Danza Macabra Vol. One: The Italian Gothic Collection [4-Disc Blu-ray Box Set]In a genre known for its castles, crypts and candelabras, Italian Gothic also embraced themes of violence, madness, and sexual deviance. With these 4 films, those impulses dare to go even deeper: In 1964s THE MONSTER OF THE OPERA, director Renato Polselli and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi craft a surreal erotic shocker set within a contemporary dance troupe. Perhaps the genres rarest film, the berserk supernatural narrative of 1965s THE SEVENTH GRAVE

Together in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s

Barbara Lass (aka Roman Polanski’s first wife Barbara Kwiatkowska) and Luciano Pigozzi (Castle of The Living Dead) star in this infamous Italian/Austrian co-production – originally titled LYCANTHROPUS– directed by Paolo Heusch (The Day The Sky Exploded) from a screenplay by giallo maestro Ernesto Gastaldi (All The Colors of The Dark) with a classic score by Armando Trovajoli (Strange Shadows In An Empty Room)

nudie-cuties

'Human Experiments'

Selected Scene Commentary With Actress Barbara Steele And Barbara Steele Archivist Russ Lanier

Sick Love - An Interview with actress Cinzia Monreale

power drill lobotomies

Closed Caps

THE VAMPIRE LOVERS) and featuring ravishing cinematography by Academy Award™ winner Denys Coop (10 RILLINGTON PLACE

by New World Pictures cut by nearly 20 minutes – now scanned in 4K from the negative for the first time ever

Now discover why: As a successful young sculptor increasingly loses his grip on sanity

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