The Cat and the Canary (1927) Standard Edition Eureka - Blu-ray Region A Busch Media the original short from which

the original short from which the feature grew

John Astin

a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson co-author of In Search of Darkness

"Gerald's Game" - Interview with Barton Faulks (11:04)

wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster

The Cat and the Canary (1927) Standard Edition Eureka - Blu-ray Region A Busch Media the original short from whichPaul Leni (The Man Who Laughs) directs one of the most important and influential films in the early history of American genre cinema, which perfected the 'old dark house' formula and set the stage for the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s. Twenty years after the death of millionaire Cyrus West, his surviving relatives are called together in a decaying mansion on the Hudson River. There, they gather to hear West's lawyer Roger Crosby (Tully Marshall)