DVDs Q through T
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Scorpion With Two Tails, The (1982)
Director: Sergio Martino
Composer: Fabio Frizzi
Label: MYA
Part Number: MYA008
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
Joan Barnard (Elvire Audrey) has recurring nightmares of ancient Etruscan
sacrifice rites. She is an expert in Etruscan language and her husband
Arthur (John Saxon) is an archaeologist studying Etruscan tombs in
Italy, but there is something more: in her nightmares she can see
exactly the tomb where Arthur is working without having ever been
ther, and she foresees her husband’s death. Shortly after, Arthur
is killed with his head twisted just like the ancient Etruscans used
to kill their sacrifice victims!
Under the moniker of Christain Plummer, specialist Sergio Martino directs this Giallo / Horror with an international cast. Elvire Audray, John Saxon, and Van Johnson star in a thrilling story suspended between mystery and the supernatural.
SCORPION WITH TWO TAILS is presented here full and uncut, and includes as extra contents alternative opening credits and deleted scenes, all coming from the never before seen television version.
Seven Bloodstained Orchids (1972)
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Composer: Riz Ortolani
Label: Shriek Show
Part Number: SSDVD0301
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
A maniacal killer commits savage acts of slaughter and the only key
to the perpetrator’s identity and motive is the puzzle of the half-moon
lockets! Can the mystery be solved before the killer cold-bloodedly
claims his intended seven victims? Based on the nerve-shattering,
acclaimed novel by Edgar Wallace (KING KONG) and starring Uschi Glas
(COLLEGE GIRL MURDERS), Antonio Sabato (BARBARELLA, ESCAPE FROM THE
BROX) and the stunning Marisa Mell (DANGER DIABOLIK), comes a stylish
crimson-dripping giallo from cult director Umbert Lenzi (MAKE THEM
DIE SLOWLY, SPASMO).
Seven Deaths in The Cat’s Eyes (1973)
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Composer: Riz Ortolani
Label: Blue Underground
Part Number: BU1066DVD
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
International sex symbol Jane Birkin (of BLOW-UP) and “Je t’aime…”
fame) stars as Corringa, a beautiful young girl who returns from a
convent school to her family’s ancestral castle. But within these
walls seethes unspeakable evil, including religious fervor, depraved
desires, and sudden, sadistic murder. Now, someone with a taste for
terror is slaughtering the castle’s demented guests. Six have already
met their deaths…and for delicious Corringa, the ultimate torment
is still to come!
Anton Diffring (CIRUCS OF HORRORS), Hiram Keller (FELLINI SATYRICON) and infamous French superstar Serge Gainsbourg co-star in this luridly gothic giallo co-written and directed by Antonio Margheriti (CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE, CASTLE OF BLOOD), featuring an intense score by Riz Ortolani (MONDO CANE), and presented uncut, uncensored and fully restored from original European vault material.
Seven Murders For Scotland Yard (1971)
Director: José Luis Madrid
Composer: Piero Piccioni
Label: Televista
Part Number: 69717
NTSC Widescreen
Packaging Description:
Several murders have taken place in London. All the victims are prostitutes
and the murderer is using the same techniques as Jack the Ripper.
Peter Dockerman, an ex-acrobat and husband of one of the victims is
the prime suspect. But whoever the killer is ha cannibalistic tendencies
and if Scotland Yard doesn’t solve the murders quickly the evidence
just might be eaten!
Short Night Of The Glass Dolls, The (1971)
Director: Aldo Lado
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Label: Anchor Bay
Part Number: DV12027
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
The corpse of a reporter Gregory Moore (Jean Sorel of LIZARD INA WOMAN’S
SKIN) is found in a Prague plaza and brought to the local morgue.
But Moore is actually alive, trapped inside his dead body and desperately
recalling how the mysterious disappearance of his beautiful girlfriend
(Barbara Bach of THE SPY WHO LOVED ME) led to a terrifying conspiracy
of depravity. Can a reporter with no visible signs of life solve this
perverse puzzle before he meets his ultimate deadline?
Ingrid Thulin (THE DAMNED, SALON KITTY) co-stars in this unusual and startling 1971 giallo (also known as PARALYZED and MALASTRAN) that marked the debut of writer/director Aldo Lado (WHO SAW HER DIE?) and features a superb score by the legendary Ennio Morricone.
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.
Slaughter Hotel (1971)
Director: Fernando Di Leo
Composer: Silvano Spadaccino
Label: Shriek Show
Part Number: SSDVD0322
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
From the maestro of mayhem, Fernando Di Leo (RULERS OF THE CITY, MANHUNT)
comes one of the sleaziest and nastiest slasher films ever made! Starring
Klaus Kinski (Herzog’s NOSFERATU), and two of Europe’s most sizzling
cinematic sex queens – Margaret Lee (Ricardo Freda’s DOUBLE FACE,
Jess Franco’s VENUS IN FURS, PSYCHO-CIRCUS), Rosalba Neri (LADY FRANKENSTEIN,
DEVIL’S WEDDING NIGHT, THE AREA, with Pam Frier). An axe-wielding
maniac stalks the beautiful, scantly-clad women of an upscale sanitarium,
all under the watchful eye of the mysterious Dr. Keller (Klaus Kinski).
Equal and excessive doses of slash and skin make for a very European-style
of grindhouse entertainment! They just don’t make’em like this anymore!
Sleepless (2001)
Director: Dario Argento
Composer: Goblin
Label: Artisan
Part Number: 12404
NTSC Fullscreen (Pan & Scan)
Packaging Description:
Dario Argento brings you this year’s most chilling serial killer thriller
with SLEEPLESS, a horrifying tale of terror and murder. A series of
grisly murders paralyze the city and match the work of a serial murderer
who appeared to have escaped the authorities, disappearing without
a trace seventeen years earlier. Only one man, retired police chief
Moretti (Max von Sydow0 knows the case and has what ti take to catch
the killer.
Sorella Di Ursula, La (1978)
Director: Enzio Milioni
Composer: Mimi Uva
Label: Severin
Part Number: SEV1127
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
Severin Films presents an infamous slice of EuroSleaze that repeatedly
thrusts at the abus of bad taste. In the wake of their father’s death,
two beautiful sisters – sensitive Ursula (Barbara Magnolfi of SUSPIRIA)
and promiscuous Dagmar (Stefania D’Amario of ZOMBIE) – come to a seaside
resort for a relaxing vacation. But their idyllic getaway will soon
become a depraved nightmare of kinky exhibitionists, dope-sick lotharios,
lust-crazed lesbians and a psychotic killer who tears women to pieces
with – no kidding – a phallus of massive proportion. Marc Porel (THE
PSYCHIC) co-stars in this eye-popping combination of delectable sexploitation
and vicious giallo, now fully restored from original vault elements
and presented uncut and uncensored for the first time ever in America.
Spasmo (1974)
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Label: Shriek Show
Part Number: SSDVD0304
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
A mysterious, beautiful woman washed ashore on a desolate beach, a
doomed triangle of unbridled lust, a cold-blooded killer and a missing
corpse set the stage for a classic ‘giallo’ in the grand, gory Euro-Horror
tradition! From Umberto Lenzi, the violent visionary who shocked you
senseless with CANNIBAL FEROX, EATEN ALIVE, BLACK DEMONS and 7 BLOOD-STAINED
ORCHIDS!
Stagefright (1987)
Director: Michele Soavi
Composer: Simon Boswell
Label: Anchor Bay
Part Number: DV11754
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass
murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.
But when the show’s director locks his cast in the theater overnight,
the madman is accidentally locked inside as well. Now, a killer with
acting in his blood has gone berserk for the blood of actors (including
several scenes that EuroHorror fans worldwide consider to be the most
violent of the decade) and the stage is set for one unforgettable
evening of shock, suspense and unstoppable carnage.
STAGEFRIGHT marked the stunning directorial debut of Dario Argento’ protégé Michele Soavi (THE CHURCH, CEMETERY MAN) and instantly sealed his reputation as the leader of Italian horror’s new generation of filmmakers. Also known as AQUARIUS, DELIRIA and BLOODY BIRD, this brutal shocker has been restored from original Rome vault materials and is now presented unrated, uncensored, and totally uncut.
Stendhal Syndrome, The (1996)
Director: Dario Argento
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Label: Blue Underground
Part Number: BU2014DVD
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
When beautiful police detective Anna Manni follows the bloody trail
of a sophisticated serial murderer/rapist through the streets of Italy,
the young woman falls victim to the bizarre “Stendhal Syndrome” –
a hallucinatory phenomenon which causes her to lose her mind and memory
in the presence of powerful works of art. Trapped in this twilight
realm, Anna plunges deeper and deeper into sexual psychosis, until
she comes to know the killer’s madness more intimately than she ever
imagined.
Horror maestro Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA, OPERA) reaches new heights of florid fantasy and Grand Guignal with this warped work of art starring Maxim Magazine’s “Sexiest Woman in the World” Asia Argento (LAND OF THE DED, XXX), Thomas Krestschman (KONG KONG, BLADE II) and Marco Leonardi (FROM DUCK TIL DAWN 3). Previously edited outside of Italy, THE STENDHAL SYNDROME is now presented here in stunning High Definition, transferred under the supervision of cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno (ALL THAT JAZZ, AMARCORD) from the original Italian 35mm interpositive and loaded with exclusive new extras in this 2-Disc Special Edition.
Strip Nude For Your Killer (1975)
Director: Andrea Bianchi
Composer: Berto Pisano
Label: Blue Underground
Part Number: BU1067DVD
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
The stunning Edwige Fenech (CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS, THE STRANGE VICE
OF MRS. WARDH) stars in this infamous shocker that packs more grisly
violence and sexual depravity into each frame than most any other
film in the entire giallo genre. There’s succulent flesh aplenty as
a mysterious killer dressed in black leather and wearing a motorcycle
helmet begins butchering beautiful young fashion models with no mercy
and one derange request: STRIP NUD FOR YOUR KILLER! Nino Castelnuovo
(THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG) and Femi Benussi (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON)
co-star in this sleazy ‘70s classic directed by Andrea Bianchi (BURIAL
GROUND), now presented totally uncut and uncensored from original
vault materials for the first time ever in America.
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Tenebrae (1982)
Director: Dario Argento
Composer: Claudio Simonetti
Label: Anchor Bay
Part Number: DV14848
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
Following the worldwide success of SUPIRIA and INFERNO, Master Of
Horror Dario Argento returned to the giallo genre with the shocker
that remains one of the director’s greatest. Anthony Franciosa stars
as an American mystery novelist on a promotional tour in Rome who
finds that his most recent book has inspired a copycat serial killer.
When the psychotic impulse becomes irresistible, does freedom await
in the simple act of annihilation? John Saxon (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM
STREET), Daria Nicolodi (DEEP RED) and John Steiner (CALIGULA) co-star
– along with a nerve-shredding score by Goblin and a mind-blowing
twist ending – in this classic of sexual corruption, savage bloodshed
and virtuoso filmmaking that fans and critics hail as an Argento masterpiece.
Terror At The Opera (1987)
Director: Dario Argento
Composer: Claudio Simonetti
Label: Anchor Bay
Part Number: DV11854
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
When a young opera singer takes over the leading role in an avant-garde
presentation of Verdi’s Macbeth, she triggers the madness of a crazed
fan who repeatedly forces the diva to watch the brutal murders of
her loved ones. Will the woman’s recurring nightmare hold the key
to the identify of this psychopath or does an even more horrific evil
lay waiting in the wings?
The legendary Dario Argento co-wrote and directed this savagely stunning thriller featuring some of the most shocking sequences of the maestro’s entire career. Previously available in the U.S. only in heavily edited form, this horror classic has now been restored from original Italian vault materials and is presented uncut, uncensored and loaded with extras.
They’re Coming To Get You (1972)
Director: Sergio Martino
Composer: Bruno Nicolai
Label: Shriek Show
Part Number: SSDVD0414
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
A desperate and psychotic criminal targets Jane, a young woman who
stand to inherit a fortune. Slashed and scarred, Jane tries to believe
it’s only a nightmare but everywhere she turns – in the subway, on
the street the man with knife is there. A mysterious woman offers
to cure her buy means of black magic, but the satanic rituals only
aggravate her condition, catapulting her into a kaleidoscope of psychedelic
horror!
Torso (1973)
Director: Sergio Martino
Composer: Maurizio and Guido De
Angelis
92 Minutes
Label: Blue Underground
Part Number: BU1144DVD
NTSC Widescreen 1.85:1 / 16:9
Packaging Description:
A series of sex murders shock college campus and four beautiful young
girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But
as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure
becomes a vacation to dismember at the hands – and blade – of the
lecherous maniac.
Directed by Sergio Martino (MOUNTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD) and staring Suzy Kendall (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE) and Tina Aumont (SALON KITTY), this Euro Horror chiller was originally released in America with much of its controversial violence removed by censors. Now fully restored from the original negative materials, TORSO is presented uncut and uncensored on DVD.
Trauma (1993)
Director: Dario Argento
Composer: Pino Donaggio
Label: Anchor Bay
Part Number: DV13069
NTSC Widescreen 16:9
Packaging Description:
For his first full-length American production, Italian master of horror
Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA, THE CARD PLAYER) delivered this grisly shocker
about a disturbed young woman (daughter Asia Argento of XXX and LAND
OF THE DEAD) who escapes from a sinister rehab clinic, the ex-addict
(Christopher Rydell) who becomes her lover and protector, and a string
of brutal decapitations by a serial killer called “The Headhunter”.
From its startling opening murders to its horrific final twist, experience
one of Dario Argento’s most surprising films as you witness all the
uncensored horror of TRAUMA! Oscar® nominees Piper Laurie (CARRIE)
Frederic Forrest (APOCALYPSE NOW) and Brad Dourif (THE LORD OF THE
RINGS TRILOGY) co-star in this extreme psycho-thriller, now presented
completely restore 0 including its explicit gore effects buy Tom Savini
(DAWN OF THE DEAD) – and loaded with revealing new Extras produced
exclusively for this Special Edition.