Sergio Martino Collection coming from Arrow

[Akijama]

https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/...no-collection/

Description
One of Italian cinema’s most celebrated and prolific filmmakers, Sergio Martino (American Rickshaw) worked across a range of genres, but is arguably best known for his giallo thrillers. This collection brings together three of his finest.

In The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail, recently widowed Lisa Baumer is summoned to Athens to collect her husband’s generous life insurance policy, but soon discovers others are willing to kill to get their hands on it. In the Edgar Allan Poe-inspired Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, abrasive drunk Oliviero amuses himself by holding drunken orgies and abusing his long-suffering wife… but when a series of grisly murders shakes the local community, Oliviero finds himself in the frame. Finally, The Suspicious Death of a Minor combines giallo and crime thriller tropes as undercover cop Paolo pursues the Milanese criminal outfit responsible for the brutal murder of an underage prostitute, but finds himself up against a killer-for-hire who’s bumping off witnesses before they have a chance to talk.

Featuring sensational casts of genre stalwarts, including Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Anita Strindberg and Luigi Pistilli, with scripts by giallo master Ernesto Gastaldi and sensuous scores by maestro Bruno Nicolai, this is an essential collection for any Italian cult cinema fan.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

• Three films from Sergio Martino: The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, and The Suspicious Death of a Minor, restored in 2K from the original camera negative

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation for all films

• Original uncompressed mono Italian and English audio tracks

• Optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio

• Newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach

THE CASE OF THE SCORPION’S TAIL:

• Audio commentary with writer Ernesto Gastaldi, moderated by filmmaker Federico Caddeo (in Italian with English subtitles)

• Under the Sign of the Scorpion – an interview with star George Hilton

• The Scorpion Tales – an interview with director Sergio Martino

• Jet Set Giallo – an analysis Sergio Martino’s films by Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film

• The Case of the Screenwriter Auteur – a video essay by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films

• Theatrical trailer

• Image gallery

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon

YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY:

• Through the Keyhole – an interview with director Sergio Martino

• Unveiling the Vice – making-of retrospective featuring interviews with Martino, star Edwige Fenech and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi

• Dolls of Flesh and Blood: The Gialli of Sergio Martino – a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the director’s unique contributions to the giallo genre

• The Strange Vices of Ms. Fenech – film historian Justin Harries on the Your Vice actress’ prolific career

• Eli Roth on Your Vice and the genius of Martino

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin

THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A MINOR:

• Audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films

• Violent Milan – an interview with co-writer/director Sergio Martino

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon”

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[dallywhitty]

Ooooh, that artwork is delicious.

[MifuneFan]

Just a collection of existing releases. They could have added some exclusive book or something to make it a little more unique. Good for those that haven't picked up any of the titles of course.

[DaveyJoe]

I all ready have all those.

[vector72]

Pointless release really. Adding a cardboard box 3 years later.

[benricci]

All old stuff, no? Yawn.

[MifuneFan]

It's all the more head-scratching when you realize Arrow published their own Martino book, which could have easily been included, and made this a nicer set overall.

[Mister_Kidd]

I believe you can get all these cheaper, separately if you wait for a sale.

[EvilNed]

While I already have all of these, it might be a good gateway for someone who's giallo-curious.

Also - this is the second Arrow box set that's included "Your Vice"!

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

I believe you can get all these cheaper, separately if you wait for a sale.

Yes. I'm only missing one, which I plan to get for the next Arrow UK sale.

[Member-222782]

I would've been all over this if it had been a UHD set. This is rather pointless.

[DukeTogo84]

Have all of these. Great films, but strange that the US release is missing Torso.

[Member-222782]

I'll blow a gasket if TORSO ever gets upgraded to UHD.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Have all of these. Great films, but strange that the US release is missing Torso.

Likely because Arrow doesn't have rights to it in the UK, and they didn't want to design two different outer boxes for each region.

[Sleazeaddict]

Pass, got them all

they should sell the cardboard only like Vinegar.

[Rayjg]

Whatta waistfool release. Not like these are OOP or hard to find.

[hudson4k]

Labels have started realizing that people will sooner buy stuff in sets than individually. I like the boxsets, keep them coming, but this one feels forced. No real need for it imo.

[guizhang]

if this is still around during an arrow sale, i'll grab it. i've seen these films, but i don't own any of them

[Eschenpod]

Already own all of these titles so hard pass on this collection. If 4K then it would be a different story.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Handman

I haven't seen all of these and don't own any of them on disc, so give it to me. The set is cheaper than getting them all individually. So, sorry it's not for you, but this looks great to me.

I've seen the individual releases hit the sub-10 quid point during an Arrow sale, so unless this set is getting the same level of discount, not really.