At the height of the Italian giallo boom in the early 1970s, scores of filmmakers turned Their hand to crafting Their own unique takes on These lurid murder-mystery thrillers. This limited edition Double Pack features two distinctive offerings by Emilio P. Miraglia, Which meld twisty whodunit narratives with gothic chills.
In The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, troubled aristocrat Alan Cunningham (Anthony Steffen, Django The B * stard), haunted by the death of his first wife Evelyn, tries to move on by marrying the seductive Gladys (Marina Malfatti, All the Colours of the Dark). Marital bliss is short-lived, however, as various relatives meet an untimely and gruesome deaths, prompting speculation That a vengeful Evelyn has Risen from the Grave?
Meanwhile, in The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, an age-old family curse hits sisters Kitty (Barbara Bouchet, Milano Calibro 9) and Franziska (Marina Malfatti) Following The Death of Their grandfather Tobias (Rudolf Schündler, The Exorcist, Suspiria). Every hundred years, so the legend goes, the bloodthirsty Red Queen Returns and Claims seven fresh victims. Tobias was just the first and are Kitty and Franziska next?
With bothering film making Their worldwide Blu-ray debuts in stunning new 2K restorations, there has never been a better time to explore These little-seen gems giallo!
Original title: La dama rossa uccide sette volte
Subtitles: English, English SDH
Languages: 2.0 DTS HD MA (English, Italian)
Picture: 1080p High Definition Widescreen
Format: Blu-ray Region A, B
Country of origin: England (Italy)
Extra material:
- Limited Edition Box Set (3000 copies) containing The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave and The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
- Limited Edition 60-page booklet Containing new writing by James Blackford, Kat Ellinger, Leonard Jacobs and Rachael Nisbet
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave:
- New audio commentary by Troy Howarth
- Exclusive introduction by actress Erika Blanc
- New Interview with critic Stephen Thrower
- The Night Erika Came Out of the Grave - Exclusive Interview with Erika Blanc
- The Whip and the Body - archival interview with Erika Blanc
- Still Rising from the Grave - archival interview with production designer Lorenzo Baraldi
- Original Italian and US theatrical trailers
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times:
- New audio commentary by Alan Jones and Kim Newman
- Exclusive new interview with Sybil Danning
- New Interview with critic Stephen Thrower
- Introduction by Archival Production / costume designs Lorenzo Baraldi
- Dead à Porter - archival interview with Lorenzo Baraldi
- RoundingUp the Usual Suspects - archival interview with actor Marino Mase
- If I Met Emilio Miraglia Today - archival featurette with Erika Blanc, Lorenzo Baraldi and Marino Mase
- My Favourite? Films - archival interview with actress Barbara Bouchet
- Alternative opening
- Original Italian theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
Duration: 202 min
TV system: PAL
Year: 1972
Distributor: Arrow Films
Director: Emilio P. Miraglia
Actor:
Barbara Bouchet
Ugo Pagliai
Marina Malfatti
Marino Mase
Pia Giancaro
Sybil Danning
Nino Korda
