Mario Bava’s Hercules in the Haunted World Coming to Blu-ray
A couple of years ago, I started a deep dive into the world of Italian genre films (mostly Westerns and Gialli), and my biggest takeaway was that Mario Bava was an absolute maestro of the movie camera (both as a cinematographer and a director). I’ve made it my business to catch up with his full filmography ever since.
Consequently, I was overjoyed to see the following announcement on the Kino Lorber Facebook page:
Coming to DVD and Blu-ray October 8th from Kino Classics!
Mario Bava’s
HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD (1961)
Special 2-Disc Edition
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- 2K restoration from the original camera negative
- U.S. release version: Hercules in the Haunted World (with optional English SDH captions)
- European release version: Vampire gegen Hercules; aka Ercole al centro della Terra (Italian dialogue with optional English subtitles)
- U.K. release version: Hercules at the Center of the Earth
- Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark
- Interview with actor George Ardisson
- U.S. theatrical trailer
- U.K. theatrical trailer
