Bloodstained Italy: Obscene Desire / The Bloodstained Lawn / Death Falls Lightly

Three-disc set includes: Death Falls Lightly (La Morte Scende Leggera) (1972)High-end drug-runner Giorgio Darica (Stelio Candelli) came home to find his wife murdered... and he ran to the cops, offering to swap testimony for a safe haven. He was set up in an abandoned hotel, and while he and his mistress (Patrizia Viotti) initially enjoyed the secluded arrangement, the isolation bred resentment-as well as some uncanny goings-on. Leopoldo Savona's creepy opus also stars Fernando Cerulli, Tom Felleghy. 85 min. In Italian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR The Bloodstained Lawn (Il Prato Macchiato Di Rosso) (1974)Maybe it was just a fascination with boho lifestyle that researcher Antonio Genovese (Enzo Tarascio) and his lovely wife Nina (Marina Malfatti) gave free run of their posh villa to assorted hippies and nomads. Or, perhaps, they were well aware that their houseguests would never be missed... and made perfect fodder for unholy experiments. Riccardo Ghione's sci-fi shocker also stars Claudio Biava, Dominique Boschero, Nino Castelnuovo. 91 min. In Italian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Obscene Desire (L'Osceno Desiderio) (1978)American Amanda (Marisa Mell) was looking towards a storybook ending as she moved into the ancestral Italian castle of charming new husband Andrea (Chris Avram). It would be anything but, as she comes to suspect his involvement in a local spate of prostitute murders... and finds that she might be his next offering in an obscene pact. Giulio Petroni's disturbing chiller also stars Victor Israel, Laura Trotter, Paola Maiolini. 100 min. In Italian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Widescreen; Soundtrack: Italian; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes. In Italian with English subtitles.