School of Death Blu-ray
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Posted October 13, 2021 07:38 PM by Webmaster
Mondo Macabro has announced that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of Pedro Ramírez's thriller School of Death a.k.a. El colegio de la muerte (1975), starring Victoria Vera in El colegio de la muerte (1975). starring Dean Selmier, Sandra Mozaroski, and Victoria Vera. The release will be available for purchase on October 21.
Label description: The outwardly respectable St. Elizabeth's Refuge in Victorian London is a place where young orphans and other female waifs and strays are trained to be good servants, destined for employment in the houses of upstanding citizens. One by one the girls are sent out into the world, never to be seen again.
The headmistress, Miss Wilkins, is a firm disciplinarian. Any of her girls who seem rebellious or wanton will be taken to the punishment room and given a good whipping by her willing assistant, Miss Colton. But should the girls fall into the hands of the sinister Dr. Krueger, their fate will be even worse.
One of the most rebellious students, Leonore - played by Spanish actress Sandra Mozarowsky - is determined to find out what happened to her friend Sylvia, who died after being sent to a rich man's house one night. What she discovers is more horrifying and twisted than she could ever have imagined. But will she live to tell the tale?
This dark tale of Gothic horror appears on disc for the first time ever and in a new digital restoration from the original negative.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Also, the label has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Georg Tressler's horror thriller Sukkubus (1989), starring Peter Simonischek Giovanni Früh, and Andy Voß. This release will be available for purchase on October 21 as well.
Label description: This film is the story of that sacrilege and its punishment.
There's much talk these days of "folk horror". This film is the real deal, based on a gruesome and ancient story, much retold by people who live in the Alps – the huge mountain range that spans six European countries. In the summer the three herdsmen, two adults and a young apprentice took their cattle high up on the mountains where the pastures are richer. At night, holed up in their cabin there was little for them to do. Inevitably, their thoughts turned to sex. But as they were three men… what could they do? The more reckless of the men tried it on with the young boy but was soon put in his place by the group's leader, who was himself combating lustful thoughts through prayer.
One day the boy finds a peculiar tree root shaped like a face. He brings it back to the hut and makes a kind of wig for it out of old straw. That night the two older men get drunk and, seeing the strange root, they decide to use it to make a life-sized female doll, using bits of old clothing, straw and wood. They baptize their creation with strong liquor and even offer it food. And then, to their shock, the doll comes to life in the form of a beautiful woman. And that's where their nightmare really starts. Resisting their abuse of her body, the demonic doll hunts them down one by one and takes a terrible revenge.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Label description: The outwardly respectable St. Elizabeth's Refuge in Victorian London is a place where young orphans and other female waifs and strays are trained to be good servants, destined for employment in the houses of upstanding citizens. One by one the girls are sent out into the world, never to be seen again.
The headmistress, Miss Wilkins, is a firm disciplinarian. Any of her girls who seem rebellious or wanton will be taken to the punishment room and given a good whipping by her willing assistant, Miss Colton. But should the girls fall into the hands of the sinister Dr. Krueger, their fate will be even worse.
One of the most rebellious students, Leonore - played by Spanish actress Sandra Mozarowsky - is determined to find out what happened to her friend Sylvia, who died after being sent to a rich man's house one night. What she discovers is more horrifying and twisted than she could ever have imagined. But will she live to tell the tale?
This dark tale of Gothic horror appears on disc for the first time ever and in a new digital restoration from the original negative.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- English and Spanish audio tracks, with optional English subtitles
- Audio commentary by critic Kat Ellinger
- 20-page booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by Spanish film expert Ismael Fernandez
- Reversible cover sleeve with original ad art on each side
Also, the label has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Georg Tressler's horror thriller Sukkubus (1989), starring Peter Simonischek Giovanni Früh, and Andy Voß. This release will be available for purchase on October 21 as well.
Label description: This film is the story of that sacrilege and its punishment.
There's much talk these days of "folk horror". This film is the real deal, based on a gruesome and ancient story, much retold by people who live in the Alps – the huge mountain range that spans six European countries. In the summer the three herdsmen, two adults and a young apprentice took their cattle high up on the mountains where the pastures are richer. At night, holed up in their cabin there was little for them to do. Inevitably, their thoughts turned to sex. But as they were three men… what could they do? The more reckless of the men tried it on with the young boy but was soon put in his place by the group's leader, who was himself combating lustful thoughts through prayer.
One day the boy finds a peculiar tree root shaped like a face. He brings it back to the hut and makes a kind of wig for it out of old straw. That night the two older men get drunk and, seeing the strange root, they decide to use it to make a life-sized female doll, using bits of old clothing, straw and wood. They baptize their creation with strong liquor and even offer it food. And then, to their shock, the doll comes to life in the form of a beautiful woman. And that's where their nightmare really starts. Resisting their abuse of her body, the demonic doll hunts them down one by one and takes a terrible revenge.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- German audio track with optional English subtitles
- NEW Exclusive interview with actor Peter Simonischek
- Original trailer
- 20-page booklet with brand new writing on the film by Pete Tombs, 4 double sided art cards reproducing original lobby card art
- Brand new (and, exclusive to the LE, uncensored) art by Justin Coffee
- REGION-A "LOCKED"
