Some movie news for you dear readers as Arrow Video has announced the release date of Five Dolls for an August Moon, directed by the master of the macabre, Mario Bava and starring William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg and Edwige Fenech.
This latest release from Arrow Video is another addition to the growing list of earlier Mario Bava movies that have already been released including A Bay of Blood, Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Lisa and the Devil, Rabid Dogs and Blood and Black Lace.
Five Dolls for an August Moon tells the story of a wealthy industrialist George Stark (played by Teodoro Corrà – Teodora Corrà, Django the Bastard) who gathers together a group of friends, played by, what can only be described as, a who’s who of Italian genre cinema including William Berger (Faccia a faccia), Ira von Fürstenberg (The Fifth Cord), Edwige Fenech (Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key) and Howard Ross (The New York Ripper) and gets them to his island retreat.
He hopes to entice them into investing in a new project, but soon the sunbathing and cocktails parties give way to murder, as the corpses begin to pile up one by one.
Sound a little familiar?
If you are a fan of Agatha Christie then it will be clear to you that Five Dolls for an August Moon is paying homage to the Ten Little Indians or as many of us know it these days, And Then There Were None. Surrounded by beautiful women, some stunning locations and flamboyant fashions, and abetted by Piero Umiliani’s equally exotic score, Mario Bava creates one of his most eye-catching movies, a visual tour de force.
Five Dolls for an August Moon comes loaded with a wealth of bonus content including the documentary Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre, a profile of the director, hosted by Mark Kermode and featuring interviews with Joe Dante, John Carpenter and Tim Burton.
Five Dolls for an August Moon (Special Features)
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Optional English and Italian soundtracks presented in original uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Optional isolated Music and Effects track
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English audio
- Audio commentary by Mario Bava’s biographer Tim Lucas
- Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre – a documentary profile of the director, hosted by Mark Kermode and featuring interviews with Joe Dante, John Carpenter and Tim Burton
- Theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Glenn Kenny and a new essay by Adrian Smith on the Fancey family and their efforts to bring international exploitation titles, including Five Dolls for an August Moon, to a UK audience during the 60s, 70s and 80s
Five Dolls for an August Moon will be available on Blu-ray and DVD from 1st February 2016 with an 18 certificate.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
