Blu Ray The Black Cat Arrow Video (1981 Aka Gato Nero)

From Italy’s own Godfather of Gore Lucio Fulci (Zombie, The Gates of Hell) comes The Black Cat – a gruesome reimagining of the classic Edgar Allan Poe tale starring Patrick Magee (A Clockwork Orange) and Mimsy Farmer (The Perfume of the Lady in Black).

When a young couple goes missing in a sleepy English village, Scotland Yard Inspector Gorley (David Warbeck, The Beyond) is brought in to assist on the case. But what starts off as routine investigation turns into a murder inquiry when the couple are found dead in mysterious circumstances.

Fusing a classically gothic atmosphere with the decidedly more visceral elements that are the hallmark of Fulci’s films, The Black Cat is a too-often overlooked and underrated entry in the Italian master filmmaker’s canon.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

•Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative

•Original Italian and English soundtracks in DTS-HD mono audio (Blu-ray only)

•Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack

•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack

•Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker and Fangoria editor Chris Alexander

•From Poe into Fulci: The Spirit of Perverseness – film historian Stephen Thrower on Fulci’s Poe-tinged classic

•In the Paw-Prints of The Black Cat – a look at the original Black Cat locations

•Frightened Dagmar – a brand new career interview with actress Dagmar Lassander

•At Home with David Warbeck – an archive interview with the Black Cat star

•Original Theatrical Trailer