Cauldron Films: New 4K Restorations of The Crimes of the Black Cat and Beyond Terror Heading to Blu-ray
HomeCauldron Films: New 4K Restorations of The Crimes of the Black Cat and Beyond Terror Heading to Blu-ray
Posted October 23, 2020 04:11 PM by Webmaster
Cauldron Films has announced that it will add to new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: Sergio Pastore's The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972) and Tomás Aznar's Beyond Terror (1980). The two releases will be available for purchase on January 12.
The Crimes of the Black Cat
Description: A mysterious murder and a strange, hushed conversation lead a blind musician into the path of a vicious killer in Sergio Pastore's sleazy 1972 giallo: The Crimes of the Black Cat!
After a young model seemingly dies of a heart attack, her lover, Peter Oliver (Anthony Steffen, The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave, Django the Bastard) and his butler begin their own investigation into the death and soon find an intertwined series of murders, all involving a cat and a yellow shawl. One step ahead of the police, but always right behind the killer, Peter manages to piece together clue after clue until the final, shocking showdown with the bloodthirsty killer.
Released in the shadows of Dario Argento's wildly successful The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (and one of over 30 Italian giallo films produced in 1972), The Crimes of the Black Cat delivers the style of a classic giallo with sleazy, over the top violence that rivals Italian films from a decade later. Despite its pedigree of talent including Sylva Koscina (Lisa and the Devil), Renato De Carmine (Challenge to White Fang), Giacomo Rossi Stuart (Death Smiles at a Murderer, Shanghai Joe), Umberto Raho (Amuck, Summertime Killer), and Annabella Incontrera (The Case of the Blood Iris), an eerie score by Manuel De Sica (Dellamorte Dellamore), and behind the scenes work from Fabrizio De Angelis (producer of Zombie, The Beyond) The Crimes of the Black Cat has been largely ignored on home video. Previously unavailable in HD or in the proper aspect ratio, The Crimes of the Black Cat makes its worldwide Blu-Ray debut with an uncut 4K restoration via Cauldron Films.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: After a drug-fueled night of violence, a group of young degenerates and their hostages find themselves stranded in a remote, abandoned church in rural Spain. Their evening of debauchery and blasphemy quickly turns to greed when they discover a local legend that tells of a vast fortune guarded by mummies in the catacombs beneath the ruins. Their lust for the treasure is short-lived as they find that the supernatural horror in the catacombs is something further than fear… it is Beyond Terror!
Beyond Terror (Más allá del terror) is a lost gem that is long overdue for rediscovery. Never available on home video in the United States, Beyond Terror makes its worldwide Blu-ray debut from Cauldron Films with a brand new 4K scan from the camera negative that has been restored to its original grim glory. Co-written by Juan Piquer Simón (Pieces, Slugs), this early '80s hybrid unfolds like an homage to Amando de Ossorio's Tombs of the Blind Dead, by way of Mario Bava's Rabid Dogs, with a healthy dose of violence, gore, sex, eerie crypts and supernatural revenge!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Crimes of the Black Cat
Description: A mysterious murder and a strange, hushed conversation lead a blind musician into the path of a vicious killer in Sergio Pastore's sleazy 1972 giallo: The Crimes of the Black Cat!
After a young model seemingly dies of a heart attack, her lover, Peter Oliver (Anthony Steffen, The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave, Django the Bastard) and his butler begin their own investigation into the death and soon find an intertwined series of murders, all involving a cat and a yellow shawl. One step ahead of the police, but always right behind the killer, Peter manages to piece together clue after clue until the final, shocking showdown with the bloodthirsty killer.
Released in the shadows of Dario Argento's wildly successful The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (and one of over 30 Italian giallo films produced in 1972), The Crimes of the Black Cat delivers the style of a classic giallo with sleazy, over the top violence that rivals Italian films from a decade later. Despite its pedigree of talent including Sylva Koscina (Lisa and the Devil), Renato De Carmine (Challenge to White Fang), Giacomo Rossi Stuart (Death Smiles at a Murderer, Shanghai Joe), Umberto Raho (Amuck, Summertime Killer), and Annabella Incontrera (The Case of the Blood Iris), an eerie score by Manuel De Sica (Dellamorte Dellamore), and behind the scenes work from Fabrizio De Angelis (producer of Zombie, The Beyond) The Crimes of the Black Cat has been largely ignored on home video. Previously unavailable in HD or in the proper aspect ratio, The Crimes of the Black Cat makes its worldwide Blu-Ray debut with an uncut 4K restoration via Cauldron Films.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FULLY UNCUT VERSION OF THE FILM
- CD SOUNDTRACK with music by Manuel De Sica (limited edition only)
- Remembering Sergio Pastore - Interview with Sara Pastore
- Sergio Pastore - Un Ammirevole Indipendente
- Commentary by Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- Commentary track with Fragments of Fear - A Giallo Podcast with Peter Jilmstad and Rachael Nisbet
- Trailer
- Image Gallery
- Audio:
- English audio
- Italian audio
- English subtitles
- Optional English SDH subtitles
- Reverse Blu-ray wrap featuring Italian poster art
- Double sided mini lobby card reproductions (limited edition only)
- High quality side loaded slipcase with artwork by Eric Adrian Lee (limited edition only)
- Limited to 1800 copies
Description: After a drug-fueled night of violence, a group of young degenerates and their hostages find themselves stranded in a remote, abandoned church in rural Spain. Their evening of debauchery and blasphemy quickly turns to greed when they discover a local legend that tells of a vast fortune guarded by mummies in the catacombs beneath the ruins. Their lust for the treasure is short-lived as they find that the supernatural horror in the catacombs is something further than fear… it is Beyond Terror!
Beyond Terror (Más allá del terror) is a lost gem that is long overdue for rediscovery. Never available on home video in the United States, Beyond Terror makes its worldwide Blu-ray debut from Cauldron Films with a brand new 4K scan from the camera negative that has been restored to its original grim glory. Co-written by Juan Piquer Simón (Pieces, Slugs), this early '80s hybrid unfolds like an homage to Amando de Ossorio's Tombs of the Blind Dead, by way of Mario Bava's Rabid Dogs, with a healthy dose of violence, gore, sex, eerie crypts and supernatural revenge!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
- CD SOUNDTRACK with music by Manuel De Sica (limited edition only)
- Audio Commentary by critic Kat Ellinger
- Image gallery with soundtrack
- Audio:
- Spanish audio
- English subtitles
- Mini press book reproduction booklet including writings about the film by Scott Carlson (limited edition only)
- Double sided mini lobby card reproductions (limited edition only)
- High quality side loaded slipcase (limited edition only)
- Reverse Blu-ray wrap featuring the original Spanish title and poster art
- Limited to 1800 copies
