{"product_id":"forgotten-gialli-volume-9","title":"FORGOTTEN GIALLI: VOLUME 9","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1990s proved to be a curious and complicated era for the giallo, with many films made for export markets and direct-to-video, while the form itself was tested with directors attempting new ideas and folding modern trends into their plots. Nevertheless, around the rise of the erotic thriller and despite the contraction of the Italian genre film market overall, the true spirit of the genre soldiered on, still alive and vibrant in the three rare gialli assembled here, all seeing their Blu-ray debuts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMADNESS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiovanna is a successful comic artist, and her brutal Doctor Dark comic has made her rich and somewhat notorious. While she and the comic are both under fire for possibly inciting readers to violence, a real-life murderer suddenly begins carving out the eyes of their victims only to deliver them to Giovanna. Under continuing pressure from her manager and the public, she flees to the country, eager to clear her head and distance herself from the fact that someone is making gruesome reality out of her fiction. Not only does the terror follow her, but now someone is calling Giovanna to menace her under the guise of Doctor Dark. Will the police find the killer before they reach Giovanna, or will all this nervous exhaustion do her in first?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unusually sincere effort from the prolific genre workhorse Bruno Mattei, MADNESS (\u003cem\u003eOcchi senza volto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaka\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEyes Without a Face\u003c\/em\u003e) plays with several giallo motifs and a few contemporary thriller elements, while delivering plentiful gore and dramatic slayings. Shot by cinematographer Luigi Ciccarese (\u003cem\u003eÆnigma\u003c\/em\u003e), it features a slew of Mattei on-screen regulars, including Emy Valentino (\u003cem\u003ePhantom of Death\u003c\/em\u003e), Fausto Lombardi (\u003cem\u003eTerror Express\u003c\/em\u003e), Gabriele Gori (\u003cem\u003eConvent of Sinners\u003c\/em\u003e), and an intense lead performance by Monica Carpanese (\u003cem\u003eAnthropophagus II\u003c\/em\u003e). Vinegar Syndrome is eager to deliver to you this rarely seen late giallo entry, newly restored from its original negative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdditional info:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion Free Blu-ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm original negative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommentary track with The Hysteria Continues!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough the Eyes of Madness (13 min) - an interview with actress Monica Carpanese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeeing Madness (20 min) - an interview with producer Gianni Paolucci\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReversible sleeve artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eEnglish SDH subtitles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBUGIE ROSSE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTelevision journalist Marco knows the importance of a good story, a terrific scoop, and he's willing to do the deep research to secure his reputation. When investigating murders in his city's gay underground, he doggedly sticks to posing as a man lurking in the park for night-time tricks who may give him a lead, in spite of his own marked aversion to same sex contact. Although he gets arrested after each murder, and even if he's increasingly suspicious to the police, Marco stays on the story. His connections with the paper and a local prosecutor can only keep him safe for so long, and things look dire amid increasing tension with his wife and the psychic weight of the job. But he's just come across an attractive male hustler who may provide him with the clues he needs. That is, provided Marco can uncover the deep secrets that the killer will stop at nothing to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe giallo loyalist Pierfrancesco Campanella (\u003cem\u003eBad Inclination\u003c\/em\u003e) wrote and directed BUGIE ROSSE (\u003cem\u003eRed Lies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaka\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Final Scoop\u003c\/em\u003e) while still in his twenties, blending the psychosexual traditions of the style with modern technology such as IRC message boards. Portraying the weight of closeted life and sexual anxiety with stylized scenes of swingers bars and dark alleys as shot by veteran Mario Vulpiani (\u003cem\u003eWatch Me When I Kill\u003c\/em\u003e), the film also features a rare score from prolific soundtrack conductor Natale Massara (conductor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlow Out and Body Double\u003c\/em\u003e), and a cast including Tomas Arana (\u003cem\u003eThe Church\u003c\/em\u003e), Gioia Scola (\u003cem\u003eToo Beautiful to Die\u003c\/em\u003e), Natasha Hovey (\u003cem\u003eDemons\u003c\/em\u003e), and Alida Valli (\u003cem\u003eSuspiria\u003c\/em\u003e). Vinegar Syndrome ardently presents this inspired giallo rarity newly scanned from its original camera negative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdditional info:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion Free Blu-ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm original negative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRed Heat (29 min) - an interview with director \/ screenwriter Pierfrancesco Campanella\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNaked Lies (12 min) - an interview with actress and co-producer Gioia Scola\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Last Temptation (14 min) - an interview with actor Tomas Arana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLady in Red (14 min) - an interview with actress Barbara Scoppa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRed Eros (18 min) - an interview with composer Natale Massara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReversible sleeve artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNewly translated English subtitles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMURDER IN BLUE LIGHT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTop model Starlet works for some of the highest-priced ad campaigns in New York, even if part of the job is occasionally fighting off a grabby client. But she regularly drops out of her high-fashion life to secretly turn tricks as Sherry, a dominatrix and role player for men looking to play out their oddest kinks with her. She doesn't need the money; instead, she's hunting for a certain man. Meanwhile, a rash of stabbing murders keeps occurring around her. Grizzled, sarcastic NYPD sergeant Flanagan is the only one who can keep Starlet out of harm's way, though she refuses to level with him, and instead plays detective herself. When Flanagan keeps coming up with nothing, despite constantly rousting local prostitutes, he decides to apply pressure elsewhere. With creeps from both the high and low elements of New York life, and a serial murderer about, how much longer can Starlet push her luck?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA film rooted in the sleazy New York trends of Italian cinema from a decade prior, MURDER IN BLUE LIGHT showcases the ability of veteran writer\/director Alfonso Brescia (\u003cem\u003eNaked Girl Murdered in the Park\u003c\/em\u003e) to jump into any required genre. Featuring a good deal of actual New York City street scenes, including Times Square, it leans into the sleaze with a twisty backstory and hints of a police procedural through its US star, David Hess (\u003cem\u003eLast House on the Left\u003c\/em\u003e). Also featuring Florence Guérin (\u003cem\u003eFaceless\u003c\/em\u003e) as Starlet, Rik Battaglia (\u003cem\u003eNightmare Castle\u003c\/em\u003e), and Riccardo Parisio Perrotti (\u003cem\u003eThe Psychic\u003c\/em\u003e), Vinegar Syndrome presents this obscure late entry in the \"amateur detective\" giallo newly restored from its original camera negative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdditional info:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion Free Blu-ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm original negative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolanoi and Troy Howarth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlternate home video cut of MURDER IN BLUE LIGHT (95 min, sourced from standard definition video)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlorence, Ma Chérie! 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