Tropic of Cancer - Forgotten Gialli Vol.5. Aug 30, 2022 (USA)

 

Forgotten Gialli Volume 5: A White Dress for Mariale + Tropic of Cancer + Nine Guests for a Crime

Vinegar Syndrome | 1972 | 3 Movies | Not rated | Aug 30, 2022 (New Release)

TROPIC OF CANCER:  Fred and Grace Wright are vacationing in Haiti in the hope of repairing their failing marriage when they run into an old friend, Dr Williams. Excited to share the news of his latest work, Williams explains that he has developed a powerful aphrodisiac which doubles as a hallucinogen. Intrigued by their friend's discovery, the couple quickly find themselves embroiled in a high stakes plot to steal the drug, all the while a mysterious killer (or killers) begins viciously doing away with anyone who gets too close to uncovering the truth about the formula.  

One of the strangest gialli, both in terms of setting and storyline, to emerge from the genre’s golden age, co-directors Edoardo Mulargia (Escape From Hell) and Giampaolo Lomi’s (The Barons) TROPIC OF CANCER takes an unconventional approach to the black-gloved-killer structure, adding in elements of high concept crime film and Fellini-esque surrealism. Gorgeously photographed in Techniscope by Marcello Masciocchi (The Murder Clinic), lushly scored by Piero Umiliani (Five Dolls For An August Moon), and starring Euro-sleaze stalwarts Anthony Steffen (The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave), Anita Strindberg (Who Saw Her Die), and Gabriele Tinti (Endgame), Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to bring TROPIC OF CANCER to Blu-ray, featuring a fresh 4K restoration of its Techniscope camera negative!  

Directed by: Giampaolo Lomi, Edoardo Mulargia, starring: Anthony Steffen, Anita Strindberg, Gabriele Tinti, Umberto Raho... - 1972 / 95 min / 2.35:1 / Italian and English Mono  

Additional info: 

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Features both its original Italian language soundtrack and optional English dub
• “Sex, Voodoo and Dictatorship” (33 min): an interview with writer/director Giampaolo Lomi
• Audio essay by film historian and critic Rachael Nisbet (18 min)
• Outtakes
• Alternate English title sequences
• Italian language original theatrical trailer
• English language original theatrical trailer
• Inside cover artwork
• Newly translated English subtitles.

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A WHITE DRESS FOR MARIALÉ directed by Romano Scavolini. Starring: Evelyn Stewart, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov, Pilar Velázquez 1972 / 90 min / 2.35:1 / Italian Mono with English subtitles.

NINE GUESTS FOR A CRIME directed by Ferdinando Baldi. Starring: John Richardson, Arthur Kennedy, Massimo Foschi, Caroline Laurence 1977 / 91 min / 1.85:1 / Italian and English Mono.

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