Black Magic Rites
- Year: 1973
- Country of origin: Italy
- Genre: Horror
- Director: Renato Polselli
- Length: 98 min
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Critical Perspective
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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)
Black Magic Rites 4K UHD, Blu-ray & DVD editions
See which disc extras are included across selected editions.
| Disc Extras | Indicator BD-ALL 4K/US 2023 | Indicator BD-ALL/US 2023 | Redemption BD-ALL/US 2012 | Black House BD-ALL/UK 2017 | Redemption DVD-1/US/OOP 2008 | Redemption DVD-1/US/OOP 1998 |
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| Audio Commentary by David Flint and Kim Newman | ||||||
| ‘Naziploitation’ Introduction with Eileen Daly | ||||||
| The 7th Art According to Ralph Brown - Interview with Luca Rea; and Archival Interviews with Director Renato Polselli and Actor Mickey Hargitay | ||||||
| Chaos Magic - Interview with Stephen Thrower on Director Renato Polselli | ||||||
| Rock Delirium - Interview with Lovely Jon on Composer Gianfranco Reverberi | ||||||
| When We Were Crazy - Interview with Composer Gianfranco Reverberi | ||||||
| Stills Gallery [Indicator] | ||||||
| Stills Gallery [Redemption] | ||||||
| Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging 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).
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Collector’s guide
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The 7th Art According to Ralph Brown (33:42) -
Chaos Magic (38:47) -
Rock Delirium (24:57) -
When We Were Crazy (18:32)
| Editions | |
|---|---|
| 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 Indicator 4K | |
| Chaos Magic - Interview with Stephen Thrower on Director Renato Polselli Indicator 4K | |
| Rock Delirium - Interview with Lovely Jon on Composer Gianfranco Reverberi Indicator 4K | |
| When We Were Crazy - Interview with Composer Gianfranco Reverberi Indicator 4K | |
| Stills Gallery [Indicator] Indicator 4K | |
| Stills Gallery [Redemption] Redemption DVD | |
| Theatrical Trailer Indicator 4K |