Arbelos: First Look at New 2K Restoration of The Bloody Lady
Posted October 3, 2024 05:20 PM by Webmaster
Arbelos has provided a promotional trailer for the recent 2K restoration of Viktor Kubal's The Bloody Lady (1981). The label has not yet revealed a preliminary release date for an upcoming Blu-ray release.
Description: Lady Elisabeth Báthory lives a charmed life in a resplendent Romanesque castle, surrounded by Disney-esque wildlife and a colorful cast of obliging servants. Taking ill one day while traveling through the forest, she's nursed back to health by a handsome woodsman, and in gratitude gifts him with her own heart. But upon returning home, Lady Báthory's sunny disposition quickly turns murderous and vampiric once she discovers the secret to heart-less eternal youth lies in draining the blood of all the young women and men in her castle.
The Bloody Lady is the centerpiece of Viktor Kubal: Father of Slovak Animation, a retrospective of the landmark Eastern Bloc animator's pioneering work in much-loved children's shorts as well as subversive – though no less groundbreaking – feature films.
Restoration courtesy of the Slovak Film Institute.