Baron Blood - Premium Gothic Horror Novel | Scary Books for Adults | Perfect for Halloween Reading & Horror Book Collections
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One of horror giant Mario Bava s biggest hits, Baron Blood returns to the all-stops-out Gothic atmosphere and the central theme of a witch s curse that fuelled his breakthrough film Black Sunday twelve years earlier.This time, the curse was placed on Baron Otto von Kleist, Austria s legendarily murderous Baron Blood , whose corpse is inadvertently revived when an ancient incantation is read out as a joke by a descendant and his girlfriend. Naturally, the Baron decides to carry on where he originally left off, with the help of an entire vault of elaborate torture devices.Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane, The Third Man) has a whale of a time as the deceptively charming Baron, and is given sterling support from Elke Sommer (Lisa and the Devil), who is chased through fog-shrouded alleyways in one of Bava s most memorably atmospheric set-pieces.SPECIAL FEATURES:High Definition Blu-ray (1080p)Three audio versions: Optional Italian, European English and AIP English re-dub and re-scoreEnglish SDH subtitles and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian audioAudio Commentary with Bava biographer and expert Tim LucasIntroduction to Baron Blood by author and critic Alan JonesTrailers for Baron BloodBaron Blood Radio SpotsReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Customer Reviews
Another fine 1970s gothic horror movie with atmospheric music to boot! I loved it and although it didn't have lots of splatter, I prefer it that way. Mario Bava comes up with a movie like no other for the time. Starring Actress Elke Sommer and Actor Joseph Cotten (Tora! Tora! Tora!, Niagara). These are the most recognizable in the movie for me. Eva (Elke Sommer) works at the very castle that Baron Blood (Baron Otto Von Kleist) lived to help restore it for tourism. When a relative of the Baron shows up to seek the truth of his unfortunate "ties" to the sadistic Baron, things seem to take a turn. One night after meeting with his other relatives he is staying with, Eva and him embark to the Castle. He brings an ancient parchment that has an incantation. Against Eva's words, he sits the parchment down and reads it out aloud. The words echo through the chamber and apparently the entire Castle. They stop after hearing strange noises coming from all angles in the room. The only light and comfort they have for the moment is the fireplace nearby. A sudden wind comes in and sweeps the old parchment into the fire, burning it almost completely before they can get it out.Unknowing to them both, the body and spirit of Baron Blood has been awakened and he wants nothing more than revenge on the living occupants of his estate and the surrounding town.That's just the mere start of this movie. I found it both entertaining and a thriller. I used to own the DVD on this one, but this edition is far superior to that one.There are a few Special Features here ~It's Mastered in HD from the 35MM negative.Audio Commentary by Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark.Alternate Title SequenceOriginal Theatrical TrailersRadio SpotsOriginal Trailers of other Bava FilmsKino Lorber did a good job on this one. I would have liked some reversible graphics on the interior of the bluray package though. I'm sure there are plenty of graphic artwork available for that, but they only did the front cover and back.It's widescreen 1:78:11972, 98 minutes Made in Italy, but it's English language for the movie.
