Arrow Video has announced that it will release excessive giallo The Iguana With The Tongue Of Fire on Blu-ray and limited edition vinyl soundtrack this April. The film, directed by Riccardo Freda, was originally released in 1971.
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Set in Dublin (a rather surprising giallo location), Iguana opens audaciously with an acid-throwing, razor-wielding maniac brutally slaying a woman in her own home. The victim’s mangled corpse is discovered in a limousine owned by Swiss Ambassador Sobiesky (Anton Diffring, Where Eagles Dare) and a police investigation is launched, but when the murdering continues and the ambassador claims diplomatic immunity, tough ex-cop John Norton (Luigi Pistilli, A Bay of Blood) is brought in to find the killer…
We have some detail on the massive amount of special features included on the release as well as the box art. The date for your diaries is the 8th of April.
– FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Andreas Ehrenreich
– New 2K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative
– High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
– Uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio
– Original English and Italian soundtracks, titles and credits
– Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
– New audio commentary by giallo connoisseurs Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
– Of Chameleons and Iguanas, a newly filmed video appreciation by the cultural critic and academic Richard Dyer
– Considering Cipriani, a new appreciation of the composer Stelvio Cipriani and his score to The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire by DJ and soundtrack collector Lovely Jon
– The Cutting Game, a new interview with Iguana’s assistant editor Bruno Micheli
– The Red Queen of Hearts, a career-spanning interview with the actress Dagmar Lassander
– Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
– Image gallery
– Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
