Red Queen Kills Seven Times, The (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

Cool movie

Blu-Ray looks great & the extras are exceptional as usual for Arrow films release

Great movie, great picture quality. The reds really pop out for some reason.

For movie geeks, there's nothing more satisfying than a successful blind buy, and I'm glad I made the leap of faith.The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (great title, right?) is yet another excellent release from Arrow Video. These guys do cult cinema justice. A glorious 2K scan of the original negatives, images are sharp yet retain that beloved filmic grain. Colors are vibrant, deep, dark, and bright.This is an excellent film. Brilliant mash up of conventional giallo murder mystery and supernatural horror, where the archetypal black-gloved killer is swapped out with a red cloaked murderess who stalks the halls of a castle and nooks of a city, digging her cold dagger into the flesh of the unsuspecting. One brutal death scene unfolds in a park in the dark of night, amidst a crowd of lingering prostitutes hungry to make deal. The Red Queen creeps by unnoticed, her blood red cloak waving behind, sneaks up on a chubby suit, and visciously stabs him in the neck several times. The locales are great and bounce around between a lavish castle and courtyard, a cavernous underground tomb, fashion sets, dressing rooms, and the city. The cinematography is brilliant, and the score by Bruno Nicolas is elegant and catchy— I've been humming it for days! Typical of early 70s gialli, Red Queen is light on blood but high on violence. There's a dark sinister atmosphere looming over the film, that adds a moody dimension to the suspense and mystery. Speaking of which, the writing by Fabio Pitturo and director Emilio Miragla spins a masterful whodunit with clever red herrings — I'm usually pretty keen on guessing the killer's ID, but Red Queen's reveal was quite a surprise.If you're a fan of gialli this one belongs in your collection. Happy to have it in mine and can't wait to see The Night Evelyn Came Out of Her Grave.

One of my favorite giallo films! A grand mystery with some really gruesome scenes.The wondrous Bouchet is fantastic here.

A Giallo classic is available on blu-ray in isolation and well worth the purchase, if you don't care for the other film in the two film collection. Arrow is a rare gem in the world of film brokers. They recognize both that the two film collections often don't appeal due to a lack of desire for one film and they recognize that cost is a factor for many of us, so, they actually released this and the companion film, The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Gave, as a set in Killer Dames and in isolation as two separate Special Edition Blu-ray releases. I bought the collection and the discs are identical.This film, easy to find information on at IMDB and elsewhere, and as it is what it is, a classic Giallo film, there is no reason to bore you with a bunch on plot and actors. What you need to know about this Blu-ray release follows here.First, this film contains both the original Italian audio (from the European release) and the original English audio (from the US release), so you can choose for yourself which you prefer. I've seen both, as have multiple friends, and there is no consensus on this and likely never will be. The language preference seems to be mostly a matter of individual preference as both transfers are near flawless and sound amazing given the source material. There are new and improved English subtitles for the Italian track. As with most of these old crime/horror gems, the audio was post-looped so the Italian track often feels like the English track, in that the lip movements don't always match up. Oddly, this only seems to add to the charm of the film viewing experience.Second, the digital restoration is beautiful. A film like this will never be perfect, again, given the source material, but the best possible sources were used and the team restoring this did among the best restorations I have seen for something that simply can't ever look like a modern film.Third, the special features are fantastic. The original featurettes, running around 35 minutes, are included here, as are a few new ones totally about 35 minutes. There is an audio commentary as well as an alternate opening title sequence, both in addition to the featurettes.Fourth, if you actually want to see both films, get yourself a copy of Killer Dames, for the book that comes with the two movies. But, if you don't need both, go for the individual release and buy with confidence knowing that this restoration is worthy of one of Arrow's special multi-film sets.Good luck in making your choice.

I was led to this by “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave”. Very worth it. Fun story, beautiful style, great kills.Arrow knocks it out if the park again with a beautiful transfer. Gorgeous colors, true blacks, not too much grain.Arrow does Giallo justice! Every time!

I've recently become interested in Giallo movies and unfortunately I bought this one. Nothing in this movie worked, or was even entertaining. It's nearly impossible to keep up with the plot which makes no sense. The actors seem like they'd rather be somewhere else than making this movie. The only people I can recommend this to are people who might collect Arrow releases. If you're looking for a good Giallo movie look elsewhere.

Uno dei miei gialli preferiti. Genere italiano unico.

過去に姉を事故で死なせてしまった主人公。亡き姉の亡霊か、親近者が次々と殺されていく。。。イタリアお得意のジャッロ映画です。猟奇的な殺害シーンはありませんが、謎解きは楽しませてくれます。

Saw this movie today enjoyable. Liked the murder mystery vibes of this flick check it out.

Il y a tout ce qui fait un bon giallo : des meurtres, de l’érotisme. Je ne regrette pas mon achat.

This Italian Gaillo is one of two by this particular director. The story takes place at a modeling agency. The killings are well staged and the actors go through their paces with the right mood in mind.Models as victims started with Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace and plenty of others have jumped on board since this classic film.This is one of the better ones with some nice scenes and a fairly good script.Arrow delivers on the clean up and adds a good commentary and other extras.