Giallo Essentials 'The Forbidden Photos of A Lady Above Suspicion', 'Death Walks on High Heels', 'Death Walks at Midnight' Blue Edition

In the early 1970s, when the giallo boom was at its peak, producer-turned-director Luciano Ercoli helmed three standalone but thematically linked examples of the genre, accompanied by a rogues’ gallery of familiar and recurring faces, this trilogy of terror represents the Giallo at its most playful and unpredictable.

In The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion, Minou’s (Dagmar Lassander, The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire) dull but pampered life is upturned by a mysterious sadist (Simón Andreu, Death Carries a Cane) who blackmails her into submitting to his every perverted whim. In Death Walks on High Heels, Navarro stars as exotic dancer Nicole, daughter of a murdered jewel thief, who finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined to procure her father’s stolen gems. Finally, in Death Walks at Midnight, Navarro stars as Valentina – a model who, in the midst of a drug-fueled photoshoot, witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS



* 2K restorations from the original 35mm camera negatives for The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion and Death Walks on High Heels


* 2K restoration from an original 35mm internegative for Death Walks at Midnight


* High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of each film


* Original Italian and English front and end titles


* Original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks


* Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks


* Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks


* Rigid box packaging with newly designed artwork by Gilles Vranckx in a windowed Giallo Essentials Collection slipcover


* Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil and Gilles Vranckx

DISC ONE: THE FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION



* Audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine


* Private Pictures, a documentary featuring interviews with actress Nieves Navarro, director Luciano Ercoli and writer Ernesto Gastaldi


* The Forbidden Soundtrack of the Big Three, an appreciation of the music of Forbidden Photos and 70s Italian cult cinema by musician and soundtrack collector Lovely Jon


* The Forbidden Lady, a Q&A with actress Dagmar Lassander at the 2016 Festival of Fantastic Films


* Original Italian and English theatrical trailers


* Image gallery

DISC TWO: DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS



* Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas


* Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi


* From Spain with Love, featurette with director Luciano Ercoli and actress Nieves Navarro, interviewed at their home in Barcelona


* Master of Giallo, screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi on Death Walks on High Heels and how to write a successful giallo


* Death Walks to the Beat, a career-spanning interview with High Heels composer Stelvio Cipriani


* Original Italian and English trailers

DISC THREE: DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT



* Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas


* Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi


* Extended TV version of the feature


* Crime Does Pay, screenwriter Gastaldi reflects on his career in the crime film-writing business, including a look at Death Walks at Midnight


* Desperately Seeking Susan, visual essay by Michael Mackenzie

Number of Discs: 3

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