Indicator has announced it will be releasing a new series of UK-only UHD and Blu-ray releases featuring all-new 4K restorations and extensive extras, showcasing a number of classics from the golden age of Italian genre cinema. The series begins on 22 September with Death Carries a Cane and The Perfume of the Lady in Black. Full details of both titles below.
DEATH CARRIES A CANE (PASSI DI DANZA SU UNA LAMA DI RASOIO, Italy/Spain 1973)
Limited Edition UHD | Limited Edition Blu-ray | 22 September 2025 | £27.99 / £21.99
Robert Hoffmann (A Black Veil for Lisa), Nieves Navarro aka Susan Scott (The Big Gundown), and George Martín (A Pistol for Ringo) star in Death Carries a Cane, a stylish giallo mystery from director Maurizio Pradeaux (Churchill’s Leopards).
Tourist Kitty (Navarro) stumbles upon a murder whilst looking through coin-operated binoculars. When witnesses start being gruesomely bumped off, Kitty teams up with boyfriend Alberto (Hoffmann) to try and find the black-clad killer... if he doesn’t find her first!
With supporting performances from Rosita Torosh (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) and Simón Andreu (The Blood Spattered Bride), Death Carries a Cane is a bloody and shocking classic of Italian genre cinema.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES:
- New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Two presentations of the film: Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio, the Italian-language version; and Death Carries a Cane, the English-language version
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2024)
- A Life in the Suite (2024): editor Eugenio Alabiso remembers his time working on the film
- Eugenio Ercolani on Maurizio Pradeaux (2025): the filmmaker and film historian discusses the director’s career
- Pierpaolo De Sanctis on Roberto Pregadio (2025): the founder of Four Flies Records explores Death Carries a Cane’s score and the work of its composer
- Original German theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English translation subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language soundtrack
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with new essay by Roberto Curti, archival interviews with Nieves Navarro, Robert Hoffmann, and George Martín, and full film credits
- World premiere on 4K UHD
- Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units (4,000 4K UHDs and 1,000 Blu-rays) for the UK
The Blu-ray edition will have the same special features and a 2K 1080p presentation of the film.
All features subject to change
THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK (IL PROFUMO DELLA SIGNORA IN NERO, Italy 1974)
Limited Edition UHD | Limited Edition Blu-ray | 22 September 2025 | £27.99 / £21.99
Mimsy Farmer (Four Flies on Grey Velvet), Maurizio Bonuglia (Ludwig), and Mario Scaccia (We Still Kill the Old Way) lead the cast of The Perfume of the Lady in Black, a surreal giallo thriller directed by Italian polymath Francesco Barilli (Hotel Fear).
Silvia (Farmer) is tormented by hallucinations from her troubled childhood, including her mother applying perfume in a black dress. Her mental state unravels as she struggles to separate her surreal visions from a series of violent occurrences.
Photographed by Palme d’Or-winning cinematographer Mario Masini (Padre Padrone) and scored by Academy Award-winner Nicola Piovani (Life Is Beautiful), The Perfume of the Lady in Black is an eccentric and stylish classic of the Italian giallo.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES:
- New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Two presentations of the film: Il profumo della signora in nero, the Italian-language version; and The Perfume of the Lady in Black, the English-language version
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth (2025)
- Francesco Barilli on Francesco Barilli (2025): in-depth interview with the director, in which he reflects on his life in art and film
- Barilli (2016): the director talks about the inspirations for The Perfume of the Lady in Black
- Portrait in Black (2008): lengthy archival interview with Barilli
- Lara Wendel on The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2025): interview with the German Italian actor, who plays the young Sylvia
- Notes of Black (2025): DJ and soundtrack enthusiast Lovely Jon analyses Nicola Piovani’s sumptuous score
- The Locations of the Lady in Black (2025): ‘then-and-now’ tour of the film’s locations
- Original English and Italian theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English translation subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language soundtrack
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Paul Duane, a career-spanning archival interview with director Francesco Barilli, an archival profile of actor Mimsy Farmer, and full film credits
- World premiere on 4K UHD
- Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units (4,000 4K UHDs and 1,000 Blu-rays) for the UK
The Blu-ray edition will have the same special features and a 2K 1080p presentation of the film.
All features subject to change |
