LIMITED TO 800 COPIES
ORDERS WITH THIS BLU-RAY IN IT WILL SHIP IN JANUARY 2026.
A LOST SILENT FILM AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME
A mutiny breaks out on a ship over a chest of gold.
In the fracas, the boat crashes along the shores of Ontario’s Lake Superior.
From the wreckage emerges a hulking, snarling figure, caged no more!
Now, with freedom clenched between its razor-sharp fangs, the furry beast escapes into Canada’s dense wilderness… Where it shall be bestowed a new name by all those who lay their terrified eyes upon its deadly form… THE DEVIL BEAR.
Oh, and the Devil Bear is a gorilla.
A film only glimpsed in a handful of blurry stills since it’s brief theatrical run in the 1930s, Gold Ninja Video is proud to present this lost Canada silent to the general public for the first time, with a new 2K Scan provided by The Library and Archives of Canada, and a simian-sized amount of special features about the amazing story behind the making of the film - and why it has never been available - until now!
SPECIAL FEATURES:
*Two new Improvised Scores For THE DEVIL BEAR by Emily Decloux and Andrew Shenkman
*Commentary on THE DEVIL BEAR by Justin Decloux (The Important Cinema Club)
*Everything’ Better With a Gorilla: A Discussion Between Stephen R. Bissette (Cryptid Cinema) and Justin Decloux about Early Gorilla Suit Cinema
*Lakehead Gothic: A Video Essay about The Devil Bear by Stephen Broomer (Black Zero)
&New Liner Notes by Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu, author of “The Best Picture Ever Made in Canada? Thunder Bay Films Limited and The Devil Bear.
*BONUS FEATURE: Canadian Film, The Viking(1931), with introduction by Justin Decloux.
