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Vinegar Syndrome will release Murderock and The Nesting on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on May 27.

Murderock (also known as Murder Rock: Dancing Death) has been newly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative with Dolby Vision Hdr.

Italian master of horror Lucio Fulci directs from a script he co-wrote with Gianfranco Clerici (Cannibal Holocaust), Vincenzo Mannino (The New York Ripper), and Roberto Gianviti (Don’t Torture a Duckling).

Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli, Cosimo Cinieri, and Giuseppe Mannajuolo star in the 1984 giallo.

Special Features:

Scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative, presented in Dolby Vision Hdr Original English theatrical stereo soundtrack plus Italian dub with newly translated English subtitles Audio commentary with film historian Troy Howarth Interview with actor Robert Gligorov Interview with actress Silvia Collatina Interview with actor Al Cliver Interview with cinematographer Giuseppe Pinori Interview with co-writer Gianfranco Clerici Interview with film historian...

This obscure Italian horror has Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence and atmospheric locations — and a making of story that Severin tells in full unexpurgated detail. Never released in an English- language territory, Augusto Caminito’s brooding shocker had four directors. Its commercial chances were derailed by its deranged star, Klaus Kinski, who poses well, molests his female co-stars and sabotages what was supposed to be a high-end horror attraction. Maybe Werner Herzog could wring what he wanted out of Klaus, but the manic prima donna gave everyone else the shaft.

Nosferatu in Venice

Blu-ray

Severin Films

1988 / Color / 1:77 widescreen / 93 min. / Vampire in Venice, Prince of the Night / Street Date March 20, 2021 / Available from Severin Films / 30.00

Starring: Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Barbara De Rossi, Yorgo Voyagis, Anne Knecht, Donald Pleasence, Elvire Audray, Giuseppe Mannajuolo, Clara Colosimo, Maria Clementina Cumani Quasimodo, Micaela Flores Amaya ‘La Chunga’, Mickey Knox.

Cinematography: Tonino Nardi

Film Editor: Claudio M. Cutry...

A breezy five-episode compilation movie about swindles plays out in five film capitals, under the eye of five different directors including Claude Chabrol and Jean-Luc Godard. But Roman Polanski’s Amsterdam segment couldn’t be included, which is a shame. It’s in B&W ‘scope, and everybody gets to bring their favorite cameraman and composer along.

The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers

Blu-ray

Olive Films

1964 / B&W / 2:35 widescreen / 95 108, 124 min. / Street Date April 25, 2017 / Les plus belles escroqueries du monde / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98

Starring: Mie Hama, Ken Mitsuda, Nicole Karen, Gabriella Giorgelli, Jan Teulings, Arnold Gelderman, Guido Giuseppone, Giuseppe Mannajuolo, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Catherine Deneuve, Francis Blanche, Sacha Briquet, Jean-Louis Maury, Philomène Toulouse, Charles Denner, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Seberg, László Szabó.

Cinematography: Raoul Coutard, Tonino Delli Colli, Jerzy Lipman, Asakazu Nakai, Jean Rabier

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Original Music: Serge Gainsbourg, Pierre Jansen, Krzysztof Komeda, Michel Legrand, Keitaro Miho, Piero Umiliani...