The Dunwich Horror (1970), directed by Daniel Haller, Wicked-Vison remaster, encoded in 10 bit HEVC with AAC sound, including original theatrical stereo, three commentary tracks (two of them in German), and English and German subtitles.

IMDb : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065669/

Video encoded in two-pass 9 500 kbps x265 10bit with the veryslow preset for archive quality image.

English subtitles OCRed, proofed and corrected. German subtitles converted to VobSub and repositioned.

Note : Before Stuart Gordon established himself as the foremost adapter of Lovecraft's works to the screen in the 80s, Daniel Haller was definitely trying for that title, with first Die, Monster, Die!, and 5 years later this, which is definitely the better of the two films. Starring later Lynch collaborator and ultra-prolific character actor known from Quantum Leap and the Battlestar Galactica revival Dean Stockwell in an extremely fake looking mustache as Wilbur Whateley, early 60s starlet Sandra Dee in her last film role, an attempted comeback, as well as Ed Begley as Henry Armitage, it's a valiant effort, at least, up there with the other Roger Corman-produced AIP horror films, and particularly good look, with lavish, colorful sets, nice cinematography, and some trippy late-60s optical effects.

The story loosely follows that of the Lovecraft short story: Wilbur Whateley comes to Miskaonic University to get his hands on the Necronomicon, but is rebuffed by Dr. Armitage. Nancy, a student of Armitage's, offers to drive him back to Dunwich, and once they're there, Wilbur engineers car problems and offers her drugged tea to make her stay. They enter into something of a romantic relationship, and when Armitage and her friend Elizabeth come looking for her, they send her away, prompting them to start investigating Wilbur and his grandfather, the family history, and the events which sent Wilbur's mother to the asylum decades ago.

This is a surprisingly nice-looking remaster, very crisp and with well-managed grain, and the saturated set design really shines. Sounds is good too, and the English commentary track is informative. I was unable to find any subtitles for the two German commentary tracks, but included them anyway for those who can make use of them.

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