Mill of the Stone Women

Before Black Sabbath, before The Whip and The Body, director Giorgio Ferroni (The Lion of Thebes, Blood for a Silver Dollar) introduced audiences to period horror Italian-style with his chilling 1960 shocker Mill of the Stone Women – a classic tale of terror redolent with the atmosphere of vintage Hammer Horror.

Young art student Hans von Arnam (Pierre Brice, Night of the Damned) arrives by barge at an old mill to write a monograph about its celebrated sculptures of women in the throes of death and torture, maintained and curated by the mill’s owner, the hermetic Professor Wahl (Herbert Böhme, Secret of the Red Orchid). But when Hans encounters the professor’s beautiful and mysterious daughter Elfi (Scilla Gabel, Modesty Blaise), his own fate becomes inexorably bound up with hers, and with the shocking secret that lies at the heart of the so-called Mill of the Stone Women.

The first Italian horror film to be shot in color, Mill of the Stone Women prefigured a raft of other spaghetti nightmares, including the work of maestros Mario Bava and Dario Argento. Arrow Video is proud to present this this superb restoration of one of the foundational titles of Italian horror.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

    2K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films


    High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the original 96-minute Italian and English export versions


    Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks


    English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack


    Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack


    Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark


    Mill of the Stone Women & The Gothic Body, a visual essay on the trope of the wax/statue woman in Gothic horror by author and critic Kat Ellinger


    Turned to Stone, a featurette containing archival interviews with actress Liana Orfei and film historian Fabio Melelli


    A Little Chat with Dr. Mabuse, an archival interview with actor Wolfgang Preiss


    Rare opening titles from the UK release, re-titled “Drops of Blood”


    German opening titles


    US and German theatrical trailers


    Image galleries


    Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais