Arrow Video USA stalks KILLER DAMES (review)

The two giallo of Emilio P. Miraglia come to special edition Blu-ray/DVD combo from Arrow Video.  In THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE, Lord Alan Cunningham has a kink that involves picking up red headed hookers for bondage and murder.  Haunted by the specter of his red-headed wife Evelyn, Alan thinks to cure his blackouts and torments by marrying blonde Gladys, but the ghost of his wife or a scheming relative starts knocking off members of the household and Evelyn's tomb is discovered to be empty.  In THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES, sisters Kitty and Evelyn are destined to carry out a centuries-old family curse in which one sister will kill the other and the dead one will rise from the grave and murder seven people.  Erika Blanc, Marina Malfatti, Anthony Steffen, Barbara Bouchet, Sybil Danning, and Marino Mase star.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US) Region A/B Blu-ray/Region 1/2 DVD (DVD Drive-in)

KILLER DAMES: TWO GOTHIC CHILLERS Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Restored in 2K from the original 35mm Techniscope camera negatives
• The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971):
• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles for the Italian track and English SDH subtitles for the English dub
• Optional Introduction by Erika Blanc
• Audio Commentary by critic Troy Howarth
• "Remembering Evelyn" interview with critic Stephen Thrower
• "The Night Erika Came Out of the Grave" interview with actress Erika Blanc
• Archival Special Features:
• 2006 Introduction by Erika Blanc
• "The Whip and the Body" interview with Erika Blanc
• "Still Rising from the Grave" interview with production designer Lorenzo Baraldi
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• English Theatrical Trailer
• The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972):
• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles for the Italian track and English SDH subtitles for the English dub
• Optional Introduction by production designer Lorenzo Baraldi
• Audio Commentary by critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
• "The Red Reign" interview with critic Stephen Thrower
• "Life of Lulu" interview with actress Sybil Danning
• Alternative Opening
• Archival Special Features:
• "Dead à Porter" interview with production desigener Lorenzo Baraldi
• "Round Up the Usual Suspects" interview with actor Marino Mase
• "If I Met Emilio Miraglia Today..."
• "My Favorite... Films" convention footage with actress Barbara Bouche
• English Theatrical Trailer
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Limited edition boxed set of 3000 copies
• Reversible Covers
• 60-page booklet containing new writing by James Blackford, Kat Ellinger, Leonard Jacobs and Rachael Nisbet