Torso (1973)
"From Sergio Martino, director of the stylish All The Colors of the Dark and the truly disturbing Mountain Of The Cannibal God, comes this fine gem of a slasher giallo that sits well up there with the best from Bava (Mario!) and Argento. Delicious students, who we can only assume are studying for a masters degree in stripping, head off for a vacation to a location remote enough to ensure undisturbed carnage should a killer be lurking nearby… Luckily for fans of psycho sexual thrillers a black gloved saw-wielding nutter has followed them to their bordello of nudity and soon starts effective slayer multi-tasking by molesting and mutilating his way through a cast of fine beauties including the ever delicious Suzy Kendall! TORSO (cert. 18) is released on DVD by Shameless Screen Entertainment. The film is presented remastered in 1.85:1 with English 2.0 sound, in region 0. Also included on the disc is a Shameless original trailer gallery and the DVD comes presented with a reversible classic artwork sleeve. "
- Actors: John Richardson, Tina Aumont, Suzy Kendall, Luc Merenda
- Directors: Sergio Martino
- Format: PAL
- Language: English
- Region: All Regions
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Shameless
- DVD Release Date: 26 Nov. 2007
- Run Time: 83 minutes
Deep Red
From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some the greatest excursions in Italian horror (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), comes Deep Red arguably the ultimate giallo movie.
One
night, musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow Up), looking up from
the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her
apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the
perpetrator... or does he? As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth,
Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery
where nothing is what it seems...
Aided by a throbbing score
from regular Argento-collaborators Goblin, Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso
and The Hatchet Murders) is a hallucinatory fever dream of a giallo
punctuated by some of the most astonishing set-pieces the sub-genre has
to offer.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
What Have You Done To Solange?
A sexually sadistic killer is preying on the girls of St. Mary s school. Student Elizabeth witnessed one of the murders, but her hazy recollections of a knife-wielding figure in black do nothing to further the police s investigations. Why is the killer choosing these young women? And what does it have to do with a girl named Solange?
Also starring Cristina Galbo (Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue) and Fabio Testi (I Spit On Your Grave), What Have You Done with Solange? features all the hallmarks of classic gialli the amateur detective, the black-gloved killer as well as a lush score from Ennio Morricone
.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Brand new audio commentary with critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
- What Have You Done to Decency? A conversation with Karin Baal the actress shares her thoughts on Dallamano s classic giallo in this brand new interview
- First Action Hero a newly-edited 2006 interview with actor and former stuntman Fabio Testi, including a look at his role in Solange
- Old-School Producer a newly-edited 2006 interview with producer Fulvio Lucisano
- Innocence Lost: Solange and the Schoolgirls in Peril Trilogy a brand new visual essay by Michael Mackenzie, exploring the themes of Solange and its two semi-sequels
- Original theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Malleus
- Collector
s booklet featuring a new article on the giallo scores of Ennio Morricone
by Howard Hughes, alongside a Camille Keaton career retrospective from Art Ettinger, comprising interview excerpts with the Solange actress, all illustrated with original archive stills and posters.
Tenebrae
Terror Beyond Belief!
A notorious horror classic returns in all its depraved glory. This infamous video nasty updated the classic Giallo blueprint for the gorified 80s, courting controversy and drenching the viewer in crimson arterial spray.A razor-wielding psycho is stalking the horror writer Peter Neal, in Rome to promote his latest work, Tenebre. But the author isn t the obsessive killer s only target, the beautiful women who surround him are doomed as one by one, they fall victim to the murderer s slashing blade...
Will fiction and reality blur as fear and madness take hold? Watch in terror as by turns the cast fall victim to the sadistic imagination of Dario Argento, Italy s master of horror.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
- Newly remastered High Definition digital transfer of the film
- Presented in High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD
- Optional original English & Italian Mono Audio tracks (uncompressed PCM Mono 2.0 Audio on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English SDH subtitles for English audio for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio Commentary with authors and critics Kim Newman and Alan Jones
- Audio Commentary with Argento expert Thomas Rostock
- Introduction by star Daria Nicolodi
- The Unsane World of Tenebrae: An interview with director Dario Argento
- Screaming Queen! Daria Nicolodi remembers Tenebrae
- A Composition for Carnage: Composer Claudio Simonetti on Tenebrae
- Goblin: Tenebrae and Phenomena Live from the Glasgow Arches
- Brand new interview with Maitland McDonagh, author of Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento
- Original Trailer
- Reversible Sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by GGilles Vranckx
- Collector s booklet featuring writing on the film by Alan Jones, author of Profondo Argento, an interview with cinematographer Luciano Tovoli and an appreciation of the film by director Peter Strickland, illustrated with original posters and lobby cards.
The New York Ripper
A PSYCHOTIC EROTIC MASTERPIECE - Alan Jones
NYPD's most jaded cop is taunted by a razor-slashing maniac who carves his way through sexually active young women whilst making a deranged Donald Duck voice imitation...Beyond Nasty: NEW YORK RIPPER is so subversive that it was banned outright on its 1st foray into the UK: the print of RIPPER, due for UK censors (BBFC) inspection, was legendarily escorted back to the border by the Police, without ever being screened. If you've recently revisited old video nasties only to be disappointed then this is the ultimate sex'n'slash fest to test your nerve with; a realistic sadistic streak that will have you begging for mercy!
Blu Ray All Regions
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Presentation by Antonella Fulci, daughter and creator of Lucio Fulci's work.
20 min brand new exclusive interview with Antonella Fulci and writer Darano Sacchetti
Fan booklet on the making of New York Ripper
Booklet inside adapted by Stephen Thrower from his definitive book BEYOND TERROR, THE FILMS OF LUCIO FULCI
2.0 DTS HD Master Audio & Dolby 2.0
Languages: English, Italian & Spanish with optional English Subtitles
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