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House by the Cemetery & New York Ripper getting 4K releases

Blue Underground, the niche home media company behind special restorations of cult and exploitation classics, has unveiled its next two releases as Lucio Fulci’s 1981 slasher The House by the Cemetery and 1982 giallo The New York Ripper!

In The House by the Cemetery, a young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone – or something – is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.

Catriona MacColl (The Beyond), Paolo Malco (The New York Ripper), Ania Pieroni (Tenebre), Carlo De Mejo (City of the Living Dead), and Dagmar Lassander (Hatchet for the Honeymoon) star in this outrageous Italian shocker from ‘The Godfather of Gore,’ Lucio Fulci (Zombie). Blue Underground’s acclaimed restoration of The House by the Cemetery, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm 2-perf camera negative, is now presented with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, fully loaded with hours of Extras!

The full list of special features in the two-disc set include:

Disc 1 (4K UHD Blu-ray) Feature Film + Extras

Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films
Deleted Scene
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spot
Poster & Still Galleries

Disc 2 (Blu-ray) Extras:

Meet the Boyles – Interviews with Stars Catriona MacColl and Paolo Malco
Children of the Night – Interviews with Stars Giovanni Frezza and Silvia Collatina
Tales of Laura Gittleson – Interview with Star Dagmar Lassander
My Time With Terror – Interview with Star Carlo De Mejo
A Haunted House Story – Interviews with Co-Writers Dardano Sacchetti and Elisa Briganti
To Build a Better Death Trap – Interviews with Cinematographer Sergio Salvati, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Maurizio Trani, Special Effects Artist Gino De Rossi, and Actor Giovanni De Nava
House Quake – Interview with Co-Writer Giorgio Mariuzzo
Catriona MacColl Q&A
Calling Dr. Freudstein – Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci

In The New York Ripper, a blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple bright red with the blood of beautiful young women. As NYPD detective Fred Williams (Jack Hedley of For Your Eyes Only) follows the trail of butchery from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry to the sex shows of Times Square, each brutal murder becomes a sadistic taunt. In the city that never sleeps, the hunt is on for the killer that can’t be stopped!

Co-written and directed by acclaimed horror maestro Fulci and filmed on location in the mean streets of New York City, this is one of Fulci’s most savage and controversial thrillers. Now Blue Underground’s acclaimed restoration of The New York Ripper, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm 2-perf camera negative, is presented with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, gushing with hours of Extras!

The full list of extras in the two-disc set includes:

Disc 1 (4K UHD Blu-ray) Feature Film + Extras

Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films
Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2 (Blu-ray) Feature Film + Extras

Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films
The Art Of Killing – Interview with Co-Writer Dardano Sacchetti
Three Fingers Of Violence – Interview with Star Howard Ross
The Second Victim – Interview with Co-Star Cinzia de Ponti
The Broken Bottle Murder – Interview with Co-Star Zora Kerova
“I’m an Actress!” – 2009 Interview with Co-Star Zora Kerova
The Beauty Killer – Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
Paint Me Blood Red – Interview with Poster Artist Enzo Sciotti
NYC Locations Then and Now
Theatrical Trailer
Poster & Still Gallery