375-379 The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter

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[reaky]

Just arrived, with this cute enclosure.

[MichaelB]

Enjoy!

(Although I honestly can’t imagine anyone not enjoying these.)

[MichaelB]

A typically massive review from CineOutsider:

My eyes are opened. As I noted at the start of this overlong review, my early memories of Tod Slaughter were coloured by the narrow tastes of youth and the shocking state of the prints that were screened on the small-screen TVs of the day. The British film history owes a debt to those who carried out the restorations of the eight films in this set, and watching them has been an immensely enjoyable revelation. A glorious octet of films by one of the unjustly unsung superstars of early British sound cinema, looking better than any of us could ever have imagined, each with a terrific commentary track and backed up by a wonderful set of extras. No question, this absolutely gets my nomination for Blu-ray box set of the year. Tod Slaughter rules!

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It’s Never Too Late to Mend is topped and tailed with homilies about prison reform and features a cleric who brandishes crucifixes like a Home Counties Van Helsing, but it remains a vehicle for Tod to abuse his position as squire, lech after a local girl, twirl his moustache and as ever, get backed into a corner by his nemeses at the end and threaten them with a one-bullet flintlock. The steel wallmounted “jacket” they squeeze a teenage prisoner into is truly nightmarish.