Giallo Essentials - Blue Edition (Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Arrow Video) [UK]

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Sep 10, 2012
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Release date: April 24, 2023
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £35.00 (Arrow Films) - TBA (Amazon) - £34.99 (Zavvi - HMV)


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  • 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
  • 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
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