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A Bavarian princess, burned at the stake with her lover for being a witch, comes to life after three hundred years to enact the curse of revenge on her remaining family members. Bonus Content: 4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative International Version Audio Commentary with Writer Dr. Rebekah King Audio Commentary with Dr. Karen Stallznow, Matt Baxter and Blake Smith Audio Commentary with Film Critic Brian Keiper Audio Commentary with Film Critic Meagan Navarro Trailers from Hell: Interview with Filmmaker Larry Cohen International Trailer US Trailer Poster Gallery TV Spot

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A Bavarian princess, burned at the stake with her lover for being a witch, comes to life after three hundred years to enact the curse of revenge on her remaining family members. Bonus Content: 4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative International Version Audio Commentary with Writer Dr. Rebekah King Audio Commentary with Dr. Karen Stallznow, Matt Baxter and Blake Smith Audio Commentary with Film Critic Brian Keiper Audio Commentary with Film Critic Meagan Navarro Trailers from Hell: Interview with Filmmaker Larry Cohen International Trailer US Trailer Poster Gallery TV Spot

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THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE! BOTH VERSIONS NOW RESTORED UNCUT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! It was begun by Sergio Corbucci (DJANGO), completed by Antonio Margheriti (THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH) and remains one of the true masterpieces of Gothic Horror. Now both versions - the Italian DANZA MACABRA and the U.S. release CASTLE OF BLOOD - can be experienced like never before: When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it will unlock an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance and a dark seductress (the legendary Barbara Steele) who surrenders the gravest of pleasures. Georges Rivière (THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG) co-stars in "a classic cornerstone of the EuroHorror Renaissance" (DVD Savant), scanned in 4K from the original negative and restored by Cinématographique Lyre in collaboration with Severin Films, with 3+ hours of new and archival Special Features that include a selected scene commentary by Steele. 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 Selected Scene Commentary With Actress Barbara Steele And Barbara Steele Archivist Russ Lanier Exploring The Castle Of Blood - Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Books On Jess Franco And Lucio Fulci The Director Who Didn't Like Blood - Interview With Edoardo Margheriti, Son Of Director Antonio Margheriti Enigmatic Elegance: Unveiling The Haunting Legacy Of Barbara Steele In The Italian Gothic - Video Essay By Rachael Nisbet, Film Critic And Co-Host Of Fragments Of Fear Return To The Castle - Location Featurette Antonio Margheriti Remembers CASTLE OF BLOOD And Barbara Steele Trailer TV Spot

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THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE! BOTH VERSIONS NOW RESTORED UNCUT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! It was begun by Sergio Corbucci (DJANGO), completed by Antonio Margheriti (THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH) and remains one of the true masterpieces of Gothic Horror. Now both versions - the Italian DANZA MACABRA and the U.S. release CASTLE OF BLOOD - can be experienced like never before: When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it will unlock an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance and a dark seductress (the legendary Barbara Steele) who surrenders the gravest of pleasures. Georges Rivière (THE VIRGIN OF NUREMBERG) co-stars in "a classic cornerstone of the EuroHorror Renaissance" (DVD Savant), scanned in 4K from the original negative and restored by Cinématographique Lyre in collaboration with Severin Films, with 3+ hours of new and archival Special Features that include a selected scene commentary by Steele. 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 Selected Scene Commentary With Actress Barbara Steele And Barbara Steele Archivist Russ Lanier Exploring The Castle Of Blood - Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Books On Jess Franco And Lucio Fulci The Director Who Didn't Like Blood - Interview With Edoardo Margheriti, Son Of Director Antonio Margheriti Enigmatic Elegance: Unveiling The Haunting Legacy Of Barbara Steele In The Italian Gothic - Video Essay By Rachael Nisbet, Film Critic And Co-Host Of Fragments Of Fear Return To The Castle - Location Featurette Antonio Margheriti Remembers CASTLE OF BLOOD And Barbara Steele Trailer TV Spot

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The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (a commanding Gian Maria Volontè) investigating a heinous crime—which he himself committed. Both a compelling character study and a disturbing commentary on the draconian government crackdowns in Italy in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Petri’s kinetic portrait of surreal bureaucracy is a perversely pleasurable rendering of controlled chaos. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Archival interview with director Elio Petri, conducted by critic and filmmaker Alexandre Astruc Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005), a ninety-minute documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers New interview with film scholar Camilla Zamboni Investigation of a Citizen Named Volontè (2008), a sixty-minute docu­mentary about actor Gian Maria Volontè Music in His Blood, an interview with composer Ennio Morricone from 2010, conducted by film critic Fabio Ferzetti Trailers New English sub­title translation PLUS: An essay by film scholar Evan Calder Williams and excerpts from a 2001 book by screenwriter Ugo Pirro