The Bloody Lady

Arbelos is preparing a Blu-ray release of Viktor Kubal's The Bloody Lady (1981). The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on March 11.

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.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 2K RESTORATION from the original 35mm camera negative by the Slovak Film Institute
• NEW RESTORATION of Jurko the Highwayman (1976)
• Including over 20 restored short films:
• The Mysterious Old Man (1944)
• Earth (1966)
• Dita at the Post Office (1967)
• Promotion (1968)
• Dita in the Air (1970)
• Two Good Friends (1972)
• Tom Thumb (1972)
• Tom Thumb at a Magicians (1973)
• Chess (1974)
• Tom Thumb and the Germs (1974)
• The Present (1976)
• Cinema (1977)
• The Ladder (1978)
• Only Child (1979)
• The Microscope (1981)
• What Happened to Johnny on the Road (1981)
• The Selection (1982)
• The Weatherman (1983)
• The Marzipan Comedy (1987)
• High Noon (1988)
• The Idol (1989)
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2024)
• New essay "A Dot and a Line (Everything is Possible)," by Rastislav Steranka
• Collectible 12-page booklet
• REGION-FREE