The Danza Macabra Volume One: Italian Gothic Collection Blu-ray gathers four rare and essential works from the darker corners of Italian horror, restored from their original negatives and presented uncut. This set explores the genre’s fascination with madness, desire and the supernatural, moving from the erotic surrealism of Renato Polselli’s The Monster of the Opera to the almost mythic obscurity of The Seventh Grave, one of Italian Gothic’s least-seen films. José Luis Merino’s Scream of the Demon Lover amplifies classic motifs with graphic brutality, while Lady Frankenstein stands as a delirious EuroCult collision of sex, science and revenge, anchored by Rosalba Neri’s iconic performance. Featuring new commentaries, interviews, essays and over twelve hours of archival and newly-produced supplements, this collection highlights Italian Gothic’s most transgressive impulses and its enduring influence on European genre cinema.
directed by: Renato Polselli, Garibaldi Serra Caracciolo, José Luis Merino, Mel Welles
starring: Barbara Hawards, Marco Guglielmi, Susanna Levi, Erna Schurer, Rosalba Neri, Joseph Cotten
1964–1971 / Multiple runtimes / Various aspect ratios / Mono audio
Danza Macabra Volume One: The Italian Gothic Collection [Blu-ray]
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• Audio commentary for The Monster of the Opera with Kat Ellinger
• Terror at the Opera – interview with Ernesto Gastaldi
• Capodimonte Gothic – interview with Mark Thompson-Ashworth
• Archival audio interview with Renato Polselli
• French trailer for The Monster of the Opera
• Audio commentary for The Seventh Grave with Rachael Nisbet
• Seven Graves and a Mystery – interview with Fabio Melelli
• English Aesthetic with Giallo Blood – video essay by Rachel Knightley
• Audio commentary for Scream of the Demon Lover with Rod Barnett & Robert Monell
• Scream Erna Scream! – interview with Erna Schurer
• In the Castle of Blood – video essay by Stephen Thrower
• Scream of the Demon Lover trailer
• Audio commentary for Lady Frankenstein with Kat Ellinger & Annie Rose Malamet
• Audio commentary for Lady Frankenstein with Alan Jones & Kim Newman
• Meet the Baroness – featurette with Rosalba Neri & Fabio Melelli
• Piecing Together Lady Frankenstein
• The Lady and the Orgy – documentary short on Mel Welles
• The Truth About Lady Frankenstein (2007 German TV documentary)
• Clothed insert shots
• Video short illustrating BBFC censorship cuts
• Italian opening credits
• Bigfilm Magazine (1971) Lady Frankenstein photo novel
• Extensive image gallery
• Home video gallery
• Radio spots
• TV spot
• Trailers for Lady Frankenstein

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