Danza Macabra Volume Two: The Italian Gothic Collection

OBS: Dette er en utgave som blir importert fra USA. For å spille den må man ha en SONE A eller SONEFRI BLU-RAY-spiller.3 CLASSIC FILMS.1 LANDMARK MINI-SERIES.REDISCOVERED. RESTORED. RECLAIMED.In this second collection of Italian Gothic shockers, you’re invited to grab your candelabra and enter cobweb-shrouded worlds of violence, madness and sexual deviance that remain unmatched in genre history: Gothic goddess Barbara Steele stars in Antonio Margheriti’s certified masterpiece CASTLE OF BLOOD and its Italian version DANZA MACABRA, both restored and scanned in 4K and presented in UHD for the first time ever. JEKYLL is 1969’s award-winning four-part RAI-TV sceneggiati from writer/director/star Giorgio Albertazzi that contemporizes the classic tale of man’s darkest impulses. Writer/director Corrado Farina reinvents the Dracula legend as a modern-day capitalist conspiracy with his startling and long out-of-print 1971 debut THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR FACE. And a sizzling Rosalba Neri is seduced by Satan himself in 1972’s THE DEVIL’S LOVER, finally available restored and uncut. All four titles are now presented in their North American Premieres, newly mastered from the best available elements with over 13 collective hours of Special Features.DISCS 1-3: CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964)It was begun by Sergio Corbucci (DJANGO), completed by Antonio Margheriti (THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH) and remains one of the true masterpieces of Gothic Horror. Now both versions – the Italian DANZA MACABRA and the U.S. release CASTLE OF BLOOD – can be experienced like never before: When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won’t survive the night in a haunted castle, it will unlock an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance and a dark seductress (the legendary Barbara Steele) who surrenders the gravest of pleasures. Georges Rivière (THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG) co-stars in “a classic cornerstone of the EuroHorror Renaissance” (DVD Savant), scanned in 4k from the original negative and restored by Cinématographique Lyre in collaboration with Severin Films, with 3+ hours of new and archival Special Features that include a selected scene commentary by Steele.Disc Specs:Runtime: 91 mins (DANZA MACABRA), 83 mins (CASTLE OF BLOOD)DANZA MACABRA Audio: Italian Mono, Partial English Mono / Optional English Subtitles, Closed CaptionsCASTLE OF BLOOD Audio: English Mono / Closed CaptionsRegion AAspect Ratio: 1.85:1DISC 1: UHD (FILM + SPECIAL FEATURES)Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett Of NaschyCast And The Bloody Pit, And Adrian SmithTrailerTV SpotDISC 2: BLU-RAY (FILM + SPECIAL FEATURES)Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett Of NaschyCast And The Bloody Pit, And Adrian SmithSelected Scene Commentary With Actress Barbara Steele And Barbara Steele Archivist Russ LanierExploring The Castle Of Blood – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Books On Jess Franco And Lucio FulciDISC 3: BLU-RAY (SPECIAL FEATURES)The Director Who Didn't Like Blood – Interview With Edoardo Margheriti, Son Of Director Antonio MargheritiEnigmatic Elegance: Unveiling The Haunting Legacy Of Barbara Steele In The Italian Gothic – Video Essay By Rachael Nisbet, Film Critic And Co-Host Of Fragments Of FearReturn To The Castle – Location FeaturetteAntonio Margheriti Remembers CASTLE OF BLOOD And Barbara SteeleTrailerTV SpotDISCS 4 & 5: JEKYLL (1969)In 1969, Italian actor/writer/director Giorgio Albertazzi – best known to international audiences as the star of LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD – took Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic novella and transformed it into a four-part contemporary allegory of duality, depravity and man’s darkest impulses: When a series of brutal attacks are committed by a lunatic named Edward Hyde, the investigation leads to molecular biologist Henry Jekyll. But have the doctor’s unorthodox experiments unlocked even greater horrors? Massimo Girotti (BARON BLOOD, LAST TANGO IN PARIS), Ursula Davis (AN ANGEL FOR SATAN) and Marina Berti (NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS) co-star in this award-winning sceneggiati featuring stark black & white cinematography by future Poliziottesci maestro Stelvio Massi, now presented from RAI-TV tape masters with new English subtitles for the first time ever.Disc Specs:Runtime: 262 minsAudio: Italian Mono / Optional English SubtitlesRegion A/B/CAspect Ratio: 1.33:1Special Features:Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Albertazzi – Interview With Actor Giuliano DisperatiBuilding The World Of JEKYLL – Interview With Set Designer Emanuele TagliettiThe Double Spiral Staircase Of Jekyll And Hyde – Video Essay By Joseph Dw