When Ann, the wealthy yet mentally unstable wife of accomplished author Larry, claims to have found her husband brutally murdered in her stables, her psychiatrist, Dr. Marc, and Larry’s secretary, Mary, are skeptical — not least because there is no body to be found. What’s more, Dr. Marc finds a note from Larry saying he’s going away for a while to clear his head. A year later, Larry returns to the house, but Ann is adamant that this man is not her husband, despite the protests of Dr. Marc and Mary to the contrary. To add to her mounting turmoil, Ann starts to experience gruesome hallucinations and receives phone calls from someone claiming to be the real Larry, contacting her from beyond the grave. As those around her start being dispatched in various grisly ways, is Ann losing her grip on sanity, or could something even more diabolical be afoot?
Helmed by Enzo Milioni, director of giallo favorite The Sister of Ursula (1978), and starring Euro-horror regular Zora Kerova (Cannibal Ferox, The New York Ripper), ESCAPE FROM DEATH (aka Luna di sangue) was produced as part of a series of direct-to-video and television films released under the banner of “Lucio Fulci presents”, which also includes Fulci’s own Touch of Death and Umberto Lenzi’s Hell’s Gate. A twisty-turny giallo punctuated by moments of shocking and unexpected gore, Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to unveil ESCAPE FROM DEATH in its world UHD premiere, restored in 4K from its original 16mm negative and loaded with a selection of newly-produced bonus features.
directed by: Enzo Milioni
starring: Jacques Sernas, Zora Kerova, Barbara Blasko, Alessandro Freyberger, Luciana Ottaviani, Giuseppe Morabito, Pamela Prati, Annie Belle
1989 / 87 min / 1.33:1 / Italian Mono
Additional info:
2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray
4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
Zora, the Escapee (18 min) - an interview with actress Zora Kerova
Victim of Circumstance (16 min) - an interview with actor Alessandro Freyberger
Bloody Sonata (19 min) - an interview with composer Paolo Gatti
Exhuming Lucio (13 min) - an interview with film critic Pier Maria Bocchi
Escape from Death, Enter the Showbiz (30 min) - an interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
Reversible sleeve artwork
Newly translated English subtitles