In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy, paralyzed surgeon husband.

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE WITH 4 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

Direct from its triumphant 2025 premiere at the Venice International Film Festival comes ”Riccardo Freda”s masterpiece” (At the Mansion of Madness) featuring a stunning performance by ”the greatest femme fatale of EuroShock cinema” (Through the Shattered Lens) Barbara Steele, now in UHD for the first time ever: In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife (Steele) conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy paralyzed husband. But when the dead spouse”s spirit returns, it will unlock a nightmare of spectral terror, sudden violence and depraved vengeance. Peter Baldwin (THE WEEKEND MURDERS) and Harriet Medin (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) co-star in the 1963 classic that re-sets the bar for Italian horror, co-written by Freda and Oreste Biancoli (BICYCLE THIEVES), newly scanned in 4K from the thought-lost original camera negative and restored by Severin Films with 4 hours of Special Features.

Special Features

Bonus Materials

• Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
• Audio Interview With Barbara Steele
• Audio Interview With Actress Harriet Medin And Tim Lucas, Author Of Mario Bava: All The Colors Of The Dark
• Barbara Steele Presents The 4K Restoration At The Venice International Film Festival And L”Étrange Festival In Paris
• Till Death Returns – Interview With Roberto Curti, Author Of Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969
• Wounds Of Deceit – Video Essay On Barbara Steele By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Author Of 1000 Women In Horror, 1895–2018
• Give Up The Ghost – Video Essay By Tim Lucas
• Italian Trailer
• U.S. Trailer

Cast & Crew

Actors:

• Barbara Steele as Margaret Hichcock
• Peter Baldwin as Dr. Charles Livingstone
• Elio Jotta as Dr. John Hichcock
• Harriet Medin as Catherine Wood – Housekeeper
• Carol Bennet as Woman
• Carlo Kechler as Police Superintendent
• Umberto Raho as Canon Owens
• Reginald Price Anderson as Albert Fisher

Director: Riccardo Freda

Producer: Luigi Carpentieri

Producer: Ermanno Donati

Additional Details

Label: Severin Films

Genre: Horror

Language: English

Run Time: 95:23 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/24/26

UPC: 760137204060