FORGOTTEN GIALLI - VOLUME 1 - BLU-RAY
£42.00
The giallo remains one of the most popular sub-genres in Italian and Spanish film history. But for all of the well-known and classic films the genre has spawned, so many others have been nearly impossible to enjoy since their theatrical debuts. This first entry in our 'Forgotten Gialli' series presents three rarities, two from Spain and one from Italy, none of which have ever been legally available in the English speaking world.
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TRAUMA:
Daniel, a writer seeking seclusion to work on his new book, finds
himself stranded at a rural bed and breakfast run by a strange and
prudish young woman and her ailing, wheelchair-bound husband who remains
shut in his room all day. However, as night falls, a psychotic,
razor-wielding killer begins stalking the bed and breakfast, brutally
slashing the throats of its most sex-crazed guests, whose bodies and
luggage then mysteriously disappear the following morning...
A
satisfyingly trashy low-budget Spanish giallo which inadvertently also
ranks as one of the country's earliest proto-slashers, León Klimovsky's
(The Vampire's Night Orgy) TRAUMA aka Violación Fatal is filled with
gratuitous sex and nudity, along with bloody killings. Barely released
outside of Spain, Vinegar Syndrome presents TRAUMA on Blu-ray, in a
brand new 2K restoration of its camera negative and in its longest
version ever presented on home video.
Directed by: León Klimovsky
Starring: Ágata Lys, Heinrich Starhemberg, Ricardo Merino, Isabel Pisano
1978 / 87 min / 1.85:1
• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 2k from its 35mm original negative
• Original Spanish language sound with newly translated English subtitles
• Historical commentary track with European cult cinema author Troy Howarth
• Promotional image gallery
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KILLER IS ONE OF 13:
A recent widow has invited a group of family friends to her large and
secluded country home. However, what the guests don't know, is that the
reason they've been assembled is because their host suspects one of
them might be her husband's killer and she's intent on uncovering the
identity of his murderer. As the guests begin to suspect each other,
revealing long kept and sinister secrets in the process, an unknown,
black-gloved killer begins bumping them off in a variety of nasty ways.
A
unique Spanish take on Agatha Christie's oft-adapted novel, and giallo
source material favorite, And Then There Were None, exploitation auteur
Javier Aguirre's (Count Dracula's Great Love) THE KILLER IS ONE OF 13 is
uncharacteristically literary-in-structure, but never skimps on its
requisite bloodshed. Featuring some of Spain's top genre film stars
including Patty Shepard (Rest in Pieces), Jack Taylor (Female Vampire),
and Paul Naschy in a supporting role, Vinegar Syndrome brings THE KILLER
IS ONE OF 13 to Blu-ray, newly restored in 2K from its original
negative and available in North America for the first time in any
format.
Directed by: Javier Aguirre
Starring: Patty Shepard, Simón Andreu, José María Prada, Jack Taylor, Paul Naschy
1973 / 95 min / 1.85:1
• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 2k from its 35mm original negative
• Original Spanish language sound with newly translated English subtitles
• Historical commentary with author and Editor-In-Chief of Diabolique Magazine Kat Ellinger
• Promotional image gallery
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THE POLICE ARE BLUNDERING IN THE DARK:
A young nude-model is violently stabbed to death with a pair of
scissors. It soon emerges that three other women have already fallen
prey to this unknown maniac, and that all three victims have a single
and unique connection: they all served as models for an eccentric
photographer named Parisi. When another young woman with a date to be
photographed is murdered, her journalist boyfriend decides to
investigate the crimes and quickly finds himself mixed up with Parisi,
who reveals that he's working on a camera capable of photographing
people's thoughts!
The only film credit from 'one-and-done'
director, Helia Colombo, THE POLICE ARE BLUNDERING IN THE DARK is a
satisfyingly sleazy and decidedly oddball giallo rarity, filled with
bloody killings, plentiful nudity, wild plot twists, and plenty of
general weirdness. Unseen outside of its native Italy, Vinegar Syndrome
presents THE POLICE ARE BLUNDERING IN THE DARK in a fresh, 2K
restoration of its original negative and in its first official home
video release anywhere in the world.
Directed by: Helia Colombo
Starring: Joseph Arkim, Francisco Cortéz, Gabriella Giorgelli, Elena Veronese
1978 / 87 min / 1.85:1
• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 2k from its 35mm original negative
• Original Italian language sound with newly translated English subtitles
• Historical audio essay with film historian and critic Rachael Nisbet
• Promotional image gallery
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