Mondo Macabro will release standard Blu-ray editions of Vicente Aranda's
Fata Morgana (1966) and Carlos Aured and Sergio Bergonzelli's
Sex Apocalypse (1982). The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market this June.
Fata Morgana
Label description: A man rehearses a lecture he is planning to give, analyzing serial killers. He claims that a woman is soon to be murdered in the city. It is inevitable, he explains, as some people are born victims while others are born to kill. He plans to identify the future victim through a series of photographs of violent acts.
Fashion model Gim, played by iconic Spanish actress Teresa Gimpera, finds herself alone in a Barcelona that seems almost deserted. She seeks out her lover, Alvaro, for help. On her way to meet him she is harassed by a series of men and followed by a huge and menacing silver truck with blacked out windows. Through a loud speaker on the truck a mechanical voice orders all persons to leave the city immediately. Gim finds that Alvaro's former girlfriend, Miriam, is staying in his house having just returned from London where a terrible but unexplained event occurred. In Alvaro's "art chamber", an obviously disturbed Miriam finds a large knife disguised as a metallic silver fish. Meanwhile, a group of teenage boys cut out a picture of Gim from a huge advertising billboard. They carry it through the empty city streets in a silent procession.
Directed in 1965 by Vicente Aranda, FATA MORGANA is a hallucinogenic mixture of chase thriller, science fiction, art film and comic-book inspired puzzle. Filled with garishly colored visuals and with a hypnotic jazzy soundtrack, the film is a unique and highly entertaining first feature from one of world cinema's most renowned creators.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Spanish audio with optional English subtitles
- Interview with actress Teresa Gimpera
- Interview with Angel Sala, director of the Sitges Film Festival
- Audio commentary by Eurocult expert Rachael Nisbet
- Alternative opening sequence
- REGION-FREE
STREET DATE: JUNE 11.
Sex Apocalypse
Description: A kinky gang of free-loving criminals, three women and two men, come into possession of the keys to a large and luxurious villa belonging to a man travelling abroad for an extended period of time. Taking advantage of the extra space and security of their new home, they decide to try a shot at the big-time and kidnap a rich man's daughter, intending to hold her for a million-dollar ransom. Discovering that the girl has enjoyed a privileged and sheltered upbringing and is also a virgin, two of the female members of the gang decide to induct the hostage into their own sexually liberated ways. But they find out that she may be a lot wiser than they thought. And soon a dangerous power struggle is set in motion, a struggle that ends in a deadly and shocking "apocalypse" of sex and violence.
In Spain from the late 1970s, after the law was liberalized, there was an explosion of sex films on the country's screens. These films were classified by the censor as "S", meaning that they might offend the sensibilities of the viewer. Carlos Aured, director of four films starring horror icon Paul Naschy, made SEX APOCALYPSE, one of the most notorious of all the "S" movies. It's a film that should not be watched by the easily offended.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Interview with Carlos Aured biographer Miguel Angel Plana
- Interview with writer and film maker Richard Reguant
- Audio commentary from Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- Optional English subtitles
- REGION-FREE
STREET DATE: JUNE 11.