BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

"Day Of Anger", "Blind Woman's Curse" and "Mark Of The Devil"



MVD Entertainment Group will distribute 'cult titles' from the UK's Arrow Video with deluxe restored material, pioneering packaging solutions and newly commissioned artwork:


Launch titles include Tonino Valerii's 'spaghetti western', "Day of Anger" aka "Gunlaw" (1967) starring Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma, available March 17, Michael Armstrong's "Mark of the Devil" (1970) available March 24 and "Blind Woman's Curse" (1970) available March 31.


"...with music by Riz Ortolani punctuated by gunfire, 'Day Of Anger', presented here in an exclusive high-definition restoration from the original 'Techniscope' negative stars Lee Van Cleef ('The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'), as master gunfighter 'Frank Talby' and Giuliano Gemma as street cleaner 'Scott Mary', relentlessly bullied by the people of the small town of 'Clifton'. When Talby rides into town, Scott seizes the opportunity to lift himself out of the gutter, and possibly even surpass Talby's own skills. But what is Talby doing in Clifton in the first place? 


"...'Blind Woman's Curse' is a thrilling 'Yakuza' film featuring eye-popping visuals, sensational fight sequences and Meiko Kaji as 'Akemi', a dragon tattooed leader of the 'Tachibana Yakuza' clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi's gang in revenge..."


"...in writer/director Michael Armstrong's 'Mark Of The Devil', actor Udo Kier plays a 'witchfinder' apprentice whose faith in his master (Herbert Lom) becomes severely tested when they settle in an Austrian village. Presided over by 'Albino' (Reggie Nalder), the film presents its morality not so much in shades of grey as in shades of black..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Day Of Anger"...