Luciano Pigozzi

6 Luciano Pigozzi films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including Blood and Black Lace.

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Blood and Black Lace(1964)

dir. Mario Bava

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Mario Bava invented the giallo template with this one in 1964, and the Arrow limited edition is the way to own it. The bold color lighting and set design are the whole appeal on disc. Copies have turned up at Disc Replay for around $39.99 USD, which is a good price for an Arrow LE. If you like Argento, this is the film he was ripping off.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

Jungle Raiders(1985)

dir. Antonio Margheriti

Margheriti's most-distributed adventure film and the hardest to see in clean form. US video was heavily cropped, UK and German releases were significantly censored, and what's been streaming for years sits in the wrong aspect ratio. The new scan restores the scope framing and the toy-car train chase that Bruno Mattei famously recycled in 1988's Cop Game.

Severin Films · Antonio Margheriti & The Jungles of Doom: His '80s Adventure Films

Terror-Creatures from the Grave(1965)

5.5/10

dir. Massimo Pupillo

An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims and, in fact, his spirit was roaming the castle at that very moment. Soon occupants of the castle begin to die off in gruesome, violent ways.

The Ark of the Sun God(1984)

4.9/10

dir. Antonio Margheriti

88 Films released a UHD in 2023 that already looked good. Severin's 2026 release uses the same 4K scan with color timing tweaks. The distinctive red lighting pops more in the new grade, and the slight pink push of the 2023 UK disc is gone. Severin is the better grade between the two. Extras add a second-unit interview, a writer interview, and a brief Margheriti archival.

Severin Films · Antonio Margheriti & The Jungles of Doom: His '80s Adventure Films

The Hunters of the Golden Cobra(1982)

dir. Antonio Margheriti

Severin gives Margheriti's 1982 jungle pulp its first proper transfer after forty years of cropped, color-drained Vestron VHS bootlegs. The new scan from the original camera negative restores the 2.35 framing, and Margheriti's brief bursts of saturated jungle lighting finally come through. Extras span an archival Warbeck Q&A, behind-the-scenes interviews with assistant director Edoardo Margheriti, and a soundtrack CD shared with The Ark of the Sun God in the boxset packaging.

Severin Films · Antonio Margheriti & The Jungles of Doom: His '80s Adventure Films

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2(1988)

4.9/10

dir. Lucio Fulci

When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing a virus and bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island.