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    DANZA MACABRA VOLUME THREE: THE SPANISH GOTHIC COLLECTION
    4 RESTORED CLASSICS.
    8+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES.
    LO MEJOR DEL HORROR GÓTICO ESPAÑOL.

    Order Yours Today: https://severinfilms.com/collections...lu-ray-box-set

    Spain’s tradition of Gothic Horror – particularly during the Franco dictatorship – was characterized by daring concepts, lush visuals, extreme sexuality and a startling aesthetic all its own. These four classic shockers from the 1970s represent the genre at its most audacious: In NECROPHAGOUS, the debut feature by writer/director Miguel Madrid, a fractured family in a crumbling castle conceals a grisly graveyard secret. The anthology film CAKE OF BLOOD – never previously available outside of Spain – presents a quartet of supernatural tales by four young filmmakers. Hammer Films director John Gilling brings his inimitable style to the occult thriller in CROSS OF THE DEVIL. And a terminally ill woman is enticed by eternal life in León Klimovsky’s vampire masterwork, THE NIGHT OF THE WALKING DEAD. Each film in this collection has been scanned from its original negative – with over 8 hours of Special Features – for the first time ever in America.

    Disc 1: NECROPHAGOUS (1971)

    The most misunderstood Spanish gothic shocker of the early ‘70s can now be reassessed like never before: A young nobleman (Bill Curran) returns to his crumbling family castle, only to learn that his wife has died giving birth to their stillborn child. But why is her coffin empty? What follows is a uniquely told shocker of grief, lust, dark secrets and the hungers of the grave. Frank Braña (PIECES), Victor Israel (THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED) and Beatriz Elorrieta (BLOOD HUNT) co-star in this debut feature by writer/director Miguel Madrid (THE KILLER OF DOLLS) – also known as THE BUTCHER OF BINBROOK and released in America by Independent-International as GRAVEYARD OF HORROR – now scanned in 4K from the recently discovered negative for the first time ever.

    Disc Specs:

    Runtime: 87 mins
    English Mono, Spanish Mono / Closed Captions
    Region Free
    Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

    Special Features:

    • Audio Commentary With Andy Marshall-Roberts, Host Of The Nasty Pasty Podcast
    • Something You've Never Seen – Appreciation By Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival
    • The First Horror Film Festival In The World – Remembrance By Maria Pilar Rafáles, Daughter Of Sitges Film Festival Founder Antonio Rafáles
    • Trailers

    Disc 2: CAKE OF BLOOD (1971)

    With Spanish cinema still under the oppressive Franco regime, four filmmakers banded together to create a horror anthology that examined classic themes through transgressive perceptions: Directed by José María Vallés, TAROT stars Julián Ugarte (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) in a grim tale of fanaticism set in the Middle Ages. Eusebio Poncela (THE CANNIBAL MAN) and Marisa Paredes (ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER) star in VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, a unique take on Mary Shelley’s classic directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro (THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BED). TERROR AMONG CHRISTIANS, directed by Francesc Bellmunt, is a jolting vampire allegory set during Roman times. Jaime Chávarri – co-writer of VAMPYROS LESBOS and future icon of New Spanish Cinema – directs the twisted ghost story THE DANCE OR EMOTIONAL SURVIVALS starring Luis Ciges (THE CREATURE). Never available outside of Spain, CAKE OF BLOOD is now scanned in 4K from the original negative for the first time ever.

    Disc Specs:

    Runtime: 90 mins
    Spanish Mono / English Subtitles
    Region Free
    Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

    Special Features:

    • Audio Commentary With Rod Barnett Of NaschyCast And The Bloody Pit, And Dr. Adrian Smith, Co-Author Of Norman J. Warren: Gentleman of Terror
    • My Generation – Interview With Actress Marisa Paredes
    • I Just Wanted To Have Fun – Interview With Co-Director Jaime Chávarri
    • To Whoever Wants To Watch – Interview With Actor José Lifante
    • An Arthouse UFO – Appreciation By Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival

    Disc 3: CROSS OF THE DEVIL (1974)

    In the early ‘70s, Spanish horror icon Jacinto Molina (aka Paul Naschy) wrote a screenplay for a Knights Templar film to compete with the popular BLIND DEAD series. Meanwhile, Hammer Films director John Gilling – whose hits for the UK studio included THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES and THE REPTILE – had retired to Spain. Molina shared his script with Gilling, who took over the project without Molina. The rarely seen result is a sumptuous tale of supernatural horror in which a writer (Ramiro Oliveros of THE PYJAMA GIRL CASE) plagued by violent nightmares investigates the murder of his sister by an ancient occult order. Carmen Sevilla (NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM), Emma Cohen (THE CANNIBAL MAN) and Eduardo Fajardo (THE KILLER MUST KILL AGAIN) co-star in Gilling’s final film as director, now scanned in 4K from the negative with English subtitles for the first time ever.

    Disc Specs:

    Runtime: 97 mins
    Spanish Mono / English Subtitles
    Region Free
    Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

    Special Features:

    • Audio Commentary With Kim Newman, Author Of Anno Dracula, And Barry Forshaw, Author Of Brit Noir
    • Fascinated By Bécquer – Interview With Screenwriter Juan José Porto
    • The Real Templar Knights Movie – Appreciation By Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival
    • Fantasy And Imagination: The Legacy Of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer – Video Essay By Xavier Aldana Reyes, Author Of Spanish Gothic: National Identity, Collaboration And Cultural Adaptation

    Disc 4: THE NIGHT OF THE WALKING DEAD (1975)

    Though best known for his collaborations with Spanish horror star Jacinto Molina/Paul Naschy, Argentinian director León Klimovsky also crafted several of Spain’s finest vampire films of the ‘70s, especially this “magnificent” (Taliesin Meets The Vampires) 1975 gothic classic: In a 19th century village ruled by superstition, a vulnerable young woman (Emma Cohen of HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB) is seduced into an aristocratic family of the sensuous undead. Carlos Ballesteros (José Ramón Larraz’ THE VOYEUR) and Barta Barri (THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DARK) co-star in this sexy/stylish/violent shocker – also known as STRANGE LOVE OF THE VAMPIRES and ripe for rediscovery after decades of edited prints and bad transfers – now scanned in 2K from the negative for the first time ever.

    Disc Specs:

    Runtime: 88 mins
    English Stereo, Spanish Stereo / Closed Captions, English Subtitles
    Region Free
    Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

    Special Features:

    • Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
    • A Deadly Invitation To Another Dimension – Appreciation By Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival
    • Leo's Signature – Interview With Writer Juan José Porto
    • Dead Man Walking – Interview With Actor José Lifante
    • Spain's Cinematic Vampires – Video Essay By Xavier Aldana Reyes, Author Of Spanish Gothic: National Identity, Collaboration And Cultural Adaptation
    • Alternate Spanish Credit Sequence

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  • #2
    Yeah, ok. Does Severin offer free shipping at any price threshold or is it still like $12 in the US?

    Edit: was finally able to research this and the answer seems to be yes. Thanks for putting up with me.
    Marshall Crist
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    Last edited by Marshall Crist; 05-14-2024, 11:00 PM.

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    • #3
      Not seen any of these. Will pick it up regardless.
      I'm bitter, I'm twisted, James Joyce is fucking my sister.

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      • #4
        It would take quite a lot for me not to be interested in a Severin Spanish Gothic set at this point. Those look interesting enough to be a no-brainer.

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        • #5
          These are all new to me also.

          I've heard 'Necrophagous' is pretty ropey, but 'Cross of the Devil' and 'Strange Love of The Vampires' (SURELY a better title than 'Night of the Walking Dead'?) have been on my "to watch" list since forever, so think this set's gonna have to get bought.
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          • #6
            Image put out a DVD of Necrophagous in 2002 as part of their EuroShock Collection under the title Graveyard of Horrors (as noted above). (Check out the cover of the Image disc to get an accurate impression of the down-at-the-heels, goofball monster in the movie, which does not bear any resemblance to the creature on Severin's cover.) I originally watched the film years and years ago and was thoroughly disappointed. I watched it again a few months ago -- with diminished expectations no doubt -- and found it quite pleasurable. What Severin could possibly mean by describing it as "the most misunderstood Spanish gothic shocker of the early ‘70s" I can't even begin to imagine. As far as "gothic" is concerned, the action takes place in the early 70s. In the nature of things, I suppose that there must be some Spanish horror film that is "the most misunderstood," but there is no reason this film should receive that title.

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                Rock! Shock! Pop!

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                • #9
                  Finally got to see Cross of the Devil 30 years after first hearing about it. I'd read that the Templars were only in a dream sequence, but they're more integral to it than that. It's more of a slow burning gothic than an out and out Blind Dead movie. The Templars are nowhere near as good as de Ossorio's (they're rather spry and not very blind), but better than Franco's. You wouldn't really know it was made by Gilling, nobody's going to mistake the landscapes of Spain for Black park. There's a really pointless sub plot with a hooded figure that's payoff is fumbled: the ending's not very convincing but, apart from that, I enjoyed it. A fascinating curio, although not for everyone (if you like Blind Dead movies but not gothics, you need to steer clear).
                  I'm bitter, I'm twisted, James Joyce is fucking my sister.

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