Mondo Macabro has announced that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of Paul Naschy's final film,
The Night of the Executioner (1992), starring Paul Naschy, Manuel Zarzo, and Paloma Cela. The release is expected to arrive on the market in early 2023.
Label description: Naschy plays Dr Hugo Arranz who is celebrating his 50th birthday with his wife and daughter when a gang of degenerate thugs break into their home. They rob the doctor and his family and then rape and kill both the women. Their final gruesome act is to cut out Dr Hugo's tongue after which they leave him to bleed to death. But the doctor survives and, seeking vengeance on the punks who destroyed his family, he begins a rigorous training program to turn himself into a merciless killing machine.
Naschy's final film as writer/director/star is a bleak and violent work in which the action unfolds at a relentless pace, barely pausing for breath. Paul Naschy throws into the mix a huge dollop of sex and sleaze and his portrayal of the silent avenger is one of his most powerful and chilling screen performances.
This is the film's first US release and a world premiere on Blu-ray, fully restored from the original negative and with a number of exclusive extra features.