The Horror Times

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3289956/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7T7N492/

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Maniac [2012]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD

DIRECTOR: Franck Khalfoun

WRITER: Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Joe Spinell

PRINCIPAL CAST: America Olivo, Elijah Wood, Genevieve Alexandra, Jan Broberg, Nora Arnezeder

SYNOPSIS: Father Son Holy Gore calls it “intense, innovative and disturbing.” Bloody Good Horror says, “it raises the bar for what a remake should be.” Now the film that Bloody Disgusting proclaims “a modern horror classic” – produced by Alexandre Aja (HIGH TENSION), Academy Award® winner Thomas Langmann (THE ARTIST), the original’s creator William Lustig and directed by Franck Khalfoun (P2) – defiles your senses in UHD for the first time in North America: In a career-redefining turn, Elijah Wood of THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy stars as a young man whose mind seethes with madness while his body commits unspeakable acts of depravity, all of which you will personally witness through the eyes of a maniac. Nora Arnezeder (ARMY OF THE DEAD) co-stars in “one of those rare genre remakes that stands on its own while recapturing the original’s spirit” (Fangoria), scanned in 4K with nearly 4 hours of new and archival Special Features that explore the entire MANIAC legacy.

Special Features

Audio Commentary With Director Franck Khalfoun, Actor Elijah Wood And Executive Producer Alix Taylor
Red Lucie Red Blood – Interview With Actress Megan Duffy
Monsters To Maniacs – Interview With Prosthetic Make-Up Supervisor Mike McCarty
Maniacs: The Twists And Turns Of A Potential Franchise – Interview Outtakes From THE JOE SPINELL STORY With William Lustig, Luke Walter, Caroline Munro, Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Rainone, Joe Cirillo And More
The Making Of MANIAC
Deleted Scenes
Trailer

TAGLINE: I warned you not to go out tonight

GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Crime

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 88 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103217/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7T89B74/

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What Have You Done to Solange? [1972]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD

DIRECTOR: Massimo Dallamano

WRITER: Bruno Di Geronimo, Massimo Dallamano, Edgar Wallace

PRINCIPAL CAST: Camille Keaton, Claudia Butenuth, Cristina Galbó, Fabio Testi, Karen Baal

SYNOPSIS: THREE DISC COLLECTION WITH 6 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

It’s been called a “one-of-a-kind giallo” (The Digital Bits) that “delivers shocks with the precision of a Swiss watch” (Starburst). More than 50 years later, the stunner “that remains massively disturbing at a deeper level” (Scream Magazine) is uncut in UHD for the first time ever: When a series of brutal sex murders rocks an all-girls Catholic college, suspicion falls on a philandering professor (Fabio Testi of CONTRABAND) whose own investigation will uncover a conspiracy of depravity. Cristina Galbó (LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE) and Camille Keaton (of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE infamy in her film debut) co-star in “one of the classics of the genre” (DVD Talk) – also known as THE SCHOOL THAT COULDN’T SCREAM, WHO’S NEXT? and TERROR IN THE WOODS – directed by Massimo Dallamano (WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?) featuring masterful cinematography by Joe D’Amato and a legendary score by Ennio Morricone, now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 6 hours of Special Features.

Special Features

Commentary By Film Critics Alan Jones & Kim Newman
Commentary By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Author Of Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study
Dallamano & The Others – Archival Interview With Actor Fabio Testi
What Have You Done To Decency? – Interview With Actress Karin Baal
My Dinner With Solange – A Conversation With Actress Camille Keaton
What Have You Done To Pilar? – Interview With Actress Pilar Castel
Echoes Of Solange – Archival Interview With Producer Fulvio Lucisano
A Cut For Solange – Interview With Editor Antonio Siciliano
The Light Of Joe D’Amato – Interview With Director Of Photography Aristide Massaccesi
SOLANGE And The “Schoolgirls In Peril” Trilogy – Visual Essay By Crime Fiction Author Michael Mackenzie
Trailers

TAGLINES:

A true story
In 1965 – five schoolgirls were murdered… …today – the students still walk the corridors of this school in terror…
What every young girl fears (‘Terror in the Woods’ release)

GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 106 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068416/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HDGCVTVF/

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The Black Cat [1981]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD

DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci

WRITER: Biagio Proietti, Edgar Allan Poe, Lucio Fulci

PRINCIPAL CAST: Al Cliver, Bruno Corazzari, Dagmar Lassander, Daniela Doria, Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck

SYNOPSIS: In a rural English village, a deranged professor obsessed with the supernatural will instill his pet feline with powers of homicidal mayhem.

Between CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD and THE BEYOND, Lucio Fulci co-wrote and directed this “overlooked love letter to the genre from one of horror’s most creative minds” (Collider): In a rural English village, an increasingly deranged professor (Patrick Magee of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and ASYLUM fame in his final lead role) obsessed with the supernatural will instill his pet feline with powers of homicidal mayhem. Mimsy Farmer (FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET), David Warbeck (THE BEYOND), Al Cliver (ZOMBIE) and Dagmar Lassander (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON) co-star in “one of the most purely enjoyable films of Fulci’s career” (Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci) featuring exquisite cinematography by Sergio Salvati (THE PSYCHIC), grisly special effects by Paolo Ricci (EATEN ALIVE) and an intense score by Pino Donaggio (DON’T LOOK NOW, CARRIE), newly restored and scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.

Special Features

Poe And Me – Interview With Screenwriter Biagio Proietti
Of Bats And Cats – Interview With Special Effects Artist Paolo Ricci
Nine Lives – Interview With Camera Operator Roberto Forges Davanzati
Symphony For A Black Cat – Interview With Composer Pino Donaggio
Trailer

TAGLINES:

When you hear this cat breathing down your neck…START PRAYING!!!
When the black cat cries…someone dies!
When you hear this cat breathing down your neck… start praying… before you finish your Amen… you’re dead!
It purrs. It stalks. It kills.
Cat got your tongue? It’s still hungry.
Flesh Ripping Felines!

GENRE: Horror (Italian)

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 91 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films