New on Blu-ray: HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD (1961) Starring Christopher Lee and Reg Park

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Product Description: Immediately following the success of Black Sunday, Mario Bava was recruited to direct (and photograph) the second of Reg Park’s Hercules films for producer Achille Piazzi. Freely departing from Roman mythology, the film gave Bava the opportunity to reimagine the sword-and-sandal genre. On its surface a jovial comedy adventure, Hercules in the Haunted World features a striking use of color, which would become one of Bava’s directorial hallmarks. But this playful peplum is tinged with a sense of genuine foreboding, voiced by a masked oracle Medea (Gaia Germani) in one of the film’s most stunning sequences. When Hercules descends into the depths of hell and confronts Lico (Christopher Lee), who has the power to call forth corpses from their tombs, the film plunges into the eye-popping, bone-chilling horror for which Bava had recently become famous.

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Director: Mario Bava

Starring: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Runtime: 91 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Italian

Studio: Kino Lorber

Home Video Release Date: October 8, 2019

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
U.S. release version: Hercules in the Haunted World
European release version: Vampire gegen Hercules; aka Ercole al centro della Terra (Italian dialogue with optional English subtitles)
U.K. release version: Hercules at the Center of the Earth
Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark
Interview with actor George Ardisson
U.S. theatrical trailer
U.K. theatrical trailer