Giallo Essentials: Blue Edition (BluRay)
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
- Label: Arrow Video
- Release date: April 25, 2023
- Buy now: From Amazon.com
Specs
- 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives for The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion and Death Walks on High Heels
- 2K restoration from an original 35mm internegative for Death Walks at Midnight
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of each film; 2.35:1 aspect ratio
- Original Italian and English front and end titles
- Original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
- Rigid box packaging with newly designed artwork by Gilles Vranckx in a windowed Giallo Essentials Collection slipcover
- Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil and Gilles Vranckx
- Region: A / B
Disc One: The Forbidden Photos of A Lady Above Suspicion
- Audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine
- Private Pictures, a documentary featuring interviews with actress Nieves Navarro, director Luciano Ercoli and writer Ernesto Gastaldi
- The Forbidden Soundtrack of the Big Three, an appreciation of the music of Forbidden Photos and 70s Italian cult cinema by musician and soundtrack collector Lovely Jon
- The Forbidden Lady, a Q&A with actress Dagmar Lassander at the 2016 Festival of Fantastic Films
- Original Italian and English theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
Disc Two: Death Walks On High Heels
- Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
- Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
- From Spain with Love, featurette with director Luciano Ercoli and actress Nieves Navarro, interviewed at their home in Barcelona
- Master of Giallo, screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi on Death Walks on High Heels and how to write a successful giallo
- Death Walks to the Beat, a career-spanning interview with High Heels composer Stelvio Cipriani
- Original Italian and English trailers
Disc Three: Death Walks At Midnight
- Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
- Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
- Extended TV version of the feature
- Crime Does Pay, screenwriter Gastaldi reflects on his career in the crime film-writing business, including a look at Death Walks at Midnight
- Desperately Seeking Susan, visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the distinctive giallo collaborations between director Luciano Ercoli and star Nieves Navarro