Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood

Out on:Blu-Ray 4th Dec. 2017
DVD 4th Dec. 2017

YOU’LL SHRIEK WITH HORROR!

Roll up, roll up! Step right up for Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood – the grisliest, freakiest show in town! Virtually impossible to find until its revival on DVD in the early 2000s, this 1973 cult oddity, from late director Christopher Speeth, is a cinematic experience like no other.

Arriving at a creepy, dilapidated fairground under the premise of looking for work, the Norris family are hoping to track down their missing son, who, they believe, is somewhere in the park. But it’s not long before they find themselves at the mercy of the fairground’s fiendish proprietors and the cannibalistic ghouls lurking in the caverns below.

Filmed at the Willow Grove amusement park in Pennsylvania, Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood is a mind-melting phantasmagoria of carnie craziness which blends elements of Night of the Living Dead and Carnival of Souls, adding an (un)healthy dose of Herschell Gordon Lewis-style gore for good measure.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

2K restoration from original vault materials
Standard Definition DVD presentation
Original Mono Audio
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
Audio Commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith
The Secrets of Malatesta – an interview with director Christopher Speeth
Crimson Speak – an interview with writer Werner Liepolt
Malatesta’s Underground – art directors Richard Stange and Alan Johnson discuss the weird, mysterious world of Malatesta’s underground
Outtakes
Draft script (DVD-ROM content)
Stills gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

DVD SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

2K restoration from original vault materials
Standard Definition DVD presentation
Original Mono Audio
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
Audio Commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith
The Secrets of Malatesta – an interview with director Christopher Speeth
Crimson Speak – an interview with writer Werner Liepolt
Malatesta’s Underground – art directors Richard Stange and Alan Johnson discuss the weird, mysterious world of Malatesta’s underground
Outtakes
Draft script (DVD-ROM content)
Stills gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

DETAILS

BD RRP: 19.99
DVD RRP: 15.99
Region: Free
Rating: 18
Duration: 74
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: Mono
Colour
Discs: 1

Directed by: Christopher Speeth
Starring: Hervé Villechaize, Lenny Baker, Jerome Dempsey

BLU-RAY
UK Cat No: FCD1644
UK Barcode: 5027035018133

DVD
UK Cat No: FCD1645
UK Barcode: 5027035018140

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RELEASE INFORMATION

Distributor
Arrow Video
Release date
4th December, 2017

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