Danza Macabra: Volume Three — The Spanish Gothic Collection Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		3.5

Danza Macabra: Volume Three — The Spanish Gothic Collection Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman July 26, 2024

Since one might assume that one of the staples of Gothic media (film or otherwise), namely dank and spooky castles, were built in the veritable days of yore before the advent of the convenience of modern plumbing and water supplies, perhaps it's a more apt metaphor than usual to say that Severin is "returning to the well" for a third volume of offerings branded as Danza Macabra, after their previous releases of Danza Macabra: Volume One — The Italian Gothic Collection and Danza Macabra: Volume Two — The Italian Gothic Collection. As can probably be pretty easily gleaned from the subheading of this third collection, Severin is changing countries, and is here offering Spanish Gothic productions instead of the two previous volumes' concentration on Italian Gothic films, and with production dates ranging from 1971 to 1975 (with two films from each year). All four films in this collection are advertised as featuring new scans of the original negative for the first time. As with the other Danza Macabra collections, the films may be of variant interest and/or quality, but as usual Severin offers a really handsomely designed package that contains some outstanding supplemental features.

For reviews of the films in this set, please click on the following links:

Necrophagus Blu-ray review

Cake of Blood Blu-ray review

Cross of the Devil Blu-ray review

The Night of the Walking Dead Blu-ray review

Danza Macabra: Volume Three — The Spanish Gothic Collection Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Danza Macabra: Volume Three — The Spanish Gothic Collection Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Danza Macabra: Volume Three — The Spanish Gothic Collection Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements on each disc are detailed in the above linked reviews. This is another handsomely designed release from Severin, meant to "match" the two previous volumes, with an evocative slipbox enclosing the four keepcases, all of which offered themed insert art.

Danza Macabra: Volume Three — The Spanish Gothic Collection Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Severin's continuing curation of these international gothic offerings may not always feature unheralded masterpieces, but the films often have really interesting aspects, and all of the supplements included have a wealth of information and context. Technical merits are generally solid, and Danza Macabra Volume 3 comes Recommended.