Night of the Damned
- Year: 1971
- Country of origin: Italy
- Genre: Horror, Mystery
- Director: Filippo Walter Ratti
- Length: 90 min
Film Synopsis
Night of the Damned (1971) centers on a journalist who receives a desperate plea for help from a dying aristocratic friend living in an isolated castle haunted by a dark family history. As mysterious deaths, occult rituals, and evidence of a centuries-old witch intensify around the estate while he investigates a series of murders connected to the noble family, the secrets behind the curse gradually begin to emerge. This Italian gothic horror film examines supernatural evil and hereditary doom within a decaying aristocratic world, as fear begins to overtake reason, with witchcraft, ancestral curses, and ghostly retribution.
Night of the Damned 4K UHD & Blu-ray editions
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| Disc Extras | Severin BD-ALL 4K/US 2025 |
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| Audio Commentary by Rod Barnett and Troy Guinn | |
| The Desired and the Damned: Filippo Ratti’s “Night of the Damned” and the Presentation of Witches in Italian Genre Cinema - Video Essay by Matt Rogerson | |
| In the Castle of Saint Lambert - Interview with Fabio Melelli | |
| Satanic Orgy Outtakes | |
| English Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Severin’s 4K UHD is included in the “Danza Macabra Volume Four: The Italian Gothic Collection” box set with Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965), Baba Yaga (1973) and The Devil’s Wedding Night (1973). It includes a Soundtrack Compilation CD (“Quattro Di Umiliani”). The box set is also available as a Blu-ray only edition.
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Collector’s guide
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The Desired and the Damned: Filippo Ratti’s “Night of the Damned” and the Presentation of Witches in Italian Genre Cinema (18:40) -
In the Castle of Saint Lambert (16:54)
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Severin 4K 2025
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| Extras | Audio Commentary by Rod Barnett and Troy Guinn Severin 4K |
| The Desired and the Damned: Filippo Ratti’s “Night of the Damned” and the Presentation of Witches in Italian Genre Cinema - Video Essay by Matt Rogerson Severin 4K | |
| In the Castle of Saint Lambert - Interview with Fabio Melelli Severin 4K | |
| Satanic Orgy Outtakes Severin 4K | |
| English Theatrical Trailer Severin 4K |