Dark Force Entertainment tries to RIDE A WILD STUD (review)

A Union officer disguises himself as an outlaw to capture a an ex-Confederate colonel turned bandit smuggling repeating rifles in this early sexploitation western from the director of THE MUMMY AND THE CURSE OF THE JACKALS.

REVIEW LINK: Dark Force Entertainment (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

RIDE A WILD STUD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

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Dark Force Entertainment explores THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE (review)

Lo Lieh is a drug trafficker on the run in the lawless land of opium production between Burma, Laos, and Thailand known as THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE in this rare Thai/Hong Kong production.

REVIEW LINK: Dark Force Entertainment (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

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Arrow Video gets chills from CREEPSHOW 2 (review)

George A. Romero and Stephen King return - if only on paper - for CREEPSHOW 2 directed by DAWN OF THE DEAD cinematographer Michael Gornick.  In "Old Chief Woodenhead" a cigar store Indian comes to life to avenge his slaughtered shopkeepers.  In "The Raft", a quartet of celebrating high school grads is trapped in the middle of a remote like by a flesh-eating oil slick.  In "The Hitchhiker" a woman in a hurry runs down a hitchhiker who refuses to die no matter how many times she runs him over.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

CREEPSHOW 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, LPCM 2.0 Stereo, and LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Screenplay for a Sequel" interview with screenwriter George A. Romero
• "Tales from the Creep" interview with actor and make-up artist Tom Savini
• "Poncho's Last Ride" interview with actor Daniel Beer
• "The Road to Dover" interview with actor Tom Wright
• "Nightmares in Foam Rubber"interviews with make-up effects artsits Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero
• "My Friend Rick" interview with make-up effects artist Howard Berger
• Behind-the-Scenes Footage 
• Trailers and TV Spots
• Image Gallery
• 1984 Second Draft Screenplay (114 pages)
• 1986 Final Draft Screenplay (103 pages)
• Comes in a slipcover with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Mike Saputo, illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by festival programmer Michael Blyth, and "Creepshow 2: Pinfall" limited edition booklet featuring the comic adaptation of the unfilmed Creepshow 2 segment "Pinfall” by artist Jason Mayoh.

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88 Films diagnoses I AM FRIGID... WHY? (review)

A young woman can feel no sexual pleasure after being raped by the grown children of her father's employers, plunging her into a series of adventures with everyone after her body in Max Pecas' follow-up to I AM A NYMPHOMANIAC starring Sandra Julien (SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES).

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

I AM FRIGID... WHY? Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "The Indelible Sandra Julien" visual essay by Chris O'Neill

88 Films bedhops with HER AND SHE AND HIM (Review)

A Swedish art student becomes entangled in a sexual web of complications with a lesbian lover, a gay artist, and his young assistant in this early erotic work from Max Pecas.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HER AND SHE AND HIM Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Let's Calm Down... and Talk About Max Pecas" interview with critic Christophe Bier
• Alternate Scenes from the U.S. Version
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• Alternate "Claude et Greta" French Title Sequence
• Still Gallery 

Eureka's Masters of Cinema goes 4K with THE OLD DARK HOUSE (review)

Fast on the heels of the success of FRANKENSTEIN, James Whale showcased Boris Karloff and future BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN star Ernest Thesiger along with starlet Gloria Stuart, Raymond Massey, and Charles Laughton, Lillian Bond, Eva Moore, and Melvyn Douglas in a blackly comic adaptation of the psychological novel "Benighted" about two sets of motorists lost in the Welsh countryside during a storm and forced to take shelter with a very eccentric family with plenty of dark secrets.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

THE OLD DARK HOUSE 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen (Dolby Vision)
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writers Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• Audio Commentary by James Whale biographer James Curtis
• Audio Commentary by actress Gloria Stewart
• "Meet the Femms" visual essay by writer David Cairns
• "Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff and Dean Otto"
• "Curtis Harrington Saves THE OLD DARK HOUSE"
• 2018 U.K. Re-Release Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery
• The first pressing includes a limited edition O-card slipcase featuring artwork by Sara Deck and a collector’s booklet featuring a new essay on The Old Dark House by Craig Ian Mann, an essay by Philip Kemp and select archival material. 

Arrow Video and Shudder unleash HELLBENDER (review)

A young woman sheltered from the world by her mother discovers that growing up is hell when you're not quite human in HELLBENDER from The Adams Family (THE DEEPER YOU DIG).

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HELLBENDER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.90:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by filmmakers Toby Poser, John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Lulu Adams
• "From the Forest She Rises" video essay by filmmaker Jen Handorf
• "The Visual FX of Hellbender by Black Magic Tricks" featurette on the visual effects by VFX artist Trey Lindsay
• Behind-the-Scenes Compilation Footage
• "Fort Worden" 2021 short film by Zelda Adams
• Four Music Videos
• Theatrical Trailer
• Trailer for "The Deeper You Dig"
• Comes with a slipcover, reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Beth Morris and original artwork by Sister Hyde, and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Natasha Ball and Kat Hughes.

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88 Films carries the DEVIL FETUS (review)

When a lonely housewife buys a strange jade vase at the Hungry Ghosts Festival, she becomes vulnerable to an evil sex demon.  Sensing that she is carrying the embryo of the demon after death, a Daoist priest puts protective amulets on her shrine.  Years later, the amulets are moved and the evil force targets the dead woman's extended family in this gory eighties Hong Kong horror produced by Lo Wei.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DEVIL FETUS Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Asian film expert David West
• Shots from the Alternate Version
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with an O-ring slipcase, collectible postcard, and forty-page perfect-bound book with writing by Zoe Rose Smith, Andrew Heskins, and C.J. Lines. 

Radiance Films runs a DEADLY CIRCUIT with THE INQUISITOR (review)

Director Claude Miller worked in a variety of genres including two back-to-back crime films.  Lino Ventura is THE INQUISITOR who hopes to catch up attorney Michel Serrault in his own web of lies while investing a series of child murders.  Serrault and Isabelle Adjani are entangled in a DEADLY CIRCUIT as private detective and beautiful young woman who leaves a trail of dead bodies behind her as she crosses Europe.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE INQUISITOR/DEADLY CIRCUIT 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray Combo Specs:

• Disc One - The Inquisitor (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• French LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Disc Two - The Inquisitor (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Success Story: The Making of The Inquisitor" 2016 documentary
• 1981 Belgian television interview with director Claude Miller and co-screenwriter Michel Audiard
• 2016 appreciation by filmmaker Patrice Leconte
• "Reverse Shot (Champ Contrechamp) on Crime Cinema" 1981 French panel discussion
• Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Three - Deadly Circuit (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 MonoOptional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Rachael Nisbet
• "Sacred Circuit" 2016 documentary with co-scriptwriter Jacques Audiard, director of photography Pierre Lhomme, and producer Charles Gassot
• "Hypnotic Fascination" interview with filmmaker Philippe Le Guay
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible cover and limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Adam Scovell and an archival interview with Deadly Circuit producer Charles Gassot housed in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings. 

Second Run explores memory and truth with ZOLTÁN HUSZÁRIK: SZINDBÁD/CSONTVÁRY/ELÉGIA: FIVE SHORT FILMS (review)

The major works in the tragically-short filmography and life of Hungarian filmmaker Zoltan Huszárik are collected in this set including five short films, his critical and box office hit SZINDBÁD, his big budget sophomore feature nine years in the making CSONTVÁRY that became a monumental flop and is only now recognized as an artistic achievement about Hungary's greatest painter.

REVIEW LINK: Second Run (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

ZOLTÁN HUSZÁRIK: SZINDBÁD/CSONTVÁRY/ELÉGIA: FIVE SHORT FILMS Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Szindbád:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• An Appreciation by filmmaker Peter Strickland
• "The World of Krúdy and Huszárik" documentary on the collaboration between writer Gyula Krúdy and director Zoltán Huszárik 
• "Huszárik and Contemporary Music" interview with composer Zoltán Jeney
• "Inside the Popular Science Film Studio" archival newsreel 
• Disc Two - Csontváry:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Hungarian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Who is Zoltán Huszárik?" documentary 
• "Making <i>Csontváry</i>" behind the scenes newsreel 
• Disc Three - Elégia - Five Short Films by Zoltán Huszárik:
• "Groteszk" (1963)
• "Elégia" (1966)
• "Capriccio" (1969)
• "Homage to Old Women [Tisztelet az öregasszonyoknak]" (1972)
• "A Piacere" (1976)
• Comes in a slipcase with two essay booklets by Michael Brooke. 

88 Films tries to survive RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR (review)

After a nuclear holocaust, human life has moved below the ground with only bands of New Primative bikers scavenging above ground for resources... but they are not the only ones as they discover in RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR from Bruno Mattei (HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD) and Claudio Fragasso (TROLL 2).

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitleso
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "Rat King" interview with co-director Claudio Fragasso
• "Deus Knows Best" interview with actor Fausto Lombardi
• "Meet Myrna and Lucifer" interview with actors Ann-Gisel Glass and Jean Christophe Brétignière
• "The 3rd Rat" interview with assistant director Giovanni Leacche
• "Squeaky Melodies" interview with composer Luigi Ceccarelli
• "Rat Droppings Falling on my Head" interview with stuntmen Massimo Vanni and Ottaviano Dell’Acqua
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with a reversible cover, collectible art card, and forty-page booklet. 

88 Films goes Nasty with THE CANNIBAL MAN (review)

When slaughterhouse worker Marcos is involved in a fight that winds up with a man accidentally killed, his attempts to cover up the crime lead to corpses piling up in his shack and his mind beginning to fracture in the Spanish thriller THE CANNIBAL MAN from Eloy de la Iglesia.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE CANNIBAL MAN Blu-ray specs:

• International Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English and Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian David Flint
• Audio Commentary by film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth 
• Extended Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English and Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• "Digesting Cannibal Man" interview with academic Dr. Bárbara Barreiro León
• "An Unlikely Video Nasty" interview with academic Dr. Johnny Walker
• "A Bloody History: Viewing Horror Under Dictatorships" interview with academic Dr. Alejandra Rodriguez-Remedi
• Deleted Scenes
• Red-Band Trailer
• Green-Band Trailer
• Re-Issue Trailer
• The first pressing includes an O-ring slipcover. 

88 Films explores the SHADOWZONE (review)

Louise Fletcher (EXORCIST II), James Hong (BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA), and David Beecroft (TV's FALCON CREST) star in this Full Moon monster flick from J.S. Cardone (THE SLAYER).  A NASA captain investigates a grisly death associated with the secret ShadowZone project, a deep sleep study that takes its subjects beyond normal levels of dreaming that has allowed something from another dimension to cross the border and use the fears of the scientific team against them.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SHADOWZONE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz
• Trailer 

Radiance Films takes on true crime in THROUGH AND THROUGH (review)

A struggling artist and his ex-prostitute wife are worn down by life and their breakdown results in one of the most notorious true crimes of Poland's early twentieth century in the film debut of director Grzegorz Królikiewicz.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (US/UK*) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THROUGH AND THROUGH Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Polish LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with critic Michał Oleszczyk
• Three Short Films by Grzegorz Królikiewicz:
• "Everyone Gets What They Don’t Need" (1966, 12 mins)
• "Brothers" (1971, 7 mins)
• "Don’t Cry" (1972, 10 mins)
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Ela Bittencourt
• Limited edition of 2000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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*The British release has been voluntarily censored in accordance with BBFC policy. 

Acorn Media investigates MY LIFE IS MURDER: SERIES 4 (review)

Lucy Lawless is back as retired detective/baking enthusiast Alexa Crowe investigating murders on her home turf of Auckland, New Zealand.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

MY LIFE IS MURDER - SERIES 4 DVD specs:

• Eight episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Picture Gallery 

88 Films and King Hu invite you to COME DRINK WITH ME (review)

King Hu's trendsetting wuxia film COME DRINK WITH ME tells the story of swordswoman Golden Swallow who enters a den of thieves to rescue her brother and finds help from a drunken beggar.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

COME DRINK WITH ME 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
• Stills Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
• Interview with actor/stuntman Mars
• Interviews by Frédéric Ambroisine:
• 2003 interview with actress Cheng Pei-Pei
• 2007 interview with actor Yueh Hua
• 2003 interview with actor Chen Hung-Lieh
• "The King and I: Tsui Hark Remembers King Hu" interview
• "Come Speak with Me" interview with actress Cheng Pei-Pei
• "Return of the Drunken Master" interview with actor Yueh Hua
• Stills Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing includes a slipcover and double-sided foldout poster. 

Dark Force Entertainment hunts THE BEAST AND THE VIXENS (review)

Bigfoot is stalking and horny in this little-seen sexploitation film starring Uschi Digard, Sharon Kelly, Sandy Carey, and other grindhouse favorites.

REVIEW LINK: Dark Force Entertainment (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE BEAST AND THE VIXENS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• "Savage Tracks" Audio Commentary by Severin Films' David Gregory and Jim Kunz, Vinegar Syndrome's Joe Rubin, actor Jack La Rue Jr., and Demon Dave

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Full Moon Features captures SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY (review)

Elizabeth Kaitan (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD), Cindy Beal (MY CHAUFFEUR), and Brinke Stevens (SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA) are SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY.  Hapless travelers who become shipwrecked on a mysterious planet become the potential trophies of hunter Zed in this sci-fi variation on THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME.

REVIEW LINK: Full Moon Features (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• A Tribute to Elizabeth Kaitan
• Trailer
• Full Moon Trailers

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Full Moon Features gets infested with CREEPOZOIDS (review)

In the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Earth 1998 (read: downtown Los Angeles 1987), five army deserters search for shelter from mutant nomads and acid rains in a bunker that turns out to be an abandoned research lab where genetic experiments have lead to the creation of a hulking mutant that starts picking off the soldiers one-by-one.  Linnea Quigley (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD), Ken Abraham (TERROR NIGHT/BLOODY MOVIE), adult actress Ashlyn Gere (EVIL LAUGH) star.  Directed by David DeCoteau (SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA) with creature effects by John Criswell (the FRIGHT NIGHT remake).

REVIEW LINK: Full Moon Features (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CREEPOZOIDS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Audio Commentary by director David DeCoteau
• Photo Montage
• Theatrical Trailer
• Full Moon Trailers

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MVD Rewind races to TERMINUS (review)

Karen Allen, Jurgen Prochnow, and Johnny Hallyday are on different sides of a deadly futuristic race in the French eighties science fiction thriller TERMINUS.

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

TERMINUS Blu-ray specs:

• French Version (115 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles 
• English Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Interview with actor Jurgen Prochnow
• "We All Descend" Behind the Scenes Documentary 
• Photo Gallery
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers 
• Reversible Cover
• Foldout Poster
• Slipcover with the first pressing

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Cauldron Films moves into the SWEET HOUSE OF HORRORS (review)

When their parents are murdered by a prowler and they are left in the custody of their aunt and uncle, young Marco and Sarah realize that they are not as alone as they think in Lucio Fulci's THE SWEET HOUSE OF HORRORS.

REVIEW LINK: Cauldron Films (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE SWEET HOUSE OF HORRORS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH and English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "Sweet Muse of Horrors" interview with actress Cinzia Monreale
• "Fulci House of Horrors" interview with set designer Massimo Antonello Geleng
• "Editing for the Masters" interview with editor Alberto Moriani
• Archival interview with co-screenwriter Gigliola Battaglini
• Archival introduction by actress Cinzia Monreale 
• Archival interview with actress Cinzia Monreale
• Archival interview with actor Jean-Christophe Brétigniere
• Archival interview with actor Lino Salemme
• Archival interview with actor Pascal Persiano
• Archival Screen Tests (71 minutes)

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