OUTER LIMITS FANS! “Lost” pilot The Haunted (Ghost of Sierra de Cobre) 0

[N e r V]

 

 

Release Year: 1964

Running Time: 80

UPC: 7 38329 23339 6

Optional English Subtitles: Yes

Color Type: Color

Country: U.S.

Language: English

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Select a Format

$11.97$17.97

$19.95 $11.97 (40% off)BUY DVD

 Add to Wishlist

Only ships to US & Canada

 

Cast

Martin Landau 
Diane Baker 
Judith Anderson  
Nellie Burt  
Tom Simcox  
Leonard Stone  
 

Crew

Directed by Joseph Stefano and Robert Stevens
 

BRAND NEW RESTORATION IN 2K! Legendary writer and producer Joseph Stefano (Psycho and TV’s The Outer Limits) and star Martin Landau (TV’s Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999) originally shot this controversial cult classic as a pilot for a potential TV series called The Haunted, a new show similar in concept to The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, but with much more focus on horror. The pilot was not picked up, so after adding some additional scenes, The Haunted became The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre. Robert Stevens (TV’s Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone) started directing the pilot, but became very ill and was replaced by producer Stefano. Terrified of being buried alive, a young woman installs a phone in her crypt. A few days after her untimely death, the phone suddenly rings and paranormal investigator Nelson Orion (Landau) is brought in to probe the case. Stunningly shot in black-and-white by renowned cinematographers William A. Fraker (Rosemary’s Baby) and Conrad L. Hall (In Cold Blood). The stellar cast includes Diane Baker (Mirage) and Judith Anderson (Rebecca).

---

DVD Extras Include:

Brand New 2K Restoration | Includes THE HAUNTED (Alternate Cut)

Audio Commentary for THE GHOST OF SIERRA DE COBRE by Film Historian David J. Schow

Audio Commentary for THE HAUNTED by Film Historian Eric Grayson

 

 

 

Some history on this “lost” pilot. Easily the most wanted piece in Outer Limits collecting history.

 

https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/on-the-outer-limits-of-the-outer-limits/

 

 

[hippiecop]

     This is extremely intriguing ! 

Used to have a bootleg video of Stefano's "The Unknown" pilot  (which was later reworked into the Outer Limits "Forms Of Things Unknown" episode).  It was quite excellent. This is worth the money just to finally see it.

Thanks for the heads-up !

[N e r V]

30 minutes ago, hippiecop said:

     This is extremely intriguing ! 

Used to have a bootleg video of Stefano's "The Unknown" pilot  (which was later reworked into the Outer Limits "Forms Of Things Unknown" episode).  It was quite excellent. This is worth the money just to finally see it.

Thanks for the heads-up !

The blu ray release of Outer Limits season 2 later this month will contain both “The Unknown” and the original version of the pilot “Please Stand By”.

 

 

Newly Re-Mastered in HD! There Is Nothing Wrong With Your Television Set… Do Not Attempt To Adjust The Picture… We Are Controlling Transmission... The entire second season – 17 Episodes – You hold in your hands an artifact from a time now vanished forever; a compendium of portals into worlds unknown. A four-disc set that controls over 15 hours of transmission from the 1964-1965 series, this vessel has sought you out for one specific purpose: to expand your mind to The Outer Limits! Guest stars include William Shatner, Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Duvall, Robert Culp, Eddie Albert, Patrick O’Neal, Dabney Coleman, Robert Webber, Lloyd Nolan, James Sikking, Ted Knight, Michael Ansara, Marianna Hill, Tim O’Connor, Skip Homeier, James Doohan, Warren Stevens, Grant Williams, Dewey Martin, Michael Constantine, Ted de Corsia, Mary Murphy and Mark Richman.

---

Blu-ray Extras Include:

17 Episodes and 2 Alternates Episodes - All Newly Mastered in HD

THE UNKNOWN – the alternate cut of “The Forms of Things Unknown” intended a pilot for a show that was never broadcast – with an optional audio commentary track by Dr. Reba Wissner

PLEASE STAND BY – the alternate cut of “The Galaxy Being” was the pilot episode shown to ABC executives which later became THE OUTER LIMITS – with an optional commentary track by Film Historian Eric Grayson

AUDIO COMMENTARIES: 

SOLDIER by Film Historian David J. Schow

COOL HANDS, WARM HEART by Film Historian Craig Beam

BEHOLD ECK! by Film Historian Reba Wissner

EXPANDING HUMAN by Film Historian Reba Wissner

DEMON WITH A GLASS HAND by Film Historian Craig Beam

CRY OF SILENCE by Film Historian Gary Gerani

CRY OF SILENCE by Film Historian Reba Wissner

THE INVISIBLE ENEMY by Film Historian Craig Beam

WOLF 359 by Film Historian Craig Beam

I, ROBOT by Film Historian David J. Schow

THE INHERITORS: PART 1 by Film Historians Gary Gerani and Steve Mitchell

THE INHERITORS: PART 2 by Film Historians Gary Gerani and Steve Mitchell

KEEPER OF THE PURPLE TWILIGHT by Film Historian David J. Schow

THE DUPLICATE MAN by Film Historian Tim Lucas

COUNTERWEIGHT by Film Historian Reba Wissner

THE PREMONITION by Film Historian Tim Lucas

12 TNT PROMOS with Robert Culp, Harlan Ellison, Martin Landau, Cliff Robertson, William Shatner and Leslie Stevens (21:55)

DAVID J. SCHOW – Showtime Interview (22:45)

THE OUTER LIMITS PHENOMENON (12:08)

PENN & TELLER TNT Host Segments (20:41)

CLIFF ROBERTSON – THE GALAXY BEING – Full TNT Interview (36:00)

JOSEPH STEFANO – Full TNT Interview (64:07)

JOANNA FRANK – ZZZZZ – Full TNT Interview (21:02)

TNT Interview with Casting Director Meryl O’Loughlin (23:44)

ANTHONY LAWRENCE Interview (9:14)

CREATURE FEATURES with DAVID J. SCHOW (2:39)

The Museum of Television & Radio's William S. Paley Television Festival - The Outer Limits - March 10, 2000 - with guests David M. Schow, Robert H. Justman, Lou Morheim, Conrad L. Hall, Martin Landau, Joseph Stefano (73:09)

PROJECT UNLIMITED – Commentary by David J. Schow (10:28)

ABC NEW YEAR’S PROMO (0:43)

WHAT’S NEW ON ABC? – 1963 Promo with Edie Adams (6:32)

5 TV SPOTS (4:30)

THERE IS STILLNOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION SET – Booklet Essay by David J. Schow

 

[Dick Pontoon]

Thanks for the heads up! Glad to see the extras on the Season 2 set. I just got the season 1 set a few weeks ago to replace my DVD set. It looks fantastic. Second season doesn't quite measure up to the first so the alternate cuts make it more enticing, though I was intending to get it eventually.