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Posted August 13, 2022 05:46 PM by Webmaster
Mondo Macabro is preparing standard retail editions of three genre films. They are: Jess Franco's The Other Side of the Mirror (1973), Alejandro Martí's Love Brides of the Blood Mummy (1973), and José Luis Madrid's The Horrible Sexy Vampire (1972). The three releases will be available for purchase on October 11.
The Other Side of the Mirror
Description: Ana, a young songwriter and piano player, lives alone with her father in a large house on the island of Madeira. She meets a boy and they plan to marry. However when she tells her father of their intentions he tries to persuade her to call off the wedding.
With the help of her aunt, Ana continues with her plans and one day her expensive wedding dress is delivered. Ana puts on the dress and runs happily through the house to find her father. Entering his study she sees, reflected in a mirror, her father hanging by a rope. He has killed himself.
Ana leaves the island for the mainland and gets a job playing with a jazz band. However, she is haunted by visions of her dead father calling to her from beyond the mirror, summoning her to murder any man who gets close to her. Gradually the mirror world takes over Ana's life until she can no longer separate fantasy from reality.
With a stunning performance by Emma Cohen as Ana, this was one of Jess Franco's most unusual and personal films. This is its first ever US release and a world premiere on Blu-ray.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
A series of murders is being committed. Both men and women are victims of a mystery assassin. The police think it is the work of a serial killer. The coroner is not sure it is so simple. He has been studying the case and has discovered that for nearly a hundred years in the same district people, have been killed in the same way and according to a very distinct time pattern.
To the astonishment of the investigating officer, the coroner says he believes the killings to be the work of a supernatural creature - a vampire. Soon a stranger arrives in the area, claiming to be the sole descendent of the long dead baron who was believed to be a vampire. He accompanies the police into the burial vaults of the ancient castle, where a dreadful sight awaits them.
Something of a holy grail for fans of European horror cinema, and notorious for its frequent scenes of nudity, the film has been unavailable for many years. This is a world premier Blu-ray release. Filmed in Germany in the snowy winter of 1969, the film has a unique and morbid atmosphere and features an astonishing performance from Jess Franco favorite Wal Davis as both vampire and victim.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
In ancient Egypt, the son of a high priest is sentenced to death for the murder and mutilation of young women. His father uses his influence to have his son placed in a cataleptic state and sealed intact in a grand sarcophagus. Thousands of years later, in a castle in remote 19th century Cornwall, Lord Dartmoor, an eccentric practitioner of the Black Arts, opens the sarcophagus and brings the body back to life through the power of electricity. The Egyptian needs fresh blood to survive and using his telepathic abilities he enslaves Dartmoor's servant, John, and forces him to kidnap young women and bring them back to the castle where they will be drained of their life fluid by the monster. Lord Dartmoor is locked in a cage in the castle's dungeon and becomes a powerless witness to the ensuing scenes of horror.
One day, Dartmoor's daughter Lucille arrives back at the castle, bringing with her a school friend. The two women soon fall victim to the lusts of the undead Egyptian. It seems that the horror will never end. But Dartmoor is determined to save his only child…
Available for the first time on home video anywhere in the world, comes the complete and uncut version of this legendary rarity from 1973. The film contains extended scenes of sex and violence that are among the most intense and shocking of any film from this period.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Other Side of the Mirror
Description: Ana, a young songwriter and piano player, lives alone with her father in a large house on the island of Madeira. She meets a boy and they plan to marry. However when she tells her father of their intentions he tries to persuade her to call off the wedding.
With the help of her aunt, Ana continues with her plans and one day her expensive wedding dress is delivered. Ana puts on the dress and runs happily through the house to find her father. Entering his study she sees, reflected in a mirror, her father hanging by a rope. He has killed himself.
Ana leaves the island for the mainland and gets a job playing with a jazz band. However, she is haunted by visions of her dead father calling to her from beyond the mirror, summoning her to murder any man who gets close to her. Gradually the mirror world takes over Ana's life until she can no longer separate fantasy from reality.
With a stunning performance by Emma Cohen as Ana, this was one of Jess Franco's most unusual and personal films. This is its first ever US release and a world premiere on Blu-ray.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Interview with writer Stephen Thrower (56 min)
- Interview with actor Robert Woods
- Audio commentary from Robert Monell and Rod Barnett
- New artwork by Justin Coffee
- Optional English subtitles
- Mondo Macabro previews
- REGION-FREE
A series of murders is being committed. Both men and women are victims of a mystery assassin. The police think it is the work of a serial killer. The coroner is not sure it is so simple. He has been studying the case and has discovered that for nearly a hundred years in the same district people, have been killed in the same way and according to a very distinct time pattern.
To the astonishment of the investigating officer, the coroner says he believes the killings to be the work of a supernatural creature - a vampire. Soon a stranger arrives in the area, claiming to be the sole descendent of the long dead baron who was believed to be a vampire. He accompanies the police into the burial vaults of the ancient castle, where a dreadful sight awaits them.
Something of a holy grail for fans of European horror cinema, and notorious for its frequent scenes of nudity, the film has been unavailable for many years. This is a world premier Blu-ray release. Filmed in Germany in the snowy winter of 1969, the film has a unique and morbid atmosphere and features an astonishing performance from Jess Franco favorite Wal Davis as both vampire and victim.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary from David Flint and Adrian J. Smith
- Animated press book and publicity stills
- English and Spanish audio options
- Newly translated English subtitles
- Mondo Macabro previews
- REGION-FREE
In ancient Egypt, the son of a high priest is sentenced to death for the murder and mutilation of young women. His father uses his influence to have his son placed in a cataleptic state and sealed intact in a grand sarcophagus. Thousands of years later, in a castle in remote 19th century Cornwall, Lord Dartmoor, an eccentric practitioner of the Black Arts, opens the sarcophagus and brings the body back to life through the power of electricity. The Egyptian needs fresh blood to survive and using his telepathic abilities he enslaves Dartmoor's servant, John, and forces him to kidnap young women and bring them back to the castle where they will be drained of their life fluid by the monster. Lord Dartmoor is locked in a cage in the castle's dungeon and becomes a powerless witness to the ensuing scenes of horror.
One day, Dartmoor's daughter Lucille arrives back at the castle, bringing with her a school friend. The two women soon fall victim to the lusts of the undead Egyptian. It seems that the horror will never end. But Dartmoor is determined to save his only child…
Available for the first time on home video anywhere in the world, comes the complete and uncut version of this legendary rarity from 1973. The film contains extended scenes of sex and violence that are among the most intense and shocking of any film from this period.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- TWO VERSIONS OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary from David Flint
- Super 8mm cut down version
- Trailers, alternate scenes, publicity parade of stills and posters
- Mondo Macabro previews
- REGION-FREE
