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17 April 2023

Severin Films spins a DANZA MACABRA VOLUME ONE: THE ITALIAN GOTHIC COLLECTION (review)

Severin Films explores the Italian gothic with a quartet of chillers.  In MONSTER OF THE OPERA, a dance troupe encounters vampires in a haunted theater.  In THE SEVENTH GRAVE, heirs to a vast fortune are stalked by a killer.  In SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER, a female biochemist accepts a job at a castle for a baron suspected of the murders of local village girls.  In LADY FRANKENSTEIN, the baron's daughter carries on her father's work and creates a create that can satisfy her strange desires!

REVIEW LINK: Severin Films (US) Region A/ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DANZA MACABRA VOLUME ONE - THE ITALIAN GOTHIC COLLECTION Blu-ray specs: 

  • Disc One - Monster of the Opera:
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
    • Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
    • Optional English Subtitles 
    • Audio Commentary by author of "Daughters Of Darkness" Kat Ellinger 
    • "Terror at the Opera" interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi 
    • "Capodimonte Gothic" interview with Italian film devotee Mark Thompson-Ashworth 
    • "Radio Polselli" archival audio interview with director Renato Polselli 
    • French Theatrical Trailer 
    • Region A-Locked
  • Disc Two - The Seventh Grave:
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
    • Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
    • Optional English Subtitles 
    • Audio Commentary by film critic and co-host of "Fragments Of Fear" Rachael Nisbet 
    • "Seven Graves and a Mystery" interview with film historian Fabio Melelli 
    • "English Aesthetic with Giallo Blood" video essay by gothic scholar and author Rachel Knightley 
    • Region ALL
  • Disc Three - Scream of the Demon Lover:
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
    • English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
    • Optional English SDH Subtitles 
    • Audio Commentary by film historian and co-host of NaschyCast Rod Barnett and writer and editor of "I'm in a Jess Franco State of Mind" Robert Monell 
    • "Scream Erna Scream!" interview with actress Erna Schurer 
    • "In the Castle of Blood" video essay by author Stephen Thrower 
    • "The Killers of the Castle of Blood" Export Trailer 
    • Region A-Locked
  • Disc Four - Lady Frankenstein:
    • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen 
    • English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
    • Optional English and English SDH Subtitles 
    • Audio Commentary by author of "Daughters Of Darkness" Kat Ellinger and film scholar and host of "Girls, Guts, Giallo" Annie Rose Malamet 
    • Audio Commentary by author of "Dario Argento: The Man, The Myths & The Magic" Alan Jones and author of "Nightmare Movies" Kim Newman 
    • "Meet the Baroness" interview with actress Rosalba Neri by film historian Fabio Melelli 
    • "Piecing Together Lady Frankenstein" featurette with critic Julian Grainger 
    • "The Lady and the Orgy" featurette on director Mel Welles in Australia 
    • "The Truth About Lady Frankenstein: A Factual Report" German TV special with director Mel Welles and actors Rosalba Neri, Paul Müller, and Herbert Fux 
    • Alternate Clothed Insert Shots 
    • BBFC Film Cuts 
    • Italian Opening Credits 
    • Bigfilm Magazine: 1975 "Lady Frankenstein" Photo Novel 
    • Extensive Image Gallery 
    • Home Video Gallery 
    • 60-second and 30-second 
    • Radio Spots TV Spot 
    • English Export Trailer 
    • U.S. Theatrical Trailer 
    • Region ALL

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