Rounding up Nightmare Castle’s spectacular image and audio transfer are two wonderful interviews recorded just for this release. First off is “Barbara Steele In Conversation”(29:34), wherein the multi-talented actress sizes down her entire history in film in thirty minutes. Next, director Mario Caiano is interviewed in “Black, White, And Red” (14:07). The kindly-looking gentleman discusses the origins of the movie as well as reflecting on his own career. He’s also attacked by his very feisty orange kitty but just keeps on a-talking. The last two special features are a widescreen trailer for the U.K. release under the Night Of The Doomed title (3:19) and a fuzzy full framed U.S. release trailer (1:21), which was obviously culled from a substandard video source. Oddly enough, both trailers feature the same (American) narration.
On the backside of the DVD’s cover, there is a portion reading: “Throw away all those inferior transfers from censored TV prints…” I heartily concur. This is the best Nightmare Castle has ever looked and every fan of Barbara Steele, Mario Caiano, Ennio Morricone, and/or Italian gothic horror in general should have it in their collection.
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