DARK WATERS UHD, ASTRID’S SAINTS BLU-RAY AVAILABLE SEPARATELY OR IN BUNDLES WITH EXCLUSIVE BAINO/CATALDI-TASSONI AUTOGRAPHS PLUS ALL-NEW JIGSAW PUZZLE DESIGNED BY BAINO
Celebrate our long-awaited UHD Upgrade of Mariano Baino’s stunning breakthrough debut with this all-new 300-piece round DARK WATERS Jigsaw Puzzle designed by director Baino himself. Perfect for those times when you think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and in space (or are freaked the f*ck out by mega-creepy nuns).
DARK WATERS
It’s been acclaimed as “a ‘90s masterpiece” (Father Son Holy Gore), “a potent miasma of Lovecraftian nightmares” (Confluence of Cult) and compared to the works of Bergman, Bava and Argento. Now experience the 1994 Director’s Cut of the classic debut feature by director Mariano Baino (ASTRID’S SAINTS), in UHD for the first time ever: When a young Englishwoman attempts to discover her mysterious connection to a remote island convent, she will unlock an unholy communion of torment, blasphemy and demonic carnage. Louise Salter (INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE) stars in “Baino’s loving ode to The Golden Age of Italian Horror” (Genre Grinder) scanned in 4K from the original camera negative complete with the 2006 Director’s Cut and over 6 hours of new and archival Special Features produced by Baino, plus a Bonus Disc of the acclaimed 2023 French documentary THE WORLD OF LOVECRAFT.
ASTRID’S SAINTS
Thirty years after his remarkable debut DARK WATERS, director Mariano Baino returns with this “masterful” (Culturopoing), “haunting” (L’Étrange Festival) and “visionary” (Nocturno) second feature, now presented on disc for the first time ever: Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni (OPERA, DEMONS 2) delivers an extraordinary performance as Astrid, an anguished mother who must navigate a netherworld of obsession, torment and summoned saints that will bring either true absolution or eternal damnation. Co-written, produced and designed by Baino and Cataldi-Tassoni over the course of a decade – with a stunning score composed by Coralina – this “out-of-the-ordinary, visually sumptuous and stylistically superb folk horror that deserves to be discovered” (Gionna A. Nazarro, FilmTV) is sanctified by over 3 hours of featurettes, short films and more that reveal the full story behind one of the most startling filmmaking comebacks of our time.
Special Features:
Introduction By Filmmakers Mariano Baino And Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
Audio Commentary With Video Watchdog’s Tim Lucas
Miracle In Zungoli – The Making Of ASTRID’S SAINTS
Kickstarter Promo
Shark Tank Audition
Pre-Production Mood Videos
Trailer
Short Films By Mariano Baino And Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
LADY M 5.1 (2017)
A MOVING READ (2019)
+ Saint Daniel Martyr Card
Specs:
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Runtime: 105 mins
Audio: English Stereo
Closed Captions, Italian Subtitles
Region: A/B/C
