Severin Films will release on 4K Blu-ray Jess Franco's Vampyros Lesbos (1971), starring Soledad Miranda, Ewa Strömberg, Dennis Price, Heidrun Kussin, and José Martínez Blanco. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market during Black Friday.
Description; From Jess Franco – the filmmaker The Vatican called "the most dangerous director in the world" – comes his legendary "fever dream of blood and lust" (The New York Times), now in UHD for the first time ever: Eternally stunning Soledad Miranda stars as a vixen vampire who lures women to a Mediterranean island to satisfy her insatiable hunger for female flesh in "a distinctive work of art and beautiful must-see" (Classic Horror) that seductively corrupts the Dracula mythos forever. Ewa Strömberg (SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY), Dennis Price (THEATRE OF BLOOD), Paul Muller (COUNT DRACULA) and the director himself co-star in "Franco's masterpiece" (The Digital Bits), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, with 5 hours of Special Features that include an interview with Jess filmed shortly before his death, an all-new In the Land of Franco, an appreciation by Oscar® winning writer/director Sean Baker (ANORA) and more.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Audio Commentary with Kat Ellinger, author of Daughters Of Darkness
Audio Commentary with film professor Aaron AuBuchon and Oscarbate Film Collective's John Dickson and Will Morris
German Trailer
Original German audio, with English subtitles
DISC TWO - BLU-RAY
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
Audio Commentary with Kat Ellinger, author of Daughters Of Darkness
Audio Commentary with film professor Aaron AuBuchon and Oscarbate Film Collective's John Dickson and Will Morris
Interlude In Lesbos – Interview With Director Jess Franco
Fever Dracula – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Franco
The Red Scarf Diaries – A Jess Franco Career Appreciation By Academy Award®-Winning Filmmaker Sean Baker
In The Land Of Franco Part 12
Sublime Soledad – Interview With Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown