THE BLACK TULIP / LA TULIPE NOIRE (1964) - New on Blu-ray

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Product Description: International idol Alain Delon (Un Flic, The Girl on a Motorcycle) leaps into action in this colorful swashbuckling adventure from the pen of Alexandre Dumas (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers). Who is The Black Tulip? France’s most daring masked avenger—one part Zorro and one part Robin Hood! In 1789 on the eve of the French Revolution, the townspeople of Roussillon live in fear of a tyrannical aristocracy. But a local hero emerges in the form of The Black Tulip (the dashing Delon). The Marquis (Akim Tamiroff, Alphaville), the Prince (Robert Manuel, Rififi) and the Baron try to quell his banditry, but this buccaneer for justice has the support of the revolutionaries and a very clever ace up his sleeve in the form of a twin brother! Stylishly directed by Christian-Jaque (Fanfan la Tulipe) and shot in sumptuous color by Henri Decaë (Joy House), The Black Tulip (La Tulipe noire) has it all—comedy, intrigue, sword-swinging action and Delon’s fiery romances with the ravishing Virna Lisi (Queen Margot) and dazzling Dawn Addams (Zeta One)!

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New on Blu-ray: GIALLO ESSENTIALS COLLECTION Volume 2

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Product Description: What Have They Done to Your Daughters? - Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.

Torso - A string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles to death beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf.

Strip Nude for Your Killer - When a fashion model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The next victims are connected to the modeling agency where she worked, Albatross, run by a hard edged and jealous bi-sexual, Gisella, married to a Farouk-like dissolute. One suspect is Carlo, a playboy photographer who has a hot temper and refuses to share information with the police. He becomes the lover of Magda, another photographer at the agency, who's probably in danger. The murderer wears a black motorcycle outfit and helmet. Will anyone discover the murderer's identity before the entire agency dies?

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New on Blu-ray: GIALLO ESSENTIALS - 3 Movies (1965-1977)

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Product Description: Alongside the spaghetti western, the giallo is one of the most famous Italian export genres: films steeped in mystery and intrigue, delivered with stylised violence and unforgettable musical themes.

The Possessed (1965) masterfully combines noir, mystery and giallo tropes in a proto-giallo based on one of Italy’s most notorious crimes. It tells the story of a depressed novelist (Peter Baldwin) in search of his old flame (Virna Lisi) who has disappeared under suspicious circumstances, prompting an investigation that finds him plunged into a disturbing drama of familial secrets, perversion, madness and murder. The Fifth Cord (1971) boasts a complex, Agatha Christie-esque plot of investigation into a series of brutal assaults. As the body count rises, whisky swilling journalist Andrea Bild (Franco Nero) finds himself under suspicion, making it all the more imperative he crack the case. The Pyjama Girl Case (1978), inspired by a real-life case that baffles to this day, takes us to Australia where former inspector Timpson comes out of retirement to crack the case of a young woman, found on the beach, shot in the head, burned to hide her identity and dressed in distinctive yellow pyjamas.

In the first of a multi-volume series of Giallo Essentials these films feature a raft of talent in front and behind the camera with each film restored from the original camera negative and presented with a range of contextualising interviews and featurettes.

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