A Bay of Blood 4K Blu-ray
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Posted November 12, 2025 07:27 PM by Webmaster
Severin Films has detailed its upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Mario Bava's A Bay of Blood (1971), starring Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati, and Chris Avram. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market during Black Friday.
Description: It redefined the giallo, birthed the slasher genre and remains "the film that changed the face of horror forever" (DVD Talk). Now Severin Films brings 3 separate versions The English Release, The Original Italian Release and The Italian Re-Release of this "brutal" (Little White Lies), "disturbing" (Screen Anarchy) and "brilliant" (Slant Magazine) classic from writer/director/cinematographer/maestro Mario Bava to UHD for the first time: When a wealthy countess is murdered for her bayfront real estate, it will lead to the systematic slaughter of ruthless developers, greedy heirs and bad neighbors. Claudine Auger (THUNDERBALL), Luigi Pistilli (YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM ) and Laura Betti (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON) star in "a film of unbridled ferocity that still shocks today" (Mondo Digital) also known as BLOOD BATH, TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE, CARNAGE and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT PART II featuring landmark gore effects by 3x Oscarฎ winner Carlo Rambaldi (ALIEN) and an equally brilliant score by Stelvio Cipriani (BARON BLOOD). All 3 versions have been scanned in 4K from superior vault elements with nearly 5 hours of new & archival Special Features and a Bonus Soundtrack CD.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY: ENGLISH VERSION OF THE FILM
Description: It redefined the giallo, birthed the slasher genre and remains "the film that changed the face of horror forever" (DVD Talk). Now Severin Films brings 3 separate versions The English Release, The Original Italian Release and The Italian Re-Release of this "brutal" (Little White Lies), "disturbing" (Screen Anarchy) and "brilliant" (Slant Magazine) classic from writer/director/cinematographer/maestro Mario Bava to UHD for the first time: When a wealthy countess is murdered for her bayfront real estate, it will lead to the systematic slaughter of ruthless developers, greedy heirs and bad neighbors. Claudine Auger (THUNDERBALL), Luigi Pistilli (YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM ) and Laura Betti (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON) star in "a film of unbridled ferocity that still shocks today" (Mondo Digital) also known as BLOOD BATH, TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE, CARNAGE and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT PART II featuring landmark gore effects by 3x Oscarฎ winner Carlo Rambaldi (ALIEN) and an equally brilliant score by Stelvio Cipriani (BARON BLOOD). All 3 versions have been scanned in 4K from superior vault elements with nearly 5 hours of new & archival Special Features and a Bonus Soundtrack CD.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY: ENGLISH VERSION OF THE FILM
- EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE ENGLISH VERSION
- Audio Commentary With Tim Lucas, Author Of Mario Bava: All The Colors Of The Dark
- U.S. Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
- EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATIONS OF BOTH VERSIONS
- Italian Trailer
- In Italian, with English subtitles
- EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE ENGLISH VERSION
- Audio Commentary With Tim Lucas, Author Of Mario Bava: All The Colors Of The Dark
- All About My Father Interview With Assistant Director Lamberto Bava
- It Was Just A Children's Game Interview With Actress Nicoletta Elmi
- Lens Of Blood Interview With Assistant Camera Operator Gianlorenzo Battaglia
- That Will Teach Them To Be Bad Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Books On Jess Franco And Lucio Fulci
- U.S. Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-A "LOCKED"
- EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATIONS OF BOTH VERSIONS
- Hallmark Of Horror: Carnage, Death Nerves & Last House Part II Video Essay By Film Writer Stephen R. Bissette
- The Art Of Crime Archival Featurette With Lamberto Bava (Assistant Director), Dardano Sacchetti (Screenwriter), Steve Della Casa (CSC Director), Franco Vitale (Still Photographer), Roy Bava (Mario Bava's Grandson), Alberto Pezzotta (Mario Bava's Biographer) And Joe Dante (Filmmaker)
- (Sittin' On) The Blood Of The Bay Archival Interview With Lamberto Bava
- 13 Ways To Die Archival Interview With Dardano Sacchetti
- Bava And The Grindhouse Joe Dante On Mario Bava
- Severin Super-Shock 2025 Intro By Lamberto Bava
- Storyboard Comparisons
- Radio Spots
- Italian Trailer
- In Italian, with English subtitles
- REGION-A "LOCKED"
- Original motion picture soundtrack on CD
- Limited Edition Slipcase for the entire release designed by Eric Lee
