Next year, Arrow Video are planning to bring more genre films to Blu-ray. Officially announced and detailed are the following titles: Radley Metzger's
Score and
Camille 2000, Mario Bava's
Black Sunday and
Lisa and the Devil, and Wes Craven's
Deadly Blessing.
Score
Street date: February 11th.
Riding an early 70s wave of ever more liberal big screen morals,
Score takes us to the imaginary city of Leisure, where an experienced couple are playing dangerous games of seduction on the swinging scene. They're taking bets on who can screw who as they play fast and very loose with a newly married couple – Betsy and Eddie – two cute kids who are about to get their world turned upside down...As the two couples dance around one another and the wine and pot begin to take hold, will the young and naive pair break their vows and succumb to the new morality of their hosts? Will Betsy wear the dog collar and leash? Find out in Metzger's paean to sexual liberation, softcore Lesbianism and gender-bending erotic freedom!
Special Features:
- High Definition Blu-ray and Standard Definition DVD Presentation
- Brand new high definition restoration of the film – available for the first time in the UK
- Optional English SDH subtitles
- Audio commentary with director Radley Metzger and film historian Michael Bowen
- On the set of Score – a behind the scenes look at the making of Score containing rare footage of Claire Wilber, Lynn Lowry, Cal Culver, Gerald Grant and Radley Metzger
- Keeping Score with Lynn Rowley (The Crazies, Shivers) – a brand new interview with Score's star
- Original trailers
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly illustrated artwork by The Red Dress
- Collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Robin Bougie
Camille 2000
Street Date: February 11th.
When Marguerite, a promiscuous woman with a troubled past and a deep distrust of men meets Armand, she lets her guard down and falls in love. But can they resist old habits and latent emotions in order to stay together? Find out in this visual, sensual cinematic feast of multiple sexual partners, from the director of
Score and
The Opening Of Misty Beethoven. A vivid mix of colour, grandiose set design, bizarre costumes and frank sexuality,
Camille 2000 is an essential piece of erotic film history and a must see for cult movie fans.
Special Features:
- High Definition Blu-ray and Standard Definition DVD Presentation
- Brand new high definition restoration of the extended cut – available for the first time in the UK
- Optional English SDH subtitles
- Audio commentary with director Radley Metzger and film historian Michael Bowen
- On the set of Camille 2000 – featuring stars Daniele Gaubert, Nino Castelnuovo and Radley Metzger
- Sylviana's Bare Striptease – previously cut scene from the feature
- Cube Love Scene – A newly discovered alternate take
- Restoration Comparison
- Original trailers
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly illustrated artwork by The Red Dress
- Collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Robin Bougie
Black Sunday/I Vampiri
Street Date: January 28th.
Legendary Scream Queen Barbara Steele (
Shivers, Caged Heat) stars in this classic slice of gothic terror from the father of fantastic Italian cinema Mario Bava (
Lisa and the Devil). A beautiful witch is sentenced to death for her evil deeds by her own brother, condemned to die by having a metal mask hammered onto her face before being burnt at the stake. As she passes, she puts a terrible curse on all her future descendants as the spikes of the death mask pierce her flesh... But when two unwitting travelers discover her final resting place and worse, drip blood on her resting corpse, they unleash her once again in all her stunningly beautiful, terrifying glory....
Banned in the UK on its release,
Black Sunday is a groundbreaking film that opened the door for Spaghetti horror in all its gory glory.
Special Features:
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of two versions of the film; 'The Mask of Satan' – the European version with score by Roberto Nicolosi and 'Black Sunday' – the re-edited and re-dubbed AIP version with Les Baxter score, on home video for the first time
- Three audio versions: Optional Italian, European English and AIP English re-dub and re-score
- English SDH subtitles for both English versions and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian audio
- Audio Commentary with Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas
- Introduction to the film by author and critic Alan Jones
- Interview with star and horror icon Barbara Steele
- Deleted Scene from the Italian version with notes by Tim Lucas
- International Trailer
- US Trailer
- Italian Trailer
- TV Spot
- I Vampiri (1956) – Italy's first sound horror film directed by Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava
- US I Vampiri Trailer - 'The Devil's Commandment'
- Trailer reel – trailers of all the major works by Mario Bava
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
- Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Matt Bailey and Alan Jones, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
Lisa and the Devil
Street Date: January 28th.
Lisa (Elke Sommer) - an American tourist travelling in Spain - loses her tour party and seeks refuge in the tumbledown mansion of a blind countess after being guided there by the distinctly satanic butler of the house, Leandro (Telly Savalas,
Horror Express, Kojak). The Son of the Countess notices Lisa's striking resemblance to his dead lover and pursues her as a night of murder, strange eroticism and dark hallucinations begins. Re-cut in the US to cash in on the popularity of William Friedkin's
The Exorcist and released as
The House of Exorcism (included in this special edition) the original
Lisa and the Devil is Bava at his abstract and delirious best, delivering a 70s horror classic and a masterclass in cinema as feverish nightmare.
Special Features:
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of both versions of the film: 'Lisa and the Devil' and 'The House of Exorcism' producer's cut
- Optional English and Italian audio on 'Lisa and the Devil'
- English SDH subtitles on both features and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian Audio of 'Lisa and the Devil'
- Audio Commentary on 'Lisa and the Devil' by Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas
- Audio Commentary on 'The House of Exorcism' by producer Alfredo Leone and star Elke Sommer
- Introductions to both films by author and critic Alan Jones
- The Exorcism of Lisa – Assistant Director Lamberto Bava, screenwriter Roberto Natale, Roy Bava and Alberto Pezzotta discuss the making of both versions of the film
- Deleted Scene
- Original trailers
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
- Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and author Stephen Thrower illustrated with original stills and archive posters
Deadly Blessing
Street Date: March 25th.
When Martha marries into a close knit sect she finds herself shunned as an outsider by its fanatical members, but when her husband dies mysteriously while riding a tractor expressly forbidden as a tool of the devil, things take a darker turn. Marked as a incubus by her neighbors, time is running out for Martha and her visiting friends, as plagued by nightmares and fearing for their lives, they face the violent fury and retribution of old time religion.
One of Hollywood's masters of terror presents a tale of rural horror and simmering evil from the golden age of video terror.
Special Features:
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the main feature
- Optional English SDH Subtitles
- Audio commentary with Wes Craven (Blu-ray only)
- Brand new UK-exclusive interview with Wes Craven (Blu-ray only)
- Introduction by star Michael Berryman
- Craven Images: The Horror Hits of Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes Series, Cut and Run, Weird Science) - An interview with Deadly Blessing's iconic star
- Deadly Desires: An interview with screenwriter Glenn M. Benest
- Easter Eggs
- Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Rue Morgue art director Gary Pullin
- Collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by author and critic Kim Newman
Note: In 2013, Arrow Video are also planning to release on DVD Ferdinando Baldi's
Django, Prepare a Coffin, Brian Trenchard-Smith's
Dead End Drive In, and Virginie Despentes and Coraline Trinh Thi's
Baise Moi a.k.a
Rape Me.