Macabre Blu-ray

'Macabre' Director: Lamberto Bava (1980) Indicator Limited Edition Blu-ray | 4K restoration | Italian w/ English subtitles

The solo directorial debut of Lamberto Bava, son of – and assistant to – the great Mario Bava.

A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of both her son and her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.

Co-written by Pupi Avati (The House with Laughing Windows), and shot by Franco Delli Colli (What Have They Done to Your Daughters?), Macabre is a twisted classic of Italian horror.

Limited Edition contents:
- 80-page book with a new essay by Roberto Curti, archival interviews with Lamberto Bava and brothers Antonio and Pupi Avati, an overview of Italian critical responses, and full film credits
- Limited edition of 1,000 individually numbered units

Special features include:
- Three presentations of the film: Macabro, the Italian theatrical version (91 mins); Macabre, the international theatrical version (90 mins); and Frozen Terror, the re-titled US release (90 mins)
- Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth, and Nathaniel Thompson (2026)
- Director Lamberto Bava revisits his directorial debut
- Interviews with producer Antonio Avati, and co-writers Pupi Avati and Roberto Gandus
- Critical appreciation by Italian genre film expert and Macabre aficionado Mark Thompson Ashworth
- Pierpaolo De Sanctis, the founder of Italian soundtrack specialists Four Flies Records, explores the work of composer Ubaldo Continiello
- Q&A with Lamberto Bava (2026, 59 mins): onstage interview with the director, filmed after a Macabre screening at the 2025 World Wide Weird cult-cinema event held in London