Web of the Spider Blu-ray

U.S. label Garagehouse Pictures has confirmed that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of cult Italian director Antonio Margheriti's film Web of the Spider (1971), starring Anthony Franciosa, Michèle Mercier, Klaus Kinski, Peter Carsten, and Silvano Tranquilli. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this summer.

Synopsis: In this remake of his own La Danza Macabra, director Antonio Margheriti casts Anthony Franciosa as writer Alan Foster, who accepts a bet from Edgar Allan Poe (Klaus Kinski) and his friend Thomas Blackwood. No one has ever survived a night in Blackwood's castle, but the skeptical Foster gladly accepts the dare. The castle is striking and scary, which soon begins to affect Foster's mind. He meets Blackwood's sister Elisabeth and the jealous Julia (Karin Field). Julia's portrait had intrigued him earlier, but it is Elisabeth whom Foster beds, only to see her stabbed by a stranger. The attacker's body vanishes after Foster kills him, and he quickly realizes that the castle is inhabited by vampiric ghosts. Foster must survive the horrors of the night and hold on to not only his life, but his sanity as well. This is an atmospheric film, full of crypts, skulls and mist, and Margheriti's direction is assured.

Special Features and Specs:

• NEW 4K transfer of the original US theatrical CRI (FULLY UNCUT)
• Audio commentary by Garagehouse Pictures cover artist Stephen Romano
• Audio commentary by director Keith Crocke (The Bloody Ape) and DVD Drive-In host George Reis
• Original trailers
• Deleted scenes
• Super 8 movie digest version of the film
• Still gallery
• And More...