, along with his sadistic daughter Lin Tang, creates a fiendish new chemical weapon that will turn the seas into a giant block of ice. But when his archenemy Nayland Smith tracks the madman’s trail of kidnapping, murder and massive global destruction, he himself becomes trapped in Fu Manchu’s impenetrable lair of cruelty. Can any of the world’s top secret agents stop the cold-blooded terror that lives in The Castle of Fu Manchu?

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