Umberto Lenzi’s Eyeball Coming to Blu-ray
Ciao, Giallo fans,
British boutique label 88 Films will release Umberto Lenzi’s 1975 giallo, Eyeball, on Blu-ray on August 27th. The disc will be region-free, so it will play on Blu-ray players worldwide. Here are the full details:
Released in 1975, Eyeball might just be the late, great Umberto Lenzi’s greatest giallo! Gruesome and gruelling, this torrid tale of a black gloved killer with a fetish for plucking out the peepers of his unlucky victims is a personal favourite of Pulp Fiction genius Quentin Tarantino and it is easy to see why.
Boasting plenty of bloodshed and some beautiful Catalonian locations, Eyeball is a murder-mystery that stands up to the best of Mario Bava and Dario Argento and, with its messy arterial mayhem, even anticipates the later excess of such American slasher staples as Friday the 13th! Dare you open your eyes to Eyeball? This essential Italian terror totem is finally available in horrifying HD thanks to the body-count Kings at 88 Films!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
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- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION with color correction performed exclusively for this release
- NEW feature length documentary detailing the work and legacy of Rome’s most prolific grindhouse nightmare-maker. Features never-before-seen interview footage with Lenzi himself and comments from critics John Martin, Manlio Gomarasca and Rachael Nisbet, academics Calum Waddell and Mikel Koven, actors Danilo Mattei and Giovanni Lombardo Radice and director and writer Scooter McCrae (80 min).
- Eyeballs on Martine Brochard – Interview with Actress Martine Brochard (2018)
- Eyeball Locations Featurette
- Audio Commentary by the Hysteria Continues
- Eyeball Trailers
- Reversible sleeve featuring alternative artwork
- Four original “Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro” lobby card reproductions (First print run only)
- Limited edition booklet featuring: All About Umberto: an extensive and intricate look back at the work of an Italian genre-bending legend by Dr. Calum Waddell and Cats and Eyeballs: An interview with Umberto Lenzi by Eugenio Ercolani (First print run only)
- Audio: Dual mono English and Italian tracks, with English subtitles
- REGION-FREE
