DVDs M through P
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Murder Rock: Dancing Death (1984)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Composer: Keith Emerson
Label: Shriek Show
Part Number: SSDVD0616
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
The world of dance can be brutal. The rehearsals are grueling. The
competition is fierce. At the Arts for Living Center in New York City,
the best of the best are dying for a part in major production. But
only a select few will be chosen. The selection process seems to be
at the hands of a mysterious killer who pierces women’s bare breasts
with a hatpin, puncturing their hearts. Ambition and jealousy appear
to be the motive, which makes everyone as suspect.
Also known as DANCING DEATH and SLASHDANCE, MURDER ROCK features an insane soundtrack from Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake and Palmer & Dario Argento’s INFERNO), excellent cinematography and leotard clad gyrations. From the godfather of Italian gore, Lucio Fulci (ZOMBI 2, LIZARD IN A WOMAN’S SKIN).
Murder To The Tune Of The Seven Black Notes (1977)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Composer: Franco Bixio | Fabio
Frizzi | Vince Tempera
Label: Severin
Part Number: SEV1122
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
Shortly before he surrendered to the gory excesses of horror, Lucio
Fulci - the notorious director of ZOMBIE and PERVERSION STORY - crafted
one last brilliant thriller with a killer twist. Jennifer O'Neill
of SCANNERS stars as a clairvoyant tormented by visions of a violent
murder. But will her own investigation into the crime lead to the
most shocking discovery of all? Marc Porel (DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING)
and Evelyn Stewart (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) co-star this chilling giallo
that critics and fans - including avowed devotee Quentin Tarantino
- consider the most stunning film of the maestro's entire career.
Released in the U.S. with several key scenes removed, THE PSYCHIC (aka SEVEN NOTES IN BLACK and MURDER TO THE TUNE OF SEVEN BLACK NOTES) is now presented in its fully restored European Version featuring footage never before seen in America.
My Dear Killer (1972)
Director: Tonino Valerii
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Label: Shriek Show
Part Number: SSDVD0307
NTSC Widescreen
Packaging Description:
A spectacularly graphic decapitation and a questionable suicide sets
the stage for a police inspectors search for a deranged killer responsible
for a series of gruesome murders and a kidnapping! Directed by renowned
Euro-action auteur Tonino Valerii (MY NAME IS NOBODY, PRICE OF POWER)
and starring George Hilton (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, FISTFUL OF
LEAD, BLADE OF THE RIPPER).
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New York Ripper, The (1982)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Composer: Francesco De Masi
Label: Anchor Bay
Part Number: DV10897
NTSC Widescreen
Packaging Description:
A blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple
bright red with the blood of beautiful young women. As NYPD detectives
follow the trail of butchery from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry
to the sex shows of Times Square, each brutal murder becomes a sadistic
taunt. In the city that never sleeps, he’s the killer that can’t be
stopped.
Written and directed by acclaimed horror maestro Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD) and filmed on location in the mean streets of New York City, THE NEW YORK RIPPER is one of Fulci’s most savage and controversial thrillers.
Next! (1970)
Director: Sergio Martino
Composer: Nora Orlandi
Label: No Shame
Part Number: NS0014DVD
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
Scream queen, Edwige Fenech, (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, THE CASE
OF THE BLOODY IRIS) stars in this violent masterpiece, the first giallo
film directed by Sergio Martino (CASE OF THE SCORPION TAIL, TORSO).
Fenech portrays Julie Wardh; a restless woman embroiled in a horrifying mystery that threatens to drive her to the brink of madness...or worse. Which of the men in her life is the vicious serial killer and will Julie become his next victim?
Erotic, stylish and at times excessive, THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH remains one of the most celebrated and influential giallo of all time and has been high on the list of most wanted DVDs by collectors and passionate fans of the genre.
Written by acclaimed screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (THE 10th VICTIM, TORSO), this intricate thriller also stars giallo regulars George Hilton (THE SWEET BODY OF DEBORAH, THE KILLER MUST STRIKE AGAIN), and Ivan Rassimov (Mario Bava's SHOCK, EATEN ALIVE).
The haunting and mesmerizing soundtrack by Nora Orlandi (THE SWEET BODY OF DEBORAH, VENGEANE IS MINE) was feature as an homage by Quentin Tarantino in KILL BILL VOLUME 2.
NoShame films is proud to present THE STRANGE CIE OF MRS. WARDH, one of the crown jewels of Italian thrillers; with eye popping extras, in its accurate original aspect ratio, remastered in 16x9 from the original negative, uncut and uncensored for the first time on DVD in America.
Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave, The (1971)
Director: Emilio Miraglia
Composer: Bruno Nicolai
Label: No Shame
Part Number: NS0025DVD
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
Anthony Steffen (DJANGO THE BASTARD) stars as an English aristocrat
who grieves over the death of his perfidious wife Evelyn by bringing
home a string of re-headed prostitutes and striptease artists (including
KILL, BABY…KILL’S Erica Blanc, a.k.a. Erika Blanc), none of whom are
ever seen again. When he remarries, this time to a gorgeous blonde
(Marina Malfatti), strange apparitions, midnight slayings, and an
empty tomb suggest that Evelyn has come back to vice her displeasure.
Is madness or murder the soul of the plot…and who will live to know
the truth?
Nightmare Concert: A Cat In The Brain (1990)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Composer: Fabio Frizzi
Label: Grindhouse Releasing
Part Number: BOS004
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
Acclaimed Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci, director of ZOMBIE and
THE BEYOND, stars in this blood-soaked epic as a director being driven
insane by his own movies. Fulci is thrust into an ultra-violent nightmare
of death and depravity where murder and madness consume his sanity
in a vortex of violence. CAT IN THE BRAIN is a psychological masterpiece
in the tradition of such cinematic classics as PSYCHO, STRAIT-JACKET,
ERASERHEAD and Fellini's 8 1/2.
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One On Top Of The Other (1969)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Composer: Riz Ortolani
Label: Severin
Part Number: SEV1109
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
In a controversial career that flayed every envelope of cinematic
excess, nothing can prepare you for this stunning thriller from the
infamous director of ZOMBIE and THE BEYOND. Jean Sorel (BELLE DE JOUR)
stars as an arrogant San Francisco doctor trapped between his sultry
mistress (Elsa Martinelli of BLOOD AND ROSES) and an amoral stripper
(Marisa Mell of DANGER: DIABOLIK) who bears an uncanny resemblance
to his recently deceased and possibly murdered wife. What follows
has been called Fulci's first true masterpiece, where sexual obsession,
cruel deception and depraved murder all come together in one unforgettable
PERVERSION STORY.
John Ireland and Faith Domergue co-star in this gripping giallo - also known as ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER - that features eye-popping nudity, provocative locations (including the gas chamber at San Quentin) and a badass jazz score by Riz Ortolani (MONDO CANE, KILL BILL). Severin Films is proud to present PERVERSION STORY in a startling new transfer from the original vault negative thought to be lost for more than 35 years!
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Perche’ Quelle Strane Gocce Di Sanguie Sull Corpo Di Jennifer? (1972)
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo
Composer: Bruno Nicolai
Label: Anchor Bay
Part Number: DV12014
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
When two women are viciously slain in a luxury high-rise, a beautiful
young model (Edwige Fenech of 5 DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON) moves into
one of their vacated apartments – and soon finds that she is now being
stalked by the mysterious killer! The suspects include her ex-husband
– a member of a group sex cult, a predatory lesbian neighbor, the
deformed son of a sinister widow, and even the building’s handsome
architect (George Hilton of MASSACRE TIME) who suffers from a paralyzing
fear of blood. Can she expose the masked maniac with a taste for luscious
women and depraved murder before she becomes his next victim?
Directed by Giuliano Carnimeo (under the pseudonym Anthony Ascott) and written by Ernest Gastaldi (screenwriter of such notorious thrillers as TORSO and THE WHIP AND THE BODY), this 1971 shocker is also known as EROTIC BLUE and WHAT ARE THOSE STRANGE DROPS OF BLOOD DOING ON JENNIFER’S BODY?
The word giallo (yellow) refers to the controversial series of savage Italian suspense thrillers tta shocked international audiences throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s. THE GIALLO COLLECTION presents these rarely seen classics fully restored from original vault elements and filled with all the explicit sex, graphic violence and startling twist endings that have come to define this brutal stylish genre.
Perfume Of The Lady In Black, The (1974)
Director: Francesco Barilli
Composer: Nicola Piovani
Label: Raro Video
Part Number: ?
PAL Widescreen
Packaging Description:
Silvia Hackermann è una giovane chimica dalla psiche assai fragile. Un episodio cui ha assistito durante l’infanzia - il suicidio di sua madre, che Silvia aveva scoperto a letto con un amante impedisce alla ragazza di avere una normale vita sentimentale e sessuale. In più, Silvia è ossessionata da una serie di misteriosi segnali che coglie nelle persone con cui viene a contatto e che la convincono di essere al centro di una diabolica congiura.
Phenomena (1985)
Director: Dario Argento
Composer: Goblin
Label: Anchor Bay
Part Number: DV14847
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
Brace yourself for an all-new look at one of the most wildly original
films ever from writer/director Dario Argento, an insane epic of terror,
wonder, and jaw-dropping carnage. Jennifer Connelly stars as an outcast
student at a Swiss boarding school who discovers both her telepathic
power to control insects and the gore-soaked trail of a razor-wielding
killer. Can a kindly professor (Donald Pleasence of HALLOWEEN) now
harness her gift to stop the bloodbath of a psychopath? Daria Nicolodi
(TENEBRE), Dalila DiLazzaro (FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN) and Fiore Argento
(DEMONS) co-star along with a pounding soundtrack by Goblin, Bill
Wyman, Iron Maiden and Motörhead in the shocker that remains a favorite
of Argento fans as well as one of the most brutally original horror
thrillers of the 80s.
Pyjama Girl Case, The (1977)
Director: Flavio Mogherini
Composer: Riz Ortolani
Label: Blue Underground
Part Number: BU1069DVD
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
When the mutilated corpse of a young woman is found on an Australian
beach, retired detective Thompson (Oscar® winner Ray Milland of THE
LOST WEEKEND and DIAL M FOR MURDER) involves himself in the investigation.
But before they can find the killer, the police must first identify
the victim. Who was this once-beautiful girl found clad only in yellow
pyjamas? Why would the authorities put her nude body on public display?
What sexual depravity did she endure before her murder? And even if
Thompson can crack the baffling case, will he survive to see her killer
brought to justice?
Mel Ferrer (THE ANTICHRIST, NIGHTMARE CITY), Howard Ross (THE NEW YORK RIPPER) and the luscious Dalila Di Lazzaro (FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, PHENOMENA) co-star in this unique giallo written and directed by Flavio Mogherini and featuring a pounding score by Riz Ortolani (MONDO CANE).