Barbara Steele Interviewed for Classic Italian Gothic DVD release

[retzev]

From VideoWatchblog:

Barbara Steele is Rising from the Grave Again
ORIGINAL NEGATIVE OF BARBARA STEELE CLASSIC "NIGHTMARE CASTLE" (aka "THE FACELESS MONSTER") UNEARTHED IN ROME


And the latest news from Severin:

11 Dec 2008
Barbara Steele Interviewed for Nightmare Castle DVD

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[Lydia]

(original title: Amanti d’oltretomba, or "Lovers Beyond The Tomb")

oltretomba...cool word.  I'm trying to think of a corresponding word in English, or else to devise a single word meaning "Beyond the Tomb" but not coming up with anything.

[Midnite]

Great news!

oltretomba...cool word.  I'm trying to think of a corresponding word in English, or else to devise a single word meaning "Beyond the Tomb" but not coming up with anything.

Netherworld, maybe, since oltretomba literally means "beyond the tomb."

[Gothick]

This is exciting news!  I've been hoping for further progress on this release, and the fact that the company sprang for such a full length interview with Barbara definitely adds very solid gilding to this particular lily.

I think that Italian expression corresponds more to the English phrase "beyond the grave" in the sense of an Afterlife--natural or unnatural as the case may be!  There are similar expressions in French and German if I recall correctly.

I wonder whether there's any hope for some of Barbara Steele's other classic Italian horror movies to be restored.  Most of them circulate in butchered, mutilated versions with grainy prints, incoherent continuity, etc. There's one really good one, An Angel for Satan, that has NEVER had a proper US release--in any format!

G.

[Midnite]

"Afterlife"-- cool, thanks!

[Lydia]

Netherworld is sort of nice.  What I'd really like is a word that includes a definite reference to a tomb or a grave.