Mill of the Stone Women Blu-Ray - Limited Edition
Mill of the Stone Women Blu-Ray - Limited Edition
This Limited Edition release features a hard slipcover and
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Roberto Curti, an in-depth comparison of the different versions by Brad Stevens, and a selection of contemporary reviews
- Fold-out double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais
- Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproduction artcards
Before Black Sabbath, before The Whip and the Body, director Giorgio Ferroni (The Lion of Thebes, Blood for a Silver Dollar) introduced audiences to period horror Italian-style with his chilling 1960 shocker Mill of the Stone Women – a classic tale of terror redolent with the atmosphere of vintage Hammer Horror.
Young art student Hans von Arnam (Pierre Brice, Night of the Damned) arrives by barge at an old mill to write a monograph about its celebrated sculptures of women in the throes of death and torture, maintained and curated by the mill's owner, the hermetic Professor Wahl (Herbert Böhme, Secret of the Red Orchid). But when Hans encounters the professor's beautiful and mysterious daughter Elfi (Scilla Gabel, Modesty Blaise), his own fate becomes inexorably bound up with hers, and with the shocking secret that lies at the heart of the so-called Mill of the Stone Women.
The first Italian horror film to be shot in color, Mill of the Stone Women prefigured a raft of other spaghetti nightmares, including the work of maestros Mario Bava and Dario Argento. Arrow Films is proud to present this brand-new restoration of one of the foundational titles of Italian horror.
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Actors: Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss
Director: Giorgio Ferroni
Special Features: New audio commentary by Tim Lucas - author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark, Mill of the Stone Women & The Gothic Body - a new visual essay on the trope of the wax/statue woman in Gothic horror by author and critic Kat Ellinger, Turned to Stone - a newly edited featurette containing archival interviews with actress Liana Orfei and film historian Fabio Melelli, A Little Chat with Dr. Mabuse - an archival interview with actor Wolfgang Preiss, Rare opening titles from the UK release re-titled "Drops of Blood", German opening titles, US and German theatrical trailers, Image galleries
Release Year: 1960
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Format: Blu-Ray
Label: Arrow Video
Region Coding: Region B
Language: Italian, English, French
Subtitles: English, English SDH
Case Type: Blu-Ray Case with Hard Slipcase
Genre:
- Horror
- Sci-Fi
Technical Details
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Run Time: 96 / 90 / 95 mins
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Video Format: PAL