UK's Arrow Video has announced
A Bay of Blood (
Reazione a catena; Mario Bava, 1971) and
Deep Red (
Profondo rosso; Dario Argento, 1975) for Blu-ray release on December 6 and 13, respectively. The studio has also announced that the highly anticipated limited edition of
Battle Royale has been delayed two weeks and will now be released on December 13.
A Bay of Blood (also known as
Carnage and
Twitch of the Death Nerve) will be packaged in a reversible sleeve with original and newly-commissioned art work, and will be bundled with a double-sided fold-out poster, and a collector's booklet by Jay Slater, critic and author of
Eaten Alive!.
Special features include:
- Argento! Bava! Fulci! The Giallo Gems of Dardano Sacchetti (in HD)
- Joe Dante on Mario Bava (in HD)
- Shooting a Spaghetti Splatter Classic: Cameraman Gianlorenzo Battaglia on A Bay of Blood (in HD)
- Audio discussion with Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark
- Trailers: "Carnage" and "Twitch of the Death Nerve" with commentary by filmmaker Edgar Wright
- Twitch of the Death Nerve Radio Spots
Deep Red will feature two versions of the film (the director's cut and the international theatrical cut), with optional Dolby 5.1/Stereo Italian Audio and Mono/Stereo English Audio. It will be packaged in a reversible sleeve with original and newly-commissioned art work, and will be bundled with a two-sided fold-out poster with new art work, and a exclusive collector's booklet featuring brand new writing on
Deep Red by Alan Jones, author of
Profondo Argento.
Special features include:
- Introduction by composer Claudio Simonetti (in HD)
- Audio commentary with Argento expert Thomas Rostock, Rosso Recollections – Dario's Deep Genius
- Lady in Red: Daria Nicolodi remembers Profondo Rosso (in HD)
- Music to Murder For! Claudio Simonetti on Deep Red (in HD)
- Original Italian trailer (to be confirmed)
- Original Trailer (to be confirmed)
- A Tour of the Profondo Rosso shop in Rome with long time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi (in HD)
For release details of
Battle Royale, see Blu-ray.com,
October 21.