High Tension: Four Films by Lamberto Bava (Severin Films) Blu-ray Review

In the late ’80s, Lamberto Bava agreed to direct a four-part anthology series for Italian TV under the title High Tension. But when executives saw the completed features’ extreme themes and graphic violence, their broadcast was blocked for nearly a decade and they have only existed as grey market bootlegs since. Severin Films now presents their Official Worldwide Blu-ray Premiere: Tomas Arana stars as a horror director stalked by evil forces in THE PRINCE OF TERROR, written by Dardano Sacchetti and featuring grisly FX by Sergio Stivaletti. In THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T DIE, adapted from a short story by poliziotteschi novelist Giorgio Scerbanenco, the survivor of a home invasion seeks vengeance. Daria Nicolodi stars in SCHOOL OF FEAR about a student academy with a dark secret. And in the giallo shocker EYE WITNESS, Barbara Cupisti stars as a blind woman who ‘sees’ a murder. All four films are scanned in 2K from the original camera negatives with Italian and first time ever English tracks, plus over 5 hours of Special Features and a Soundtrack CD curated by Simon Boswell featuring music from High Tension, THE MASK OF SATAN, DEMONS 2, DELIRIUM and more.

4 FILMS RESTORED UNCUT, 5+ HOURS OF ALL-NEW SPECIAL FEATURES PLUS BONUS BOSWELL/BAVA SOUNDTRACK CD

Bonus Materials

• Audio Commentary For THE PRINCE OF TERROR With Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years Of Italian Giallo Films
• The Adventure Of Anfri – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava On High Tension
• We Call Him Maestro – Lamberto Bava On THE PRINCE OF TERROR
• The Scerbanenco Touch – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava On THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T DIE
• Stephen King Italian Style – Interview With Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
• The Tale Of Evil Children – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava On SCHOOL OF FEAR
• Play The Game – Interview With SCHOOL OF FEAR Screenwriter Roberto Gandus
• When Bava Met Boswell – Interview With Composer Simon Boswell
• Boswell/Bava Compilation CD
• Audio Commentary For EYE WITNESS With Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years Of Italian Giallo Films
• The Last Giallo – Interview With Director Lamberto Bava On EYE WITNESS
• Love Is Blind – Interview With Actress Barbara Cupisti On EYE WITNESS

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