If you haven’t seen Terence Young’s early home invasion tale, Wait Until Dark, you missed one hell of a film that still holds up to some of today’s greatest sub-genre offerings.

The oldest outright home invasion film I can peg off the top of my head, Wait Until Dark is loaded with tension as a small group of hoods break into a recently blinded woman’s home in search of a doll that’s rumored to be stuffed full of heroine.

It’s gripping, and it really does have a contemporary quality to it that isn’t often found in throwback features. Knowing it’s now officially available on Blu-ray is absolutely bad ass; this is a film that could pick up an entirely new generation of followers with a little shine, given the current popularity of home invasion films.

The flick has a great cast that includes Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna and Jack Weston. Jane-Howard Hammerstein and Robert Carrington adapt Frederick Knott’s play for the feature length film.

You can get a copy of the picture right here.

Here’s the official synopsis and trailer: