Corruption (Peter Cushing)

[Richard--W a straight arrow Find all posts View Profile Close Richard--W]

So, would everyone agree that CORRUPTION is a worthy celebration of Peter Cushing's career on his 100th birthday?

[Derrick King Waterfall Puncher Find all posts View Profile Close Derrick King]

I refuse to agree to anything, as I haven't seen the film (fucking amazon)

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

So, would everyone agree that CORRUPTION is a worthy celebration of Peter Cushing's career on his 100th birthday?

I revisited it this weekend (via the 'international version', which I hadn't seen before) and enjoyed it very much - although it's probably not the film Cushing would like to be remembered for. The use of wide-angle lenses during the murders works very nicely, but the rest of the film is quite flatly shot. I'd forgotten how frustrating the score was: it's completely out of step with the content of the film. I'd also forgotten how much of a bitch Sue Lloyd is in this: she's a true femme fatale.

For me, this sits in a lineage of films that encompasses PEEPING TOM and Hitchcock's FRENZY: disreputable films by reputable auteurs (in this case, not Hartford-Davis but Cushing, the film's 'star').

I'm certainly glad to see this film get a good release.

[Lalala76 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lalala76]

I'd forgotten how frustrating the score was: it's completely out of step with the content of the film

This was one of the hurdles that prevented me from completely enjoying the film. I just thought that its perhaps one of the worst misplaced choices for a score ever. What should have been chilling or at least dramatic was turned into something that I laughed at because of the music. The second issue I had was the speeded up chase scene. I just couldn't take that seriously. If it wasn't for those two aspects, I think I would have enjoyed it a hell of a lot more. You know there is something amiss when you laugh at a film that is supposed to be straight up horror and controversial in its approach too. Maybe now I have seen it for the first time, I should probably watch it again with a different approach, because initially I was expecting too much. That's the issue when something gets too much hype beforehand.

[John Bernhard Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close John Bernhard]

Another try might prove more anjoyable.
It's not a good film by any means, so going in with any other expectation other than watching Cushing sleaze it up ( or eyeballing Kate O Mara and Vanessa Howard in early roles ) would lead to a let down.
Sue Lloyd is a bit too convincing as the shrewish bitch wife and the last third is a mess that falls flat on it's face. Having seen the film half a dozen times over the last 40 years, I really wanted this one for the extras, and also just because it managed to find a release in the US. The film has been obscure for a reason :)

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Am I the only one who likes the score? I can't argue that it isn't inappropriate, you're probably right on that, but maybe because it's so out of place it works for me?

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

I'm in the camp that the score is way wrong for the film, but yeah, I like it on its own terms. Groovy jazz.

[Lalala76 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lalala76]

Overall, I'm still glad I own it, and its worthy of the effort for Cushings 100th Birthday. Just because its something different and not something that has been released a thousand times before.

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[Tobias Wragg Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tobias Wragg]

Am I the only one who likes the score? I can't argue that it isn't inappropriate, you're probably right on that, but maybe because it's so out of place it works for me?

I really like the score and I think you're correct as to why it works in the context of the film.

Corruption is my favourite British film not made by Andy Milligan.

[Killer Meteor Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Killer Meteor]

I think some of the music was recycled from DALEKS' INVASION EARTH 2150 AD.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Pre-order up for the Indicator release.

https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/pr.../corruption-le

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES


2K restoration from the original negative
Three feature presentations: the censored UK theatrical cut (92 mins), the US theatrical cut (92 mins), and the graphic continental version (91 mins)
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with Peter Cushing biographer David Miller and English Gothic author Jonathan Rigby for the US cut and continental version (2013)
The BEHP Interview with Peter Newbrook (1995, 92 mins): archival audio recording of the producer and cameraman in a career-spanning conversation with Alan Lawson and Roy Fowler, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project
The Guardian Interview with Peter Cushing (1986, 72 mins): archival audio recording of the legendary actor in conversation with David Castell at the National Film Theatre, London
The Reluctant Beatnik (2021, 15 mins): actor Phillip Manikum revisits his time on the film
What Ever Happened to Wendy Varnals? (2013, 16 mins): the actor and TV host remembers playing Terry
Archival interview with actor Billy Murray (2012, 14 mins)
Archival interview with actor Jan Waters (2012, 9 mins)
Stephen Laws Introduces 'Corruption' (2021, 7 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author
Alternative Laser Killer opening titles (3 mins)
Isolated music & effects track
Original UK theatrical trailer
Original US theatrical trailer
Edgar Wright trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): short critical appreciation
TV spots
Radio spots
Image galleries: production stills and promotional material
Director's shooting script gallery
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Laura Mayne, a history of production company Titan International Films, an archival interview with producer and cinematographer Peter Newbrook, a look at the film's music, cast and publicity, excerpts from the novelisation, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
Limited edition exclusive set of five replica production stills
UK premiere on any home video format
Limited edition of 5,000 copies

[James Reed Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close James Reed]

May I ask what the difference between the US and UK versions is?

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

Am I the only one who likes the score?

Am I the only one who wants to know who'd win in a fight?

[Tobias Wragg Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tobias Wragg]

Hartford-Davis' Corruption is my favourite British film not made by Andy Milligan so it would win, for me.