Title: Rasputin The Mad Monk

Director: Don Sharp

Written by: Anthony Hinds

Starring: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco

Movie Release: 1966

Production Company: Hammer Films

Rating: NR

Runtime: 92 min

Plot: Hammer Films' dual reputation for screen shock and flamboyant costume adventure meld in this tale of the real-life "holy man" whose evil charm held the fate of an entire nation in its grip.

In Czarist Russia, Rasputin (Christopher Lee), a peasant monk, mysteriously demonstrates his healing powers by saving a woman's life and asking only for wine and a Bacchanalian celebration in return. But soon Rasputin uses his evil charm and powers to become increasingly manipulative and violent. Ferocious, devious and other-worldly, this uncouth peasant ingratiates himself bit by bit into the lives of the sophisticated royal class ... Christopher Lee's multi-layered performance as Rasputin rates as one of the best portrayals in any film.

Blu-ray Label: Scream Factory

Blu-ray Release Date: Feb 18, 2020

MSRP: $27.99

Extra Features:

º Extras in progress and will be announced at a later date.

Blu-ray Label: Shock

Blu-ray Release Date: Mar 6, 2013

MSRP: AU$23.98

Extra Features:

º Making of Documentary "Tall Stories"

º Documentary "Brought to Book: Hammer Novelisations"

º Hammer Trailers: The Devil Rides Out, Rasputin the Mad Monk, The Mummy's Shroud

Blu-ray Label: Studio Canal 

Blu-ray Release Date: Oct 22, 2012

Extra Features:

º Making of Documentary "Tall Stories"

º Documentary "Brought to Book: Hammer Novelisations"

º World of Hammer Episode: Costumers

º Gallery

º Commentary with Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews, and Suzan Framer

º Alternate 2.55:1 version