In this gripping sci-fi thriller, two brilliant scientists unlock the secret to duplicating life, only to find their actions have deadly consequences. A dangerous love triangle ensues when they use their invention to clone the woman they both love. With mind-bending twists and a chilling exploration of human nature, Four Sided Triangle blends classic British sci-fi with psychological suspense, proving that some inventions are best left unexplored. Never before seen on Blu-Ray in the UK, Four Sided Triangle makes its debut as a brand-new Hammer 4K restoration from the original negative film elements..
You can order the Blu-ray here.
This limited collector’s edition comprises:
- Two disks in a stylish digipak, one UHD and one Blu-Ray, with the content duplicated across both formats. Each version of the film has English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German subtitles.
- A rigid box featuring brand new artwork by UK illustrator Tommy Pocket.
- An extensive booklet containing new essays and reproduced material from the Hammer archives.
- Facsimile reproductions of the UK and US press books and a double-sided poster.
- New commentary with film and media historian Melanie Williams and film researcher and critic Thirza Wakefield.
- New commentary with actor and film historian Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic, and Kevin Lyons, editor of the Encyclopaedia of Fantastic Film and Television website.
- I Am Not Ashamed: Film historian Lucy Bolton takes an unvarnished look at Barbara Payton, her body of work and her riches-to-rags story of Hollywood excess in an unenlightened and censorious age.
- In the Sticks Sci-Fi!: William Fowler and Vic Pratt, creators/curators of the BFI’s ongoing Flipside series, discuss and deconstruct this key example of Hammer’s science-horror output.
- Things to Come: Film historian and writer Neil Sinyard examines Four Sided Triangle, its stars, direction and problematic sexual politics.
- An extensive image gallery, including behind-the-scenes images, alongside Malcolm Arnold’s score tracks.
- A new article by writer and actor Bruce G. Hallenbeck examines the making of the Four-Sided Triangle.
- A new article by novelist and screenwriter Gavin Collinson examines the source of this Frankenstein-inspired story and its many adjacent films.
- A new article by author and film expert Neil Sinyard compares the screenplay against noted sci-fi author William F. Temple’s source novel.
- An archive interview with Len Harris, Hammer’s stalwart camera operator and a key presence at Hammer for over a decade.
- A new in-depth examination of the attempts at remaking Four Sided Triangle in the 1990s (including reproduction production paperwork from the Hammer archive).
- Reproductions of the UK and US Pressbooks.
- A double-sided poster.
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