Ricco the Mean Machine Blu-ray
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Posted May 30, 2026 07:38 PM by Webmaster
Cauldron Films is preparing a Standard Edition Blu-ray of Tulio Demicheli's Ricco the Mean Machine (1973), starring Christopher Mitchum, Barbara Bouchet, Malisa Longo, Eduardo Fajardo, and José María Caffarel. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 8.
Also on the same date, the label will release on Blu-ray Brivido Giallo Vol. 1, a two-disc set.
Description: Ricco Aversi (Chris Mitchum — Summertime Killer) emerges from a short prison sentence to find that Don Avito (Arthur Kennedy — The Tough Ones), the ruthless smuggler who murdered his father, has also stolen his girlfriend. With the help of the ravishing petty thief, Scilla (Barbara Bouchet — Don't Torture a Duckling), he makes his way through the dastardly cast of characters who betrayed him in a legendary fury of blood-drenched vengeance!
Famously marketed as CAULDRON OF DEATH in the US, RICCO is from veteran Italian director Tulio Demicheli (Assignment Terror, Sabata The Killer) and features a long list of familiar faces including Eduardo Fajardo (Django) and Malisa Longo (Urban Warriors) along with all the action you have come to expect from the genre. Cauldron Films debuts the worldwide release of RICCO: THE MEAN MACHINE on Blu-ray restored from a 4k scan of the original, uncut negative and featuring new and archival extras!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Brivido Giallo Vol. 1 (Graveyard Disturbance / Until Death) Brivido Giallo is a four part Horror / Giallo film series that was made for Italian television in the late 80s as standalone fully featured productions, loaded with practical FX and killer music, all directed by the master himself, Lamberto Bava (Demons, Blastfighter)!
Collected here are two of those films (Graveyard Disturbance & Until Death), each on their own Blu-ray, restored from 4K scans of the original camera negatives, and loaded with special features!
Graveyard Disturbance (1987)
Director - Lamberto Bava 5 young thieves set out for adventure only to find the stakes to be higher than expected when they bet it all and spend the night in the catacombs from hell. Starring Karl Zinny (Opera), Beatrice Ring (Zombie 3), Lino Salemme (The Sweet House of Horrors), and Lea Martino (You'll Die at Midnight) with soundtrack by Simon Boswell (Santa Sangre).
Until Death (1988)
A troubled couple have a murderous secret. They know that someone or something is coming for them. Is it the police? Or is it revenge from beyond the grave? Starring David Brandon (Stagefright), Gioia Scola (Conquest), and Urbano Barberini (The Black Cat) with soundtrack by Simon Boswell (Phenomena).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Also on the same date, the label will release on Blu-ray Brivido Giallo Vol. 1, a two-disc set.
Description: Ricco Aversi (Chris Mitchum — Summertime Killer) emerges from a short prison sentence to find that Don Avito (Arthur Kennedy — The Tough Ones), the ruthless smuggler who murdered his father, has also stolen his girlfriend. With the help of the ravishing petty thief, Scilla (Barbara Bouchet — Don't Torture a Duckling), he makes his way through the dastardly cast of characters who betrayed him in a legendary fury of blood-drenched vengeance!
Famously marketed as CAULDRON OF DEATH in the US, RICCO is from veteran Italian director Tulio Demicheli (Assignment Terror, Sabata The Killer) and features a long list of familiar faces including Eduardo Fajardo (Django) and Malisa Longo (Urban Warriors) along with all the action you have come to expect from the genre. Cauldron Films debuts the worldwide release of RICCO: THE MEAN MACHINE on Blu-ray restored from a 4k scan of the original, uncut negative and featuring new and archival extras!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Audio optiona:
- English 2.0 dual mono, with optional English SDH subtiltes
- Italian 2.0 dual mono w/ newly translated English subtitles
- NEW Malisa of the Mob: Interview with actress Malisa Longo
- NEW A Hombre and a Cult: Interview with actor Antonio Mayans
- NEW Cauldron of Ricos: A video essay by Italian genre film historian Eugenio Ercolani
- Archival interview with Christopher Mitchum
- Trailer
- Reversible cover with alternate artwork
- REGION-FREE
Brivido Giallo Vol. 1 (Graveyard Disturbance / Until Death) Brivido Giallo is a four part Horror / Giallo film series that was made for Italian television in the late 80s as standalone fully featured productions, loaded with practical FX and killer music, all directed by the master himself, Lamberto Bava (Demons, Blastfighter)!
Collected here are two of those films (Graveyard Disturbance & Until Death), each on their own Blu-ray, restored from 4K scans of the original camera negatives, and loaded with special features!
Graveyard Disturbance (1987)
Director - Lamberto Bava 5 young thieves set out for adventure only to find the stakes to be higher than expected when they bet it all and spend the night in the catacombs from hell. Starring Karl Zinny (Opera), Beatrice Ring (Zombie 3), Lino Salemme (The Sweet House of Horrors), and Lea Martino (You'll Die at Midnight) with soundtrack by Simon Boswell (Santa Sangre).
Until Death (1988)
A troubled couple have a murderous secret. They know that someone or something is coming for them. Is it the police? Or is it revenge from beyond the grave? Starring David Brandon (Stagefright), Gioia Scola (Conquest), and Urbano Barberini (The Black Cat) with soundtrack by Simon Boswell (Phenomena).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- TWO-DISC BLU-RAY SET
- 4K RESTORATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVES
- ORIGINAL ENGLISH AND ITALIAN AUDIO TRACKS, with optional English SDH and English subtitles
- Disturbing Lighting - interview with Gianlorenzo Battaglia
- Whatever Happened to Baby Zinny? - Interview with Karl Zinny
- Graveyard Stories - Interview with Lamberto Bava
- Building a Graveyard - Interview with Massimo Antonello Geleng
- The Giallo Gang - Interview with Roberto Ricci
- Audio commentary by Eugenio Ercolani & Nanni Cobretti
- Deadly Love Triangle: An interview with Lamberto Bava
- The Eye of the Bavas: An interview with Gianlorenzo Battaglia
- The Achievements of a Good Baddie: An Interview with David Brandon
- A Lake to Die For: An Interview with Massimo Antonello Geleng
- Audio commentary by Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
- Reverse Blu-ray wrap featuring Eric Lee artwork
- Trailers (newly scanned and restored in 4K / 1080p presentation)
- REGION-FREE
