Baron Blood (1972) (Blu-ray + DVD)

Name: Baron Blood (1972) (Blu-ray + DVD)
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One of horror giant Mario Bava's biggest hits, Baron Blood returns to the all-stops-out Gothic atmosphere and the central theme of a witch's curse that fuelled his breakthrough film Black Sunday twelve years earlier.
This time, the curse was placed on Baron Otto von Kleist, Austria's legendarily murderous 'Baron Blood', whose corpse is inadvertently revived when an ancient incantation is read out as a joke by a descendant and his girlfriend. Naturally, the Baron decides to carry on where he originally left off, with the help of an entire vault of elaborate torture devices.
Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane, The Third Man) has a whale of a time as the deceptively charming Baron, and is given sterling support from Elke Sommer (Lisa and the Devil), who is chased through fog-shrouded alleyways in one of Bava's most memorably atmospheric set-pieces.

Special Features

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of three versions of the film: Bava's original version Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga with Italian audio, The European Export Version of Baron Blood with English audio, and, on home video for the first time, the re-edited and re-dubbed AIP Version of Baron Blood with alternate score by Les Baxter
Three audio versions: Optional Italian, European English and AIP English re-dub and re-score
English SDH subtitles and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian audio
Audio Commentary with Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas
Introduction to Baron Blood by author and critic Alan Jones
Delirium Italian-style: Ruggero Deodato on Mario Bava and the golden age of Italian genre films
Mario Bava at work - a photo gallery of Bava behind the scenes on his films
Trailers for Baron Blood
Baron Blood Radio Spots
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver, illustrated with original archive stills and posters

Details

Genre: Horror
Year: 1972
Format: Blu-ray / DVD, PAL, Colour
Language: English, Italian (2.0 Mono PCM)
Subtitles: English SDH
Region: B / 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Classification: 15
Run Time: 98 / 91 minutes
More info: External

Review

Arrow goes above-and-beyond offering three version of the film in 1080P (seamlessly branched for 2 - AIP version looks like a separate encode - running time 1:30:30): Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga with Italian opening and closing titles and Baron Blood with English opening and closing titles and the European English export version audio, and for the first time on home video, the AIP version with alternate score by Les Baxter. - DVD Beaver 4/5