Black Sunday / Lisa and the Devil - Blu-Ray UK - Director: Mario Bava

Title: Black Sunday
Starring: Barbara Steele
Released: 28th January 2013
SRP: £22.99


Further Details:
Arrow Video has announced the dual-format release of Black Sunday for the 28th of January, priced at around £22.99. Details of bonus material can be found below, along with the artwork.


Title: Lisa and the Devil
Starring: Elke Sommer
Released: 28th January 2013
SRP: £22.99


Further Details:
Arrow Video has announced the dual-format release of Lisa and the Devil for the 28th of January, priced at around £22.99. Details of bonus material can be found below, along with the artwork.



Arrow Video have a double-bill of Mario Bava titles coming to UK Blu-ray for the first time on 28 January 2013. Black Sunday and Lisa and the Devil will be released as Deluxe Editions boasting never-before-seen versions of each film, a wealth of special features and bonus material and exclusive interchangeable artwork. Both films are presented as Dual Format Editions.

Also available are limited edition slipbox editions featuring a 4-panel reversible sleeve, comprised of 3 original posters and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys. These are only available direct from the Arrow Store - www.arrowfilms.co.uk

Features are outlined below...

Black Sunday

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of two versions of the film; The Mask of Satan – the European version with score by Roberto Nicolosi & Black Sunday – the re-edited and re-dubbed AIP version with Les Baxter score, on home video for the first time anywhere in the world
• Three audio versions: Optional Italian, European English and AIP English re-dub and re-score
• English SDH subtitles for both English versions and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian audio
• Audio Commentary with Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas
• Introduction to the film by author and critic Alan Jones
• Interview with Black Sunday star and horror icon Barbara Steele
• Deleted Scene from the Italian version with notes by Tim Lucas
• International Trailer
• US Trailer
• Italian Trailer
• TV Spot
• I Vampiri (1956) – Italy’s first ever sound-era horror film directed by Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava
• US I Vampiri Trailer – ‘The Devil’s Commandment’
• Trailer reel – trailers of all the major works by Mario Bava
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Matt Bailey and Alan Jones, as well as a statement by Riccardo Freda on I vampiri and Bava, translated from the original Italian for the first time, illustrated with original archive stills and posters

Lisa and the Devil

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of both versions of the film: Lisa and the Devil and The House of Exorcism producer’s cut
• Optional English and Italian audio on Lisa and the Devil
• English SDH subtitles on both features and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian Audio of Lisa and The Devil
• Audio Commentary on Lisa and The Devil by Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas
• Audio Commentary on The House of Exorcism by producer Alfredo Leone and star Elke Sommer
• Introductions to both films by author and critic Alan Jones
• The Exorcism of Lisa – Assistant Director Lamberto Bava, screenwriter Roberto Natale, Roy Bava and Alberto Pezzotta discuss the making of both versions of the film
• Deleted Scene
• Original trailers
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and author Stephen Thrower, an interview with Bava from 1976, translated from the original Italian for the first time, illustrated with original stills and archive posters.

Arrow Video have also confirmed the deluxe editions of two further Bava classics this Spring. Black Sabbath and Baron Blood will both be released in April 2013.

ENLACES/FUENTES:
http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/76172/mario-bava-blu-rays-this-month.html
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/black-sunday.html
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/lisa-and-the-devil.html

Horror of Dracula (1958) Blu-Ray UK - Director: Terence Fisher

Title: Dracula
Starring: Christopher Lee
Released: 18th March 2013
SRP: £24.99



Further Details:
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of Dracula for the 18th of March, priced at around £24.99. A list of all bonus material can be found below, along with the artwork.

2007 BFI restoration plus the 2012 Hammer restoration, which adds additional footage that has been unavailable for decades.

• 2007 BFI restoration plus the 2012 Hammer restoration, which adds additional footage that has been unavailable for decades restored from the 'Japanese reels':
  • Dracula’s seduction of Mina
  • Dracula’s sunlight disintegration
• Four Brand-New Featurettes:
  • "Dracula Reborn". New 30 min. featurette about the film’s creation and history, featuring, among others: Jimmy Sangster, Kim Newman, Mark Gatiss, Jonathan Rigby and Janina Faye (Tania in the film)
  • "Resurrecting Dracula". New 20 min. featurette about the film’s restoration, from the BFI’s 2007 restoration through to the integration of “lost” footage, featuring interviews with key staff at the BFI, Molinare and Deluxe142. Also covers the February 2012 world premiere of Hammer’s interim restored version including “vox pop” interviews with fans after the event
  • "The Demon Lover: Christopher Frayling on Dracula". New 30 min featurette
  • "Censoring Dracula". New 10 min. featurette on the original cuts to the film ordered by the British Board of Film Censors
• Commentary: New commentary by Hammer historian Marcus Hearn and author & critic Jonathan Rigby
• All 4 surviving "Japanese reels" (6 - 9) unrestored (40 mins)
• The World Of Hammer episode: Dracula And The Undead
• Janina Faye reading a chapter of Stoker’s novel at the VAULT festival
• Stills Gallery of over 100 fully-restored and rare images
• Booklet by Hammer archivist Robert J. E. Simpson (PDF)
• Original shooting script (PDF)

Following last year's release of The Curse of Frankenstein, Hammer, Icon Film Distribution and Lionsgate have joined forces again to bring you another British classic. This time it's Terence Fisher's 1958 version of Dracula, fully restored in High Definition and available on UK Blu-ray and DVD for the first time.

The release will contain two versions of the feature (seamlessly branched on the Blu-ray):

The 2007 BFI restoration plus the 2012 Hammer restoration, which adds additional footage that has been unavailable for decades.

The additional footage comprises two of the scenes that were originally censored by the BBFC in 1958 that have now been restored to the film from the “Japanese reels”:

• Dracula’s seduction of Mina
• Dracula’s sunlight disintegration

The press release notes this release will be at the "correct aspect ratio of 1.66:1 which has never been available for home viewing".

A 3-Disc Double Play set (2xBD, 1xDVD)

ENLACES/FUENTES:
http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/76173/dracula-1958-hammer-in-march.html
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/dracula2.html