{"product_id":"giallo-essentials-vol-3-black-edition-used","title":"Giallo Essentials Vol. 3: Black Edition USED","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the release of Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage gave rise to a glut of imitators, there was more to the giallo than just shameless copycats setting out to ape a rigid formula. This volume of Giallo Essentials celebrates the range and breadth of the genre with three lesser-seen films from its early 1970s heyday. In Silvio Amadio's Smile Before Death, familicide with a sprinkling of Oedipal love is the order of the day when teenager Nancy returns home to discover the apparent suicide of her mother, and quickly comes to suspect that her stepfather and his mistress are to blame. Next, Horny priests and self-flagellating nuns abound in Francesco Mazzei's The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive, as police commissioner Franco Boito investigates the brutal murder of a young clergyman, only to enter into an affair with the dead man's lover. Finally, in Giuseppe Bennati's The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, an assortment of wealthy degenerates - including Italian cult mainstays Andrea Scotti and Howard Ross - answer the summons of an eccentric nobleman and assemble in the theatre attached to his ancestral home, only to find themselves trapped in the decaying building while a savage killer picks them off Agatha Christie-style! With gory murders, wanton debauchery and left-field plot twists a-plenty, all three of these oft-overlooked gialli are restored in 2K from their original camera negatives - including brand-new, Arrow-exclusive restorations of Smile Before Death and The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive - alongside a range of in-depth bonus features.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBonus Materials\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLIMITED EDITION CONTENTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 2K restorations from the original camera negatives of Smile Before Death and The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2K restoration from the original camera negative of The Killer Reserved Nine Seats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of each film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks on Smile Before Death and The Killer Reserved Nine Seats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal lossless mono Italian soundtrack on The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the Italian soundtracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRigid box packaging with original artwork in a windowed Giallo Essentials Collection slipcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais, Peter Strain and Haunt Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDISC 1: SMILE BEFORE DEATH\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew commentary by authors and critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Italian and English front and end titles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmile of the Hyena, new video interview with Stefano Amadio, film journalist and son of director Silvio Amadio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNever-before-seen extended nude scenes, not used in the final film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage gallery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDISC 2: THE WEAPON, THE HOUR, THE MOTIVE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew commentary by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Man in Giallo, new video interview with actor Salvatore Puntillo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront and end titles for the lost English-language dub\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage gallery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDISC 3: THE KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHanging with Howard, video interview with actor Howard Ross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting with Biagio, video interview with screenwriter Biagio Proietti\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItalian theatrical trailer (in Italian and English)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage gallery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Orbit DVD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40897705902124,"sku":"760137106371u","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/giallo-essentials-vol-3-black-edition-used-used-blu-ray-760137106371u-5929661.jpg?v=1780256171","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/giallo-essentials-vol-3-black-edition-used","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}