Strait-Jacket Blu-Ray

Joan Crawford (Berserk) gives a fantastic performance in Strait-Jacket, a shocking psychological thriller from director William Castle (The Tingler) starring Diane Baker (Marnie) and Leif Erickson (The Lady Gambles).Lucy Harbin (Crawford) spent twenty years in a psychiatric hospital after decapitating her husband and his lover with an axe—an act witnessed by her young daughter Carol (Baker). When Lucy is released, she moves in with Carol and her husband Bill (Erickson), but a series of gruesome axe murders suggests that she may not be completely cured...

With a screenplay by Robert Bloch (Psycho) and macabre humor, Strait-Jacket is one of William Castle's most beloved films.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High-definition remaster

Original mono audio

Audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Emma Westwood

Mirror Images (2018, 28 min): appreciation by Jonathan Rigby, author of American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema

Joan Had Me Fired (2018, 7 min): interview with actress Anne Helm

On the Road with Joan Crawford (2018, 7 min): interview with publicist Richard Kahn

Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2007, 15 min): documentary featuring interviews with actress Diane Baker and screenwriter Robert Bloch

How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964, 5 min): a short promotional film featuring star Joan Crawford, screenwriter Robert Bloch, and director William Castle. Robert Bloch and director William Castle

Joan Crawford Wardrobe Test (1964, 4 min)

Joan Crawford Axe Test (1964, 1 min)

Super 8 version: original home movie presentation, with unique narration

Isolated music and effects track

Original theatrical trailer

Image gallery: production and promotional photographs

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing