Independent distributors Raro Video U.S. have announced that they will release on Blu-ray Italian director Antonio Margheriti's
I lunghi capelli della morte a.k.a.
The Long Hair of Death (1964), starring Barbara Steele (
Black Sunday), George Ardisson (
Juliet of the Spirits), and Halina Zalewska (
The Leopard). Using a brand new high-definition transfer struck from the original 35mm negative, the release will be available for purchase in December.
In this gothic gem, Steele plays Helen Karnstein, whose mother is burned at the stake as a witch. Helen vows revenge, but is pushed off a cliff before she can carry it out. Death cannot stop her, however, and she returns to wreck havoc upon the man who falsely accused her mother. There is something for everyone in this moody masterpiece: a sinister castle, secret passageways, hidden crypts, ghostly temptresses, plague, witch burning, seduction and adultery. A Barbara Steele classic!