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April 13, 2005

'NoShame' Announce Specifications & Artwork For Sergio Martinos' Giallo Classics.

Wanted to post about these before the weekend, but no obviously complete specifications and final artwork were available. Now someone at MHVF has posted a link to DVDDriveIn which has a page specifically for the two Sergio Martino movies 'The Case Of The Scorpions Tale' and 'The Strange Vice Of Mrs.Wardh' which are due out on R1 USA DVD on May 31st 2005.

For those not aware, NoShame are an Italian label originally and now a USA business too. They issue classic genre movies from many of the masters of Italian Cinema.

Giallos (which means 'Yellow' - the colour predominantly used for the genre in its' paperback origins) like these Martino movies have been made since the 1950s and continue occassionally to be made today.

The height of the genre was the late 1960s to mid-1970s, and the most noteable examples are from Directors like Mario Bava and Dario Argento. Many others who occasionally turned their hand to such films (which frequently mixes murder mystery, bizarre behaviour, sexy women and vibrantly coloured scenes) managed to create classics too.

The 'NoShame' Site will be here, but isn't live yet. Specifications here in brief below.

Via MHVF / DVDDriveIN (Visit there for a complete synopsis for both).

'The Case Of The Scorpions Tale' Specifications : 'The Pleasure Of Dying: The Giallos According to Sergio Martino' - Interviews with Director Sergio Martino, Producer Luciano Martino, Writer Ernesto Gastaldi, Star George Hilton. Original Italian Theatrical Trailer. Booklet with Talent Bios Included.

Digitally remastered from the original vault 2P negative exclusively for this DVD. Color / 1971 / 90 Mins. 2.35:1 / 16X9 / Not Rated. Region Code: 0 * Dolby Digital Mono. Languages: English, Italian. Optional English Subtitles.

'Strange Vice Of Mrs.Wardh' Specifications : 'The Strange Vices of Sergio Martino' - Interviews with Director Sergio Martino, Producer Luciano Martino, Writer Ernesto Gastaldi stars Edwige Fenech (her first interview about this film ever) and George Hilton. Original Italian Theatrical Trailer. Poster & Still Gallery. Booklet with Talent Bios.

Digitally remastered from the original vault 2P negative exclusively for this DVD. Color / 1970 / 94 Mins. 2.35:1 / 16X9 / Not Rated. Region Code: 0 / Dolby Digital Mono. Languages: English, Italian. Optional English Subtitles.

» Posted by logboy at April 13, 2005 03:36 AM

Reader Comments

Strange Vice of Mrs. Ward is a great giallo w/ an outstanding score... and I absolutely love the way the parking garage scene is edited together. The Case Of The Scorpions Tale is ok, but not one of the better giallos.

Giallo's in the 1950's? Hmmm, I'd say 1963 w/ Bava's Girl Who Knew to Much aka The Evil Eye, would be the first real example of a giallo film.

Bridget Fonda's favorite type of movies are giallos.

» Posted by blake at April 14, 2005 11:59 AM

hear what your saying, but from memory the origins are 1950s and the specific elements came together in the early 60s. theres a lot of speculation and argument about what actually makes a giallo : like the "if theres no black-gloved killer its not a giallo" thing people often say.

» Posted by logboy at April 14, 2005 01:23 PM

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