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In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy, paralyzed surgeon husband.
THE WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE WITH 4 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
Direct from its triumphant 2025 premiere at the Venice International Film Festival comes 'Riccardo Freda's masterpiece' (At the Mansion of Madness) featuring a stunning performance by 'the greatest femme fatale of EuroShock cinema' (Through the Shattered Lens) Barbara Steele, now on Blu-ray for the first time ever: In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife (Steele) conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy paralyzed husband. But when the dead spouse's spirit returns, it will unlock a nightmare of spectral terror, sudden violence and depraved vengeance. Peter Baldwin (THE WEEKEND MURDERS) and Harriet Medin (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) co-star in the 1963 classic that re-sets the bar for Italian horror, co-written by Freda and Oreste Biancoli (BICYCLE THIEVES), newly scanned in 4K from the thought-lost original camera negative and restored by Severin Films with 4 hours of Special Features.
Special Features
Bonus Materials
- Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
- Audio Interview With Barbara Steele (Played In Conjunction With THE GHOST)
- Audio Interview With Actress Harriet Medin And Tim Lucas, Author Of Mario Bava: All The Colors Of The Dark
- Barbara Steele Presents The 4K Restoration At The Venice International Film Festival And L'Étrange Festival In Paris
- Till Death Returns – Interview With Roberto Curti, Author Of Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969
- Wounds Of Deceit – Video Essay On Barbara Steele By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Author Of 1000 Women In Horror, 1895–2018
- Give Up The Ghost – Video Essay By Tim Lucas
- Italian Trailer
- U.S. Trailer
Cast & Crew
Actors:- Barbara Steele as Margaret Hichcock
- Peter Baldwin as Dr. Charles Livingstone
- Elio Jotta as Dr. John Hichcock
- Harriet Medin as Catherine Wood - Housekeeper
- Carol Bennet as Woman
- Carlo Kechler as Police Superintendent
- Umberto Raho as Canon Owens
- Reginald Price Anderson as Albert Fisher
Director: Riccardo Freda
Producer: Luigi Carpentieri
Producer: Ermanno Donati
Additional Details
Label: Severin Films
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Run Time: 95:23 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 02/24/26
UPC: 760137204077
Description
In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy, paralyzed surgeon husband.
THE WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE WITH 4 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
Direct from its triumphant 2025 premiere at the Venice International Film Festival comes 'Riccardo Freda's masterpiece' (At the Mansion of Madness) featuring a stunning performance by 'the greatest femme fatale of EuroShock cinema' (Through the Shattered Lens) Barbara Steele, now on Blu-ray for the first time ever: In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife (Steele) conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy paralyzed husband. But when the dead spouse's spirit returns, it will unlock a nightmare of spectral terror, sudden violence and depraved vengeance. Peter Baldwin (THE WEEKEND MURDERS) and Harriet Medin (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) co-star in the 1963 classic that re-sets the bar for Italian horror, co-written by Freda and Oreste Biancoli (BICYCLE THIEVES), newly scanned in 4K from the thought-lost original camera negative and restored by Severin Films with 4 hours of Special Features.
Special Features
Bonus Materials
- Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
- Audio Interview With Barbara Steele (Played In Conjunction With THE GHOST)
- Audio Interview With Actress Harriet Medin And Tim Lucas, Author Of Mario Bava: All The Colors Of The Dark
- Barbara Steele Presents The 4K Restoration At The Venice International Film Festival And L'Étrange Festival In Paris
- Till Death Returns – Interview With Roberto Curti, Author Of Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969
- Wounds Of Deceit – Video Essay On Barbara Steele By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Author Of 1000 Women In Horror, 1895–2018
- Give Up The Ghost – Video Essay By Tim Lucas
- Italian Trailer
- U.S. Trailer
Cast & Crew
Actors:- Barbara Steele as Margaret Hichcock
- Peter Baldwin as Dr. Charles Livingstone
- Elio Jotta as Dr. John Hichcock
- Harriet Medin as Catherine Wood - Housekeeper
- Carol Bennet as Woman
- Carlo Kechler as Police Superintendent
- Umberto Raho as Canon Owens
- Reginald Price Anderson as Albert Fisher
Director: Riccardo Freda
Producer: Luigi Carpentieri
Producer: Ermanno Donati
Additional Details
Label: Severin Films
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Run Time: 95:23 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 02/24/26
UPC: 760137204077
