Rosalba Neri Fan Blog: Danza Macabra Vol.4 The Italian Gothic Collection UHD Box Set (USA)

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERES
OF 4 ITALIAN GOTHIC CLASSICS ON 11 DISCS

Italian Gothic takes some very unexpected turns down cobwebbed corridors with this all-new quartet of classics, now restored in UHD for the first time ever: Queen of Italian Horror Barbara Steele stars in Massimo Pupillo’s grisly TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE, presented in both its U.S. and Italian versions on 3 discs. Director Filippo Walter Ratti melds classic gothic tropes with explicit ‘70s sexuality in NIGHT OF THE DAMNED. Mark Damon and Rosalba Neri consummate the ultimate Satanic mayhem in THE DEVIL’S WEDDING NIGHT from director Luigi Batzella and cinematographer/2^nd unit director Joe D’Amato. And Hollywood legend Carroll Baker stars in Corrado Farina’s pop art erotic shocker BABA YAGA, a 4-disc set that includes the first-ever release of a Piero Umiliani soundtrack compilation. All four films have been scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives with more than 12 hours of new and archival Special Features curated exclusively for this collection.

RESTORED UNCUT & UNCENSORED
WITH 12+ COMBINED HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES,
ALTERNATE VERSIONS, SOUNDTRACK CD & MORE

Discs 1–3: TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE (1965)
After decades of murky transfers and cut prints, this “scary” (At the Mansion of Madness), “impressive” (Rock! Shock! Pop!) and “haunting” (Surgeons of Horror) favorite starring The Queen of Italian Horror Barbara Steele comes to UHD for the first time ever: Deep within the cursed villa of a dead spiritualist, the legacy of the Black Plague will unleash a torrent of madness, murder and the vengeance of the undead. Walter Brandi (SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES), Riccardo Garrone (LA DOLCE VITA) and Luciano Pigozzi (CASTLE OF THE LIVING DEAD) co-star in this “damn creepy and surprisingly brutal” (Scream Magazine) chiller directed by Massimo Pupillo (BLOODY PIT OF HORROR) – in both its U.S. and Italian versions featuring multiple different death scenes – newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with nearly 3 hours of Special Features including a selected scene commentary with Ms. Steele.

Disc Specs:

Runtime: 90 mins (Italian Cut), 85 mins (U.S. Cut)
Italian Cut: Italian Mono, Partial English Mono / Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
U.S. Cut: English Mono / Closed Captions
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR10

Disc 1: UHD (Film + Special Features)

Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett Of NaschyCast And The Bloody Pit, And Dr. Adrian Smith, Co-Author Of Norman J. Warren: Gentleman of Terror
Trailer

Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)

Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett Of NaschyCast And The Bloody Pit, And Dr. Adrian Smith, Co-Author Of Norman J. Warren: Gentleman of Terror

Disc 3: Blu-ray (Special Features)

Grave Secrets – Featurette With Director Massimo Pupillo, Actor Riccardo Garrone And Film Historian Fabio Melelli
Selected Scene Commentary With Actress Barbara Steele And Barbara Steele Archivist Russ Lanier
Grave Influence – Video Essay By Matt Rogerson, Author Of The Vatican Versus Horror Movies
The Original Boutique Video Label – Film Critic Alan Jones On Vampix
Italian Trailer
U.S. Trailer

Discs 4 & 5: NIGHT OF THE DAMNED (1971)
One of the most obscure – and badly bootlegged – shockers of the Italian gothic genre is now restored uncut and uncensored in UHD for the first time ever: When a mystery-solving journalist (Pierre Brice of MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN) and his wife (Patrizia Viotti of AMUCK!) are summoned to the creepy castle of a dying friend, they’ll find themselves trapped in a nightmare of ancestral curses, modern witchcraft and demonic sapphic carnage, much of which proved too extreme even for Italian censors. Angela De Leo (JULIETTE DE SADE) co-stars in this “memorably bizarre” (Euro Fever) blend of classic gothic tropes and ’70s sexual insanity directed by Filippo Walter Ratti (MONDO EROTICO), scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 2+ hours of Special Features that include newly discovered Satanic Orgy Outtakes.

Disc Specs:

Runtime: 87 mins
English Mono, Italian Mono / Closed Captions, English Subtitles
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR10

Disc 4: UHD (Film + Special Features)

Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett And Troy Guinn, Film Historians/Co-Hosts Of NaschyCast
Trailer

Disc 5: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)

Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett And Troy Guinn, Film Historians/Co-Hosts Of NaschyCast
In The Castle Of Saint Lambert – Interview With Film Historian Fabio Melelli
The Desired And The Damned – Video Essay By Matt Rogerson, Author Of The Vatican Versus Horror Movies
Satanic Orgy Outtakes
Trailer

Discs 6 & 7: THE DEVIL’S WEDDING NIGHT (1973)
An over-the-top performance by co-writer/star Mark Damon (BLACK SABBATH) in a dual role. A career-best Rosalba Neri (LADY FRANKENSTIEN) as a bisexual vampire queen. Lurid direction by Luigi Batzella (THE BEAST IN HEAT) with startling imagery by cinematographer/second unit director Joe D’Amato (BEYOND THE DARKNESS). A “truly trippy cult favorite” (DVD Drive-In) with “a bounty of babes and blood” (10K Bullets) in UHD for the first time ever: When an 18^th century scholar (Damon) discovers the location of a mythical ring, he and his rogue twin (also Damon) race to Dracula’s castle where they are seduced by a depraved Countess (Neri). But who will survive her ultimate ceremony of the damned? Xiro Papas (FRANKENSTEIN’S CASTLE OF FREAKS) co-stars in this “Italian exploitation horror classic” (DVD Beaver), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 2+ hours of Special Features.

Disc Specs:

Runtime: 84 mins
English Mono, Italian Mono / Closed Captions, English Subtitles
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR10

Disc 6: UHD (Film + Special Features)

Audio Commentary With Martyn Conterio, Author Of Black Sunday, And Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
Italian Trailer
U.S. Trailer

Disc 7: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)

Audio Commentary With Martyn Conterio, Author Of Black Sunday, And Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
Countess Rosalba – Interview With Star Rosalba Neri
The Wedding Guest – Interview With Cinematographer Aristide Massaccesi (aka Joe D'Amato)
The Wedding Tale – Interview With Producer Franco Gaudenzi
An Open Letter To Rosalba Neri's Tits – Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Author Of 1000 Women In Horror, 1895-2018
Italian Trailer
U.S. Trailer

Discs 8–11: BABA YAGA (1973)
It’s been called “achingly beautiful” (DVD Talk), “twisted and trippy” (Rock! Shock! Pop!) and “an unforgettable, joyous ride” (Sex Gore Mutants). Now the gothic erotic classic from writer/director Corrado Farina (THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR FACE) based on the S&M fumetto by Guido Crepax is presented in UHD for the first time ever: Academy Award® nominee Carroll Baker (BABY DOLL, ORGASMO) stars as the titular witch who seduces a swinging photographer (French model/singer Isabelle De Funès) into a maelstrom of sexual obsession, pop art perversity and some of the most uniquely unnerving images in the entire genre. Luigi Montefiori (ANTHROPOPHAGOUS) co-stars in “the sexy ‘70s film that attacks a dozen major fetishes in 83 minutes” (Screen Anarchy) newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, with the first-ever release of a soundtrack compilation by Piero Umiliani plus over 4 hours of revealing audio commentaries, interviews, short films and more.

Disc Specs:

Runtime: 83 mins
English Mono, Italian Mono / Closed Captions, English Subtitles
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR10

Disc 8: UHD (Film + Special Features)

Audio Commentary With Emma Westwood, Editor Of Bride Of Frankenstein, And Film Scholar Sally Christie
Trailer

Disc 9: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)

Audio Commentary With Emma Westwood, Editor Of Bride Of Frankenstein, And Film Scholar Sally Christie
Farina And Valentina – Interview With Director Corrado Farina
Valentina, BABA YAGA And Dad – Interview With Film Critic Alberto Farina, Son Of Corrado Farina
The Milan Witch Project – Interview With Actor Luigi Montefiori
A Filmmaking Friendship – Interview With Editor/Co-Screenwriter Giulio Berruti
Trailer

Disc 10: Blu-ray (Special Features)

The Gaze Bewitched – Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Author Of The Cinema Coven: Witches, Witchcraft And Women's Filmmaking
Short Village Magazine Interview With Corrado Farina And Alberto Farina
Alternate/Extended Scenes
Photo Gallery
Comic Book Comparisons

Corrado Farina Short Films