Death Line [Blu-ray/DVD] [2 Discs]

Director: Gary Sherman, Gary A. Sherman Gary Sherman

Overview

Oh no! Cannibals are running amok in the London Tube and feasting upon would-be train passengers! This horror movie was filmed on location and originally titled Deathline.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/2017
UPC:	0827058801799
Original Release:	1973
Rating:	NR
Source:	Blue Underground
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:27:00
Sales rank:	23,338

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Gary Sherman, Producer Paul Maslansky, and Assistant Director Lewis More O'Ferrall; Tales From The Tube - Interview with Co-Writer/Director Gary Sherman and Executive Producers Jay Kanter & Alan Ladd Jr.; From The Depths - Interview with Star David Ladd and Producer Paul Maslansky; Mind the Doors - Interview with Star Hugh Armstrong; Death Line Trailer; Raw Meat Trailer; Raw Meat TV Spots; Raw Meat Radio Spots; Poster & Still Gallery; Bonus Collectible Booklet featuring new writing by authors Michael Gingold and Christopher Gullo

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Donald Pleasence	Inspector Calhoun
Norman Rossington	Det. Sgt. Rogers
David Ladd	Alex Campbell
Sharon Gurney	Patricia Wilson
Hugh Armstrong	The Man
June Turner	The Woman
Clive Swift	Inspector Richardson
James Cossins	James Manfred
Heather Stoney	Alice Marshall
Hugh Dickson	Dr. Bacon
Jack Woolgar	Platform Inspector
Christopher Lee	Stratton-Villers
Ron Pember	Lift Operator
Colin McCormack	Constable
Gary Winkler	Constable,Prostitute
James Culliford	Publican
Gerry Crampton	Tunnel Worker
Gordon Petrie	Tunnel Worker
Terence Plummer	Tunnel Worker
Wil Mallone	Composer
Jeremy Rose	Composer

Technical Credits

Ceri Jones

Gary Sherman	Director,Director
Ceri Jones	Screenwriter
John Horton	Special Effects
Jay Kanter	Executive Producer
Alan Ladd Jr.	Executive Producer
Paul Maslansky	Producer
Cyril Collick	Sound Effects
John Hackney	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Death Line is an effectively creepy low-budget horror film made with heart and wit. While the film suffers from uneven performances (David Ladd, in particular, is a bit of a stiff), director Gary Sherman gets a great darkly comic performance from horror stalwart Donald Pleasence. Pleasence bites into his role as an acerbic, class-conscious Cockney police inspector with tremendous gusto. He invigorates what would otherwise be a somewhat dour film. Hugh Armstrong generates surprising pathos as "the Man", a scabby, slimy denizen of an abandoned subway tunnel. Having been birthed and raised in the Underground, the only words that the pathetic, but dangerous creature knows are, "Mind the doors!" Sure, he's dirty and brutal, and he kills and eats human flesh, but the film cannily suggests that his life is much more honorable than that led by many of his victims. Much of the film was shot in an actual abandoned train tunnel, and one can practically smell his dark, dank underground lair, littered with body parts. At one point, Sherman and director of photography Alex Thomson deliver a bravura eight-minute tracking shot of the creepy lodgings. Thomson would go on to shoot films for John Boorman, Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Nicolas Roeg, and David Fincher, and he demonstrates tremendous talent here, as does Sherman, who did not have much commercial success after this promising feature debut.