Danza Macabra Volume Two: The Italian Gothic Collection

Castle Of Blood (Danza Macabra) (1964)

Classic creeper from Antonio Margheriti ("Yor: The Hunter from the Future") detailing the horrific adventures of a British journalist (Georges Riviére) who bets a visiting Edgar Allan Poe (Silvano Tranquilli) that he can stay in a haunted mansion overnight. Little does the reporter realize the terrors he’s about to encounter. Barbara Steele, Margrete Robsahm also star. Uncensored international version; 89 min. In Italian with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR

Jekyll (1969)

Giorgio Albertazzi pulls yeoman duty as director, co-scripter and dual role lead for this acclaimed Italian TV miniseries adaptation of the Stevenson shocker, as attorney John Utterson (Massimo Girotti) is nonplussed why his client and friend Dr. Henry Jekyll (Albertazzi) would make sole beneficiary out of the brutish and previously unknown Edward Hyde (Albertazzi, again). Utterson may well regret getting the answers that he seeks. Bianca Toccafondi, Claudio Gora, Marina Berti, Ursula Davis also star. 4 1/3 hrs. In Italian with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR

They Have Changed Their Face (1971)

Corporate titan Giovanni Nosferatu (Adolfo Celi) invites a subordinate to his beautiful countryside villa to deliver the good news that he will be receiving a promotion. There’s more to this ruthless capitalist than meets the eye, however...as attentive fans are likely to guess by noting his vampiric surname. Mix of cynical satire and horror from Italy co-stars Geraldine Hooper, Giuliano Esperanti. 91 min. In Italian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

The Devil's Lover (Lucifera Demonlover) (1972)

What horrors await a young girl who dares venture inside a 16th-century mansion reported to be inhabited by Satan himself? Funny you should ask. This stylish Italian shocker follows three such young ladies into the haunted dwelling, where the strange caretaker inside offers a horrific brand of hospitality that allows demonic forces from the past to overtake their souls! Rosalba Neri, Spartaco Conversi, and Edmund Purdom star. 77 min. In Italian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

Standard and Widescreen; Soundtracks: Italian, English; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; outtakes; "The Devil's Lover" soundtrack CD; more.