Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror (Blu-ray) (Import)

Collection of four Italian gothic horror features from the 1960s. In 'Lady Morgan's Vengeance' (1965), after the man she loves is supposedly lost at sea, Susan (Barbara Nelli) reluctantly marries Sir Harold Morgan (Paul Muller), unaware that he's only after her money. Together with his housekeeper and lover Lillian (Erika Blanc), they drive Susan to commit suicide, but she returns as a ghost seeking revenge. 'The Blancheville Monster' (1963) sees Emilie de Blancheville (Ombretta Colli) return home to her family's castle to find many things have changed. Her brother Roderic (Gérard Tichy) is now in charge, the servants have all died and her father is living in one of the towers. He believes the family is under a curse which can only be lifted if Emilie dies before her 21st birthday in five days time. When he escapes from the tower, she must fight for her life. In 'The Third Eye' (1966) Mino (Franco Nero) wants to marry Laura (Blanc), which angers his jealous mother as well as their maid Marta (Gioia Pascal) who wants Mino for herself. Marta arranges an accident in which Laura dies, after which Mino descends into madness and murder. Finally, in 'The Witch' (1966), based on the novel 'Aura' by Carlos Fuentes, historian Sergio (Richard Johnson) is hired by Consuelo (Sarah Ferrati) to catalogue her library. When Sergio meets Consuelo's beautiful daughter Aura (Rosanna Schiaffino), he becomes obsessed with her, but there are forces at work that he doesn't understand. 2K restorations from the original camera negatives of all four films High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of each film Original Italian and English front and end titles on The Blancheville Monster, The Third Eye and The Witch Original lossless mono Italian soundtracks on all four films Original lossless mono English soundtracks on The Blancheville Monster, The Third Eye and The Witch Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks Video introductions to each film by Italian film devotee Mark Thompson Ashworth Image galleries Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch Disc One: Lady Morgan's Vengeance Audio commentary by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Video essay on the film by author and producer Kat Ellinger Video interview with actress Erika Blanc Video interview with actor Paul Muller Audio interview with director Massimo Pupillo The complete original cineromanzo, published in Suspense in April 1971 Trailer Disc Two: The Blancheville Monster Audio commentary by filmmaker and film historian Paul Anthony Nelson Video essay on the film by writer and pop culture historian Keith Allison Video interview with author and filmmaker Antonio Tentori Opening credits for the Us release of the film Trailer Disc Three: The Third Eye Audio commentary by author and critic Rachael Nisbet Video essay on the film by author and filmmaker Lindsay Hallam Video interview with actress Erika Blanc Disc Four: The Witch Audio commentary by author and producer Kat Ellinger Video essay on the film by author and academic Miranda Corcoran Video interview with author and filmmaker Antonio Tentori