Arabella: Black Angel (1989) • Discape

An erotic thriller where vice is not a sin.

The film continues the genre’s downward spiral into vanilla softcore porno. There is plenty of sex on display, but little of it is genuinely sexy. … None of the attempts at generating suspense prove to be successful really, and the film seems more concerned with luridly detailing “shocking” sexual acts than focusing on the mystery elements.

Troy Howarth, So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films, Volume 2, 1974-2013 (Midnight Marquee Press, 2015)

Extras	Vinegar Syndrome BD-ALL/US 2022
“Arabella l’angelo nero” - Audio Essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (18:24)	has extra
Alternate English Opening Title Sequence and End Credits as “Black Angel” (3:44)	has extra

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Vinegar Syndrome’s Blu-ray is included in the “Forgotten Gialli, Volume 4” box set with The Sister of Ursula (1978) and The Killer Is Still Among Us (1986).

Presentation	Vinegar Syndrome BD 2022 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 32.00 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 Length:1:29:08.468 File size: 21.26 GiB Audio File 1 Language: Italian DTS-HD MA 1.0 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1056 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit File 2 Language: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 448 kbps Bit depth: 16-bit Subtitles English English SDH
Extras	“Arabella l’angelo nero” - Audio Essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (18:24) Vinegar Syndrome BD
Extras	Alternate English Opening Title Sequence and End Credits as “Black Angel” (3:44, 1080p) Vinegar Syndrome BD