Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli (Arrow Video)Limited Edition (3,000)Boxset UK and USA

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Release Date:
28th March 2016
Purchase Links:
Arrow Films
Price: £32.99
Amazon UK
Price: £44.99


USA
Release Date:
5th April 2016
Purchase Links:
Amazon
Price: $49.99
Diabolik DVD
Price: $44.99


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Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli (Arrow Video) Dual Format Limited Edition Boxset

Emerging at the peak of the giallo boom of the early ‘70s, Luciano Ercoli’s Death Walks films are two superlative examples of the genre linked by their shared casting of the stunning Nieves Navarro (billed under her adopted stage name of Susan Scott) as the lead woman in peril.

In Death Walks on High Heels (1971), exotic dancer Nicole (Navarro), the daughter of a murdered jewel thief, finds herself terrorised by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her father’s stolen gems. Fleeing Paris and her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in London only to discover that death stalks her at every corner.

Returning in Death Walks at Midnight (1972), Navarro stars as Valentina – a model who, in the midst of a drug-fuelled photoshoot, witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers. But when it becomes clear that the savage slaying she describes relates to a crime that took place six months earlier, the police are at a loss - forcing Valentina to solve the mystery alone.

Offering up all the glamour, perversity and narrative twists and turns that are typical of the giallo genre at its best, Luciano Ercoli’s Death Walks on High Heels and Death Walks at Midnight anticipate the super-stylized trappings of Brian De Palma’s early psycho thrillers (most notably, Dressed to Kill).

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
Limited Edition boxed-set (3000 copies) containing Death Walks on High Heels and Death Walks at Midnight
Brand new 2K restorations of the films from the original camera negatives
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays)
Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
Limited Edition 60-page booklet containing new writing from authors Danny Shipka (Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France), Troy Howarth (So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films) and writer Leonard Jacobs, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS
Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
Newly-edited archive interview with director Luciano Ercoli and actress Nieves Navarro
Master of Giallo – brand new interview in which Gastaldi discusses Death Walks on High Heels and offers up his thoughts as to what constitutes a good giallo
An interview with composer Stelvio Cipriani
Original Italian trailer
Original English trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT
Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
Extended TV version of the feature [105 mins]
Crime Does Pay – brand new interview in which Gastaldi discusses Death Walks at Midnight and a career script-writing crime films
Desperately Seeking Susan – a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the distinctive giallo collaborations between director Luciano Ercoli and star Nieves Navarro
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx


Release date: 28/03/16 (UK) Release date: 03/29/16 (US)
Rating: 18 (TBC)
Duration: 208 mins
Language: English/Italian
Subtitles: English SDH/English
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: Mono
Colour
Discs: 4
UK RRP £44.99
UK Cat Number: FCD1216
US SRP $69.95
US Cat Number: AV044
Directed by: Luciano Ercoli
Starring: Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu
 
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Thanks for the photo's and info @paulboland, could I just ask where you pre-order your Arrow title's from? I ask because I'm always sceptical about packaging with these sort of set's, I like sharp clean corner's on these packages and I always seem to get damaged crushed corner's which does my head in, a massive thumbs up:thumbs: for your info when it comes to these release's, most of the time I wouldn't know they were coming out if it was not for you, cheer's mate:):thumbs:....
 
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Thanks for the photo's and info @paulboland, could I just ask where you pre-order your Arrow title's from? I ask because I'm always sceptical about packaging with these sort of set's, I like sharp clean corner's on these packages and I always seem to get damaged crushed corner's which does my head in, a massive thumbs up:thumbs: for your info when it comes to these release's, most of the time I wouldn't know they were coming out if it was not for you, cheer's mate:):thumbs:....
I order mostly from Amazon UK but on a few occasions I order direct from Arrow Films

Arrow Films if price is reasonable and I have the funds spare I order from them instead of Amazon but only if I have the funds available as you pay up front with arrow films store

Amazon packaging is fine with the box sets
Arrow Films packaging mostly is good but depends on the size of the box set

Zavvi that can be hit and miss with packaging so I avoid ordering Arrow Video box sets from Zavvi
 
Just too many of these expensive sets coming out at the minute from Arrow. One I will have to leave until later in the year. I think there are another 4 similar expensive titles within a few months. Just have to give them a miss even thought they look very very interesting.