Werewolf Woman Blu-ray Detailed

Kino Lorber and Raro Video U.S. have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Rino Di Silvestro's horror film Werewolf Woman a.k.a. La lupa mannara (1976), starring Annik Borel, Dagmar Lassander, Howard Ross, Tino Carraro, and Salvatore Billa. The release will be available for purchase on October 28th.

This release marks the first time that this Italian horror classic has been released on Blu-ray.

This new HD transfer, digitally restored with a new and improved English subtitle translation, comes packed with special features including a video interview with director Rino Di Silvestro, the original Italian trailer, the original English trailer, and to top it off, a fully illustrated booklet by Chris Alexander of Fangoria Magazine, detailing the genesis and production of the film.

A favorite of director Quentin Tarantino, Werewolf Woman is a psychological horror film about a young woman, mentally unstable and dealing with sexual abuse, who imagines she is the reincarnation of a dead ancestor who just happened to be a werewolf! Before long, she is seducing men and turning into a werewolf and tearing them to shreds, but when she meets the man whom she believes could be her true love, she is ready to leave her troubled past behind.

This erotic and gruesome Eurohorror classic is presented here in a remastered in HD transfer that does justice to its unique visual style and to the work of its director, Rino Di Silvestro.

Special Features:

• Video interview with the director Rino Di Silvestro (19 min, 22 sec)
• Original Italian theatrical trailer
• Original English theatrical trailer
• A fully illustrated booklet on the genesis and production of the film by Chris Alexander (Fangoria Magazine)
• Digitally restored
• New and improved English subtitle translation