Hitch-Hike Limited Edition (1977)
de Pasquale Festa Campanile
Powerhouse Films - 20 octobre 2025 (repoussé au 24 novembre)
Titre Original :
Audio : Italian, English
Sous-titres : English, English SDH
Durée : 1h44
Format : Blu-ray Limited Edition / 2 montages / import UK
Zone : B
Genre : Crime, Thriller
Synopsis
While on a cross-country drive, a bitter writer and his beautiful wife pick up a stranded motorist. But when this hitcher turns out to be a depraved psychopath, their road trip takes a vicious detour into sex and savagery where the miles are marked in mayhem and vengeance is the ultimate rule of thumb.
Contenu et Bonus
- New 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- Two presentations of the film: Hitch-Hike, the English-language version; and Autostop rosso sangue, the Italian-language version
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with Italian genre film experts Eugenio Ercolani and Marcus Stiglegger
- Interview with first assistant director Neri Parenti (2025)
-
Road to Ruin (2025) newly updated documentary by filmmaker Federico Caddeo delving into the production, release, and reception of Hitch-Hike, featuring cast and crew interviews
- In-depth documentary by Ercolani exploring the sub-genre of Italian rape and revenge films (2025)
- Exhaustive profile of director Pasquale Festa Campanile by Ercolani (2025)
- Original trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English translation subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language soundtrack
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with new essay by Mikel J Koven, an archival profile of director Pasquale Festa Campanile, extracts from archival interviews with screenwriter Ottavio Jemma, composer Ennio Morricone, actors Franco Nero, Corinne Cléry, and David Hess, and film credits