Masters Of Giallo DVDs Bring Forth Beautiful Artwork

Talk about mouth watering cover art! These UK releases are bringing back VHS style painted artwork as well as cover design. At first I thought these were fan-doings because companies have generally not been able to correctly implement nostalgia for retro (witness Lionsgate’s awful ‘We Love The 80’s’ releases). Read on for the skinny on these titles plus some theatrical tie-ins.

Arrow Films are taking up the mantle passed on by Shameless Screen Entertainment, and launching a new Masters of Giallo DVD line. The line debuts June 29th with the works of Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci and Lamberto Bava and is devoted to showcasing the works of Italy’s genre directors. First to hit the stores will be Argento’s SLEEPLESS, Fulci’s THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY and Lamberto Bava’s MACABRE.

All of Arrow’s releases will be presented completely uncut for the first time in the UK, and will be packaged with double-sided sleeves featuring the original release artwork and brand new exploitation-style artwork, along with posters featuring the latter. There will also be a host of extras, including brand new documentaries. Check out the covers of the first three releases, they look amazing! Brings back memories of the early 80s rental market, where lurid covers were the order of the day.

The specifications:

SLEEPLESS
• Murder Madness and Mutilation: SLEEPLESS and the Modern Italian Giallo docu with Joe Dante, Sergio Stivaletti, & Fango’s Tony Timpone.
• The Making of SLEEPLESS
• Press kit
• Photo gallery
• Trailer

HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY
• Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter docu with Dante, Stivaletti, Timpone and others
• Exclusive booklet with actress Catriona MacColl interview by Fango scribe Calum Waddell
• Deleted scene
• Photo gallery
• U.S. theatrical trailer
• International theatrical trailer
• U.S. TV spot

MACABRE
• MACABRE and the Golden Age of Italian Exploitation docu with Bava and Ruggero Deodato
• Exclusive booklet with Bava interview by Waddell
• Introduction to MACABRE by Bava
• Trailer
• Photo gallery

Arrow are supporting these releases with a “Weekend of Italian Terror” at Scotland’s Glasgow Film Theatre on Saturday-Sunday, June 27-28th. Tickets are set to go on sale via the GFT website very soon. The weekend’s schedule will be:

HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY June 27th at 9 p.m.
CUT AND RUN June 28th at 5:30 p.m., with Ruggero Deodato introducing and a Q&A with Calum Waddell
MACABRE June 28th at 8 p.m., with Lamberto Bava introducing and another Q&A with Waddell.

Source: Blogomatic 3000