Arrow Video brings together three thrillers from José Ramon Larraz, director of the recently rediscovered 1974 British Cannes submission SYMPTOMS. In his feature debut WHIRLPOOL, a model is invited to the countryside to take portfolio photographs by a fashion editor and her unnaturally close photographer nephew and starts to wonder what happened to the girl before her who is now missing. In VAMPYRES, a motorist picks up a beautiful hitchhiker who takes him back to her gothic mansion for a night of sex and blooddrinking. In THE COMING OF SIN, a wealthy and beautiful young woman takes in a gypsy maid and attraction sparks, but the relationship becomes an uncomfortable threesome when the man of the gypsy girl's nightmares joins them.
REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)
BLOOD HUNGER: THE FILMS OF JOSÉ LARRAZ Blu-ray specs:
- DISC ONE: Whirlpool (1970)
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
- English LPCM 1.0
- Optional English SDH Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
- "Obsessive Recurrence: The Early Films of José Larraz" an appreciation by author and critic Kim Newman
- "A Curious Casting" interview with actor Larry Dann
- "Deviations of Whirlpool" featurette on the differences between the U.S. Theatrical Cut and the European cut of the film
- Archival Interview with director José Larraz
- Image Gallery
- U.S. Theatrical Trailer
- DISC TWO: Vampyres (1974)
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
- English LPCM 1.0
- Optional English SDH Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Diabolique Magazine's Kat Ellinger
- Cast and Crew Interviews:
- "A High Stakes Enterprise" interview with producer Brian Smedley-Aston
- "By This Sign, I'll Recognise You..." interview with actress Marianne Morris
- "Daughter of Dracula" interview with actress Anulka
- "A Cut-Throat Business" interview with actor Brian Deacon
- "Unhappy Camper" interview with actress Sally Faulkner
- "Bloodletting on a Budget" interview with make-up artist Colin Arthur
- "Requiem for a Vampyre" interview with composer James Kenelm Clarke
- "Reimagining Vampyres" interview with Larraz's friend and collaborator Victor
- Matellano, director of the 2015 "Vampyres" remake
- Archival Interview with director José Larraz
- 1997 Eurofest Q&A with director José Larraz and actress Marianne Morris
- Image Galleries:
- Stills
- Behind the Scenes
- Promotional and Miscellaneous
- "Lost" Caravan Sequence
- Trailers:
- U.S. Theatrical Trailer
- International Theatrical Trailer
- DISC THREE: The Coming of Sin (1978)
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
- English and Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the English track and English subtitles for the Spanish track
- English or Spanish opening credits via seamless branching
- Audio Commentary by Diabolique Magazine's Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan
- "Variations of Vice: The Alternate Versions of The Coming of Sin" featurette with Nucleus Films' Marc Morris
- "Remembering Larraz" author and filmmaker Simon Birrell on his long-time friend and collaborator José Larraz
- "His Last Request" 2005 short film by Simon Birrell made under the guidance of José Larraz and starring Spanish horror legend Jack Taylor
- Archival Interview with director José Larraz
- Image Gallery
- Spanish Theatrical Trailer
- Newly comissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
- 80-page perfect bound book featuring new writing by Jo Botting, Tim Greaves and Vanity Celis