The Ghost

Brand: Severin Films

Features:

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

Binding: blu_ray

Format: blu_ray

Release Date: 24-02-2026

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

THE WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY 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 on Blu-ray 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
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

Bonus Materials
Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness Audio Interview With Barbara Steele (Played In Conjunction With THE GHOST) 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

EAN: 0760137204077

Package Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English