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4 FILM RESTAURATI INTEGRALI
OLTRE 5 ORE DI CONTENUTI SPECIALI INEDITI
PIÙ UN CD BONUS CON LA COLONNA SONORA DI BOSWELL/BAVA

L'ANTEPRIMA MONDIALE IN BLU-RAY
DELLA FAMIGERABILE SERIE ANTOLOGICA
REGIA DI LAMBERTO BAVA

Alla fine degli anni '80, Lamberto Bava accettò di dirigere una serie antologica in quattro parti per la TV italiana intitolata Alta Tensione. Ma quando i dirigenti videro i temi estremi e la violenza esplicita dei film completati, la loro trasmissione fu bloccata per quasi un decennio e da allora sono esistiti solo come bootleg sul mercato grigio. Severin Films presenta ora la sua anteprima mondiale ufficiale in Blu-ray: Tomas Arana interpreta un regista horror perseguitato dalle forze del male in IL PRINCIPE DEL TERRORE, scritto da Dardano Sacchetti e con i macabri effetti speciali di Sergio Stivaletti. In L'UOMO CHE NON VOLEVA MORIRE, tratto
da un racconto del romanziere poliziottesco Giorgio Scerbanenco, il sopravvissuto a un'invasione domestica cerca vendetta. Daria Nicolodi recita in SCHOOL OF FEAR, su un'accademia studentesca con un oscuro segreto. E nel giallo shock EYE WITNESS, Barbara Cupisti interpreta una donna cieca che assiste a un omicidio. Tutti e quattro i film sono scansionati in 2K dai negativi originali con tracce audio in italiano e in inglese, per la prima volta in assoluto, oltre a oltre 5 ore di contenuti speciali e un CD con la colonna sonora curata da Simon Boswell con musiche di Alta tensione, LA MASCHERA DI SATANA, DEMONI 2, DELIRIUM e altro ancora.

Disc 1: THE PRINCE OF TERROR

For the first film in the series, director Lamberto Bava and screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti (THE BEYOND, DEMONS) delivered “a wild ride” (Euro Fever) that’s part home-invasion thriller, part supernatural shocker and one totally over-the-top gorehound blast: ‘Prince of Terror’ Vincent Omen (Tomas Arana of THE CHURCH and THE SECT) is cinema’s top horror director. But when a disgruntled screenwriter – a no-holds-barred performance by David Brandon of STAGEFRIGHT – attacks Omen and his family in their secluded villa, it will unleash a grisly maelstrom of graphic brutality courtesy of special effects maestro Sergio Stivaletti (THE MASK OF SATAN, CEMETERY MAN). Carole André (YOR: THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE) co-stars in “one of the rarest of Bava’s ‘80s horrors” (The Bloody Pit of Horror), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with a first time-ever English language track.

Disc Specs:
Runtime: 92 mins
English Mono, Italian Mono / Closed Captions, English Subtitles
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

Special Features:

Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years Of Italian Giallo Films
The Adventure Of Anfri – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava On High Tension
We Call Him Maestro – Lamberto Bava On THE PRINCE OF TERROR
Disc 2: THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T DIE

In the early ‘70s, the legendary Mario Bava began adapting a savage short story by poliziotteschi novelist Giorgio Scerbanenco (CALIBER 9) for a film project. When Lamberto Bava eventually directed it in 1989 – from a screenplay by Gianfranco Clerici (HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK, THE NEW YORK RIPPER) – Italian TV refused to broadcast the violent thriller for nearly 20 years: After an art heist in a luxury villa goes horrifically wrong, a gang member (Gino Concari of Andrea Bianchi’s MASSACRE) left for dead will hunt down his accomplices in a mission of brutal revenge. Keith Van Hoven (Fulci’s THE HOUSE OF CLOCKS), Lino Salemme (DEMONS) and Martine Brochard (THE VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS) co-star in “the rarest film in the High Tension series” (FilmTV), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with a first time-ever English language track.

Disc Specs:
Runtime: 95 mins
English Mono, Italian Mono / Closed Captions, English Subtitles
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

Special Features:

The Scerbanenco Touch – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava
Stephen King Italian Style – Interview With Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
Disc 3: SCHOOL OF FEAR

In the most unsettlingly creepy film of the quartet, producer/director Lamberto Bava – along with screenwriters Roberto Gandus (MACABRE, PAPAYA: LOVE GODDESS OF THE CANNIBALS), Dardano Sacchetti (THE PSYCHIC, ZOMBIE), Giorgio Stegani (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, EYE WITNESS) and composer Simon Boswell (DEMONS 2, SANTA SANGRE) – present a private academy where the curriculum is defined by unadulterated evil: When an idealistic young teacher (Alessandra Acciai of Luigi Cozzi’s THE BLACK CAT) arrives mid-semester at an exclusive school, she’ll anger the stern principal (Italian horror icon Daria Nicolodi), unlock a nightmare of trauma and discover that child’s play can be the deadliest game of all. Stefano De Sando (Bava/Cozzi’s Night Shift) co-stars in this “absolutely wild” (B&S About Movies) shocker, now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with a first time-ever English language track.

Disc Specs:
Runtime: 100 mins
English Mono, Italian Mono / Closed Captions, English Subtitles
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

Special Features:

The Tale Of Evil Children – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava
Play The Game – Interview With Screenwriter Roberto Gandus
When Bava Met Boswell – Interview With Composer Simon Boswell
Disc 4: BOSWELL/BAVA Compilation CD

Disc 5: EYE WITNESS

For his final film in the High Tension series, director Lamberto Bava crafted a unique twist on the giallo genre with a screenplay by Giorgio Stegani (SCHOOL OF FEAR, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST) and Massimo De Rita (BLASTFIGHTER, STREET LAW) from a story by Bava, a haunting score by Simon Boswell (PHENOMENA, STAGEFRIGHT) and an outstanding performance by Barbara Cupisti of CEMETERY MAN, THE CHURCH and OPERA fame: When a blind woman (Cupisti) is the only witness to a murder, the cops – and the killer – set their sights on ending her ordeal forever. Mary Sellers (THE MASK OF SATAN), Alessio Orano (LISA AND THE DEVIL) and Antonella Antinori (BURIAL GROUND) co-star in “one of the best Bava films ever” (ItaloCinema), now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative with a first time-ever English language track.

Disc Specs:
Runtime: 100 mins
English Mono, Italian Mono / Closed Captions, English Subtitles
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

Special Features:

Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years Of Italian Giallo Films
The Last Giallo – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava
Love Is Blind – Interview With Actress Barbara Cupisti
Artwork designed by Eric Adrian Lee