Arrow Video continues to build an ever impressive catalog by adding two more Italian flicks for their June release calendar; The Ovidio Assonitis directed Madhouse (which is truly underrated in my opinion) and the legendary Dario Argento’s first flick, Nnụnụ na kristal plumage. Madhouse has been restored in 2K while Nnụnụ na kristal plumage has been restored in 4K, so I can’t wait to see how great these films look. As always, Arrow is loading these releases up with a whole bunch of new extras mixed with some old ones and getting some amazing artists to give them the packages they deserve.

Helmed by legendary producer/director Ovidio Assonitis, the man behind such cult favourites as Onye ọbịa na Piranha II: The Spawning, Madhouse is a crimson-soaked tale of sibling rivalry taken to a terrifying and bloody extreme.

Julia has spent her entire adult life trying to forget the torment she suffered at the hands of her twisted twin Mary… but Mary hasn’t forgotten. Escaping hospital, where she’s recently been admitted with a horrific, disfiguring illness, Julia’s sadistic sister vows to exact a particularly cruel revenge on her sibling this year – promising a birthday surprise that she’ll mgbe ichefu.

An Italian production shot entirely in Savannah, Georgia, Madhouse (aka And When She Was Bad na There Was a Little Girl) fuses slasher elements with the over-the-top excess of ‘80s Italian terror – resulting in a cinematic bloodbath so gut-wrenching that the British authorities saw fit to outlaw it as a “video nasty”.

• Mweghachi 2K ohuru ohuru site na igwefoto mbu
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition presentations
• Original Stereo Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
• Nhọrọ ederede Bekee maka ndị ntị chiri na ike ịnụ ihe
• Nkọwa okwu ohuru ohuru na Hysteria na-aga n'ihu
• Brand new interviews with cast and crew
• Alternate Opening Titles
• Theatrical Trailer, newly transferred in HD
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach

In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Mmiri miri emi, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with Nnụnụ ahụ na Crystal Plumage – a film which redefined the ‘edo edo’ genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.

Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, Anyị nwe abalị), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, Funeral in Berlin) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, Spasmo) ...

A staggeringly assured debut, Nnụnụ ahụ na Crystal Plumage establishes the key traits that would define Argento’s filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive, brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Ugbu a) and a seductive score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (N'otu oge na West), this landmark film has never looked or sounded better in this new, 4K-restored limited edition from Arrow Video!

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• Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the camera negative in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release
• Nkọwapụta Blu-ray dị elu (1080p) na ihe ngosi DVD nkọwa DVD
• Original mono Italian and English soundtracks (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
• Ndepụta okwu Bekee maka ụda soundtali
• Nhọrọ ndepụta okwu n'asụsụ Bekee maka ndị ntị chiri na ike ịnụ maka ụda ụda Bekee
• New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
• Ike nke nghọta, a new visual essay on the cinema of Dario Argento by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Ndị na-akwado Ekwensu: Suspiria na Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study
• New analysis of the film by critic Kat Ellinger
• New interview with writer/director Dario Argento
• New interview with actor Gildo Di Marco (Garullo the pimp)
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp
• Limited edition 60-page booklet illustrated by Matthew Griffin, featuring an appreciation of the film by Michael Mackenzie, and new writing by Howard Hughes and Jack Seabrook