At the height of the Italian giallo boom in the early 1970s, scores of filmmakers turned their hand to crafting their own unique takes on these lurid murder-mystery thrillers. In The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, an age-old family curse hits sisters Kitty (Barbara Bouchet, Milano Calibro 9) and Franziska (Marina Malfatti, All the Colours of the Dark) following the death of their grandfather Tobias (Rudolf Schündler, The Exorcist, Suspiria). Every hundred years, so the legend goes, the bloodthirsty Red Queen returns and claims seven fresh victims. Was Tobias just the first... and are Kitty and Franziska next? Director Emilio P. Miraglia (The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave) once again combines a conventional giallo whodunit narrative with supernatural chills, concocting a gripping horror/thriller hybrid which moves effortlessly between the world of high fashion and creepy gothic locales. Co-starring B-movie legend Sybil Danning (Grindhouse, Howling II), The Red Queen Kills Seven Times shows that there's more to gialli than black-gloved killers!
Bonus Materials:
-Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative
-Standard Definition DVD presentation
-Original mono Italian and English soundtracks
-Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
-New audio commentary by Alan Jones and Kim Newman
-Exclusive interview with actress Sybil Danning
-New interview with critic Stephen Thrower
-Archival introduction by production/costume designer Lorenzo Baraldi
-Dead à Porter – archival interview with Lorenzo Baraldi
-Rounding Up the Usual Suspects – archival interview with actor Marino Masé
-If I Met Emilio Miraglia Today – archival featurette with Erika Blanc, Lorenzo Baraldi and Marino Masé
-My Favourite... Films – archival interview with actress Barbara Bouchet
-Alternative opening
-Original Italian and English theatrical trailers
-Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
Jeremy [Six Strings]
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