Danza Macabra Vol. Four: The Italian Gothic Collection

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)

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

Disc 3: Blu-ray (Special Features)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

Disc 10: Blu-ray (Special Features)

Disc 11: Quattro Di Umiliani Soundtrack Compilation CD