Arrow Blues...

A number of fantastic looking Mario Bava Blu-rays are on their way courtesy of UK distributors Arrow Films, including Black Sunday / Mask of Satan, Lisa and the Devil  / House of Exorcism, Baron Blood, and Black Sabbath.  Amazing stuff by the looks of it.

Black Sabbath (a classic 60s portmanteau film with Boris Karloff in one segment) features:

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of two versions of the film; ‘I tre volti della paura’ – the European version with score by Roberto Nicolosi & ‘Black Sabbath’ – the re-edited and re-dubbed AIP version with Les Baxter score
• English SDH subtitles for English Audio and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian audio
• Audio Commentary with Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas
• Introduction to the film by Alan Jones
• A Life In Film – An Interview with star Mark Damon
• Three Faces of Black Sabbath, comparison of the different versions of the film
• Trailers and radio spots
• Booklet featuring new writing on the film by David Cairns and an interview with AIP Producer Samuel Z. Arkoff on his experiences of working with Bava, conducted by Tim Lucas, illustrated throughout.

Baron Blood (recently released by Redemption but looking altogether more comprehensive here):

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of three versions of the film: ‘Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga’ with Italian opening and closing titles and ‘Baron Blood’ with English opening and closing titles and the European English export version audio, and for the first time on home video, the AIP version with alternate score by Les Baxter 
• Three audio versions: Optional Italian, European English and AIP English re-dub and re-score 
• English SDH subtitles for both English versions and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian audio
• Audio Commentary with Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas
• Bava’s 1972 film ‘Four Times That Night’ presented on Blu-ray and DVD
• Introduction to Baron Blood by Alan Jones
• Trailers and radio spots
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys 
• Booklet featuring new writing on the films by Oliver James and Pasquale Iannone, illustrated with original archive stills and posters.

Black Sunday, probably the ultimate Italian Gothic Horror, features:

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of two versions of the film; The Mask of Satan – the European version with score by Roberto Nicolosi & Black Sunday – the re-edited and re-dubbed AIP version with Les Baxter score
• Three audio versions: Optional Italian, European English and AIP English re-dub and re-score
• English SDH subtitles for both English versions and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian audio (frankly, f**king awesome, at last!)
• Audio Commentary with Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas
• Introduction to the film by Alan Jones
• Interview with Barbara Steele
• Deleted Scene from the Italian version with notes by Tim Lucas
• Trailers
• I Vampiri (1956), Italy’s first ever sound-era horror film directed by Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava
• Trailer reel – trailers of all the major works by Mario Bava
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
• Booklet featuring new writing on the films by Matt Bailey and Alan Jones, as well as a statement by Riccardo Freda on I Vampiri and Bava, translated from the original Italian for the first time, illustrated with original archive stills and posters.

The ill received but now cult Lisa and the Devil features:

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of both versions of the film: Lisa and the Devil and The House of Exorcism producer’s cut
• Optional English and Italian audio on Lisa and the Devil
• English SDH subtitles on both features and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian Audio of Lisa and The Devil
• Audio Commentary on Lisa and The Devil by Tim Lucas
• Audio Commentary on The House of Exorcism by producer Alfredo Leone and star Elke Sommer
• Introductions to both films by Alan Jones
• The Exorcism of Lisa – Assistant Director Lamberto Bava, screenwriter Roberto Natale, Roy Bava and Alberto Pezzotta discuss the making of both versions of the film
• Deleted Scene
• Original trailers
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Stephen Thrower, an interview with Bava from 1976, translated from the original Italian for the first time, illustrated with original stills and archive posters.