Black Magic Rites (1973) • Discape

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The movie looks like a demented adults-only comic book brought to life, with a gleeful insistence on all things sexual…

Roberto Curti, Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979 (McFarland, 2017)

Selected disc options for Black Magic Rites

Extras	Indicator BD-ALL 4K/US 2023	Indicator BD-ALL/US 2023	Redemption BD-ALL/US 2012	Redemption DVD-1/US/OOP 2008	Redemption DVD-1/US/OOP 1998
Audio Commentary by David Flint and Kim Newman	has extra	has extra
‘Naziploitation’ Introduction with Eileen Daly					has extra
The 7th Art According to Ralph Brown - Interview with Luca Rea; and Archival Interviews with Director Renato Polselli and Actor Mickey Hargitay (33:42)	has extra	has extra
Chaos Magic - Interview with Stephen Thrower on Director Renato Polselli (38:47)	has extra	has extra
Rock Delirium - Interview with Lovely Jon on Composer Gianfranco Reverberi (24:57)	has extra	has extra
When We Were Crazy - Interview with Composer Gianfranco Reverberi (18:32)	has extra	has extra
Stills Gallery [Indicator]	has extra	has extra
Stills Gallery [Redemption]				has extra
Theatrical Trailer (3:32)	has extra	has extra	has extra	has extra	has extra

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Notes

Indicator’s 4K and Blu-ray editions contain an 80-page booklet with writing by Miranda Corcoran (“‘Black Magic Rites’ and Popular Satanism in the 1970s”), Roberto Curti (“The Rites of Censorship”), Andrea di Francesco and Giuseppe Pollicelli (“Renato Polselli: The Cinema is Not Art”, 1996), and Jay Slater (“Renato Polselli: Blood, Sex, and Gialli”, 1998).
Redemption’s Blu-ray includes trailers for Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970), Lisa and the Devil (1973), The Nude Vampire (1970) and The Shiver of the Vampires (1971).
Black House’s Blu-ray contains no extras. Trailers included: Crimson (1973), Zombie Lake (1981) and Oasis of the Living Dead (1982).

The 7th Art According to Ralph Brown (33:42)
Chaos Magic (38:47)
Rock Delirium (24:57)
When We Were Crazy (18:32)

Presentation	Indicator 4K 2023 Video File 1 Codec: HEVC Resolution: 2160p23.976 HDR: Dolby Vision Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio File 1 Language: Italian DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Subtitles English
	Indicator BD 2023 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 37.52 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Length:1:38:14.847 File size: 28.31 GiB Audio File 1 Language: Italian DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 2014 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit Subtitles English
	Redemption BD 2012 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 25.00 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Length:1:38:13.095 File size: 18.22 GiB Audio File 1 Language: Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1536 kbps Bit depth: 16-bit Subtitles English
Extras	Audio Commentary by David Flint and Kim Newman Indicator 4K
	‘Naziploitation’ Introduction with Eileen Daly Redemption DVD
	The 7th Art According to Ralph Brown - Interview with Luca Rea; and Archival Interviews with Director Renato Polselli and Actor Mickey Hargitay (33:42, 1080p) Indicator 4K
	Chaos Magic - Interview with Stephen Thrower on Director Renato Polselli (38:47, 1080p) Indicator 4K
	Rock Delirium - Interview with Lovely Jon on Composer Gianfranco Reverberi (24:57, 1080p) Indicator 4K
	When We Were Crazy - Interview with Composer Gianfranco Reverberi (18:32, 1080p) Indicator 4K
	Stills Gallery [Indicator] Indicator 4K
	Stills Gallery [Redemption] Redemption DVD
	Theatrical Trailer (3:32, 1080p) Indicator 4K