New on Blu-ray: GIALLO ESSENTIALS - BLACK EDITION (Smile Before Death, The Weapon, The Hour, The Motive & The Killer Reserved Nine Seats)

Giallo Essentials V3 Black Edition New On Bluray

Product Description: While the release of Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage gave rise to a glut of imitators, there was more to the giallo than just shameless copycats setting out to ape a rigid formula. This volume of Giallo Essentials celebrates the range and breadth of the genre with three lesser-seen films from it's early 1970s heyday. In Silvio Amadio's Smile Before Death, familicide with a sprinkling of Oedipal love is the order of the day when teenager Nancy returns home to discover the apparent suicide of her mother, and quickly comes to suspect that her stepfather and his mistress are to blame. Next, Horny priests and self-flagellating nuns abound in Francesco Mazzei's The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive, as police commissioner Franco Boito investigates the brutal murder of a young clergyman, only to enter into an affair with the dead man's lover. Finally, in Giuseppe Bennati's The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, an assortment of wealthy degenerates - including Italian cult mainstays Andrea Scotti and Howard Ross - answer the summons of an eccentric nobleman and assemble in the theatre attached to his ancestral home, only to find themselves trapped in the decaying building while a savage killer picks them off Agatha Christie-style! With gory murders, wanton debauchery and left-field plot twists a-plenty, all three of these oft-overlooked gialli are restored in 2K from their original camera negatives - including brand-new, Arrow-exclusive restorations of Smile Before Death and The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive - alongside a range of in-depth bonus features.

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Director: Silvio Amadio, Francesco Mazzei, Giuseppe Bennati

Starring: Jenny Tamburi, Silvano Tranquilli, Renzo Montagnani, Bedy Moratti, Rosanna Schiaffino

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime: 295 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Italian

Studio: Arrow

Home Video Release Date: August 30, 2022

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1, 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

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Brand new 2K restorations from the original camera negatives of Smile Before Death and The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive
2K restoration from the original camera negative of The Killer Reserved Nine Seats
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of each film
Original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks on Smile Before Death and The Killer Reserved Nine Seats
Original lossless mono Italian soundtrack on The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive
English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
Rigid box packaging with original poster artwork in a windowed Giallo Essentials Collection slipcover
Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais, Peter Strain and Haunt Love
DISC ONE: SMILE BEFORE DEATH
Brand new audio commentary by authors and critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
Original Italian and English front and end titles
Smile of the Hyena, a brand new video interview with Stefano Amadio, film journalist and son of director Silvio Amadio
Never-before-seen extended nude scenes, not used in the final film
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DISC TWO: THE WEAPON, THE HOUR, THE MOTIVE
Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
A Man in Giallo, a brand new video interview with actor Salvatore Puntillo
Front and end titles for the lost English-language dub
Image gallery
DISC THREE: THE KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS
Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger
Hanging with Howard, a video interview with actor Howard Ross
Writing with Biagio, a video interview with screenwriter Biagio Proietti
Italian theatrical trailer (in Italian and English)
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GUARANTEED THROUGH PREORDERS FIRST PRESSING ONLY: individual illustrated collector’s booklets for each film, featuring new writing by Rachael Nisbet, Barry Forshaw and Peter Jilmstad

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Giallo Essentials V3 Black Edition Bluray

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

New on Blu-ray: GIALLO ESSENTIALS - BLACK EDITION (Smile Before Death, The Weapon, The Hour, The Motive & The Killer Reserved Nine Seats)

MOVIE DETAILS

AVAILABLE FORMATS (click links to order from Amazon):

VIDEO

AUDIO

SUBTITLES

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

TRAILER AND CLIPS

PICTURES

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