The Devils Partner / Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) (Film Masters)

[MifuneFan]

Film Masters will be releasing another double-feature from Roger Corman's production company (The Filmgroup) on January 16th. It will include The Devil's Partner (1961) from a new 4K restoration, as well as a bonus film of Corman's Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961), sourced from an HD Print. The release includes several extras including commentary tracks, and TV versions of each film.

Bonus Materials

• TV Version of Devil's Partner included
• Theatrical Version of Creature from the Haunted Sea included
• Extended TV Version of Creature from the Haunted Sea included
• Full length commentary for Devil's Parter
• Full length commentary for theatrical version of Creature from the Haunted Sea
• Inserted booklet with essays by Tom Weaver and Jackson Cooper
• Hollywood Intruders: The Filmgroup Story: Part 3 by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures

Roger Corman and his brother Gene founded The Filmgroup to distribute their own films. Occasionally they picked up projects by other filmmakers, such as The Devil's Partner (1961), a macabre tale of an elderly man who regains his youth after making a deal with Satan. This tale of folk terror from director Charles Rondeau stars Edgar Buchanan and Jean Allison. Special Bonus Feature: Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961), Corman's spoof of crime films where a gangster knocks off his crew members, blaming their deaths on a legendary sea monster. These two were often paired as a double-feature during the summer and fall of 1961. Beware of the creature with ping-pong ball eyes!

[starsteam]

I love this label.

[The Valeyard]

I love Film Masters and I haven't even purchased a disc yet!

[WaverBoy]

All good, except they need to throw in the trailers too. Please.

[MifuneFan]

A few more details on the extras from the official site. An interview with Roger Corman will be included as well.

https://www.filmmasters.com/devilspartner

The Contributors

Devil's Partner

• Larry Strothe, James Gonis, Shawn Sheridan, and Matt Weinhold of the Monstery Party Podcast are back for this entertaining commentary!
  
• ​Mark McGee writes our liner notes for this film.

​Creature from the Haunted Sea

• Fan favorite Tom Weaver is back for our theatrical length commentary of this feature. Joining Weaver is Roger Corman, Kinta Zertuche, and Larry Blamire.
  
• Weaver also provides the liner notes for this film

Special Features

• Ballyhoo Motion Pictures continues "Hollywood Intruders: The Filmgroup Story" with Part Three of the story.
  
• ​Interview with Roger Corman on the formation of The Filmgroup.
  
• Recut trailers, based off of the original theatrical trailers, for both features are included.
  
• ​Original Creature from the Haunted Sea theatrical trailer, from 16mm archival elements, scanned in 4k, also included

[OceanBlue]

I think this Film Masters double feature Blu-ray title is probably the one title announced so far that I want to get the most. The list of extras/bonus features are interesting-sounding (and varied) again. Liking that they're including the TV versions as a bonus.

Saw a Facebook post by Film Masters earlier which reminded me of this release (Ed Nelson is/was one of my favourite television actors).

[russweiss1]

I watched Creature From the Haunted Sea and it was better PQ than I was expecting considering the disclaimer they put up. They showed some of the restoration work they did as an extra and it's pretty amazing. The film itself is very low tier. There is a running joke with two of the characters that make animal sounds which I can't imagine was funny even back in 1961. The creature is about as hilarious as it gets. It is a Roger Corman film and at just barely over an hour it goes by quick enough.

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