Airing as part of ABC’s Wide World of Mystery in 1973, five-part horror series The Classic Ghosts has been rescued from obscurity for a Blu-ray release on October 29.
Bloody Disgusting is teaming up with Kino Lorber to give away three copies of the Blu-ray set.
This contest is open to US residents only. One entry permitted per address. Three winners will be drawn on October 29.
Produced by broadcast pioneer Jacqueline Babbin (Sybil, All My Children), The Classic Ghosts has been preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
“The Haunting of Rosalind” (65 min) is directed by Lela Swift, based on a story by Henry James. Pamela Payton-Wright, Susan Sarandon, Beatrice Straight, and Frank Converse star.
“The Screaming Skull” (67 min) is directed by Gloria Monty, based on a story by Francis Marion Crawford. David McCallum, Vince Gardenia, and Carrie Nye star.
“The Deadly Visitor” (66 min) is directed by Lela Swift, based on a story by Fitz-James O’Brien. Perry King, Gwen Verdon, and James Keach star.
“The House and the Brain” (65 min) is directed by Gloria Monty, based on a story by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Carol Williard, Hurd Hatfield, Keith Charles, and Maryce Carter star.
“And the Bones Came Together” (66 min) is directed by Henry Kaplan, based on a story by Sholomo Keil. Robin Strasser, Laurence Luckinbill, and Herbert Berghof star.
The two-disc set includes interviews with Mark Quigley (John H. Mitchell Television Curator of the UCLA Film & Television Archive), Maya Montañez Smukler (Head of the UCLA Film & Television Archive Research and Study Center), and film historian Amanda Reyes, as well as a demonstration by DC Video’s David Crosthwait of the technology required to reclaim the program from the now-obsolete 2″ videotape format.
