Camera Obscura releasing THE KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS

[killer must kill again Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close killer must kill again]

"The next release in the Italian Genre Cinema Collection (as No. 15) will be Giuseppe Bennati's slightly supernatural giallo L'ASSASSINO HA RISERVATO NOVE POLTRONE (aka THE KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS) from 1974! For this release we're even allowed to use the English dub. Rejoice!"

finally!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Gorgeous cover art.

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Yeah, I've always liked that art - believe it's the original poster art. Great news this, I'm unnaturally fond of this one. Cool cast of genre veterans including Chris Avram, Paola Senatore, Lucretia Love and Rosanna Schiaffino. Keep 'em coming CO!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

From FB:

"An interview for L'ASSASSINO HA RISERVATO NOVE POLTRONE with the incredible Howard Ross is in the can!"

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

"Another interview for L'ASSASSINO HA RISERVATO NOVE POLTRONE is done. This time with screenwriter Biagio Proietti!"

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

I will say it until my dying day.....but Italian movies from this era have the most AMAZING titles ever given to a movie!!

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

I will say it until my dying day.....but Italian movies from this era have the most AMAZING titles ever given to a movie!!

Yep, the gialli in particular had some incredibly striking and memorable titles. This one is actually pretty mild compared to something like DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING or NAKED GIRL KILLED IN THE PARK...

[killer must kill again Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close killer must kill again]

killer reserved nine seats goes blu!

Camera Obscura goes blue! Starting with our next release, L'ASSASSINO HA RISERVATO NOVE POLTRONE (THE KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS), we're venturing into the Blu-ray-business. Many of you asked us in the past how this would impact the packaging, and we think we've found the ideal solution: not at all. Every title will be available as a single DVD as well as a single Blu-ray -- in the same Digipak-packaging as usual. The only difference will be that a Blu-ray logo instead of a DVD logo will be printed on the cover and the spine.

[John Bernhard Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close John Bernhard]

Extremely exciting but I am bracing for sticker shock. Their DVD's are perhaps the most expensive to import to the states, so the BD's are bound to be more so.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

You beat me to it. Fantastic news.

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Wow, awesome news, but yeah, it's gonna more than likely be a major hit on your wallet. I'll go ahead and state right now that I will not be double-dipping if they go back and re-release old titles on BD, haha.

[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

I haven't seen this film in 10 years but I remember it being a very solid little giallo. There's a fair of scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel going on with Italian genre releases at the moment so I'm surprised its taken so long for this one to get the treatment.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Final specs:

- 1.85:1 (DVD: 16:9, Anamorphic Widescreen; BD: 1080p, 23,976 fps)
- Italian and English Language (DVD: DD 2.0 Mono; BD: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
- English and German subtitles (optional)
- Audio Commentary by Film Historians Marcus Stiglegger and Kai Naumann
- Featurettes featuring Howard Ross and Screenwriter Biagio Proietti
- Italian and English Trailer
- Photo Gallery
- Booklet by Christian KeíŸler

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

CO posted some screen grabs on FB...

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]